Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 3/6/2000
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of March 6, 2000
- Religious parties threaten to withdraw from Barak's coalition
The religious parties in Israel threatened yesterday to withdraw from the ruling coalition in case Israeli Prime Minsiter Ehud Barak abandons three Arab villages adjacent to Jerusalem and moves the authority over them to the Palestinians. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/11/2000 - Cooperation agreement between Palestinian government and Portugal
The Palestinian National Authority and Portugal signed an agreement for investment and economic cooperation and conveying data technology, as well as training personnel and presenting consulting services. Palestine-Portugal, Economics, 3/10/2000 - Increasing activity to instigate Palestinians to sell their land in areas of year 1948
The activities of land brokers have increased in the last period with the beginning of the final countdown for signing the final status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Palestine, Economics, 3/10/2000 - Arafat: No retreat concerning decision of declaring the Palestinian state in the current year
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said he will declare the establishment of the independent state whether the Palestinians reach a peace agreement with Israel or not. Palestine, Politics, 3/8/2000 - Palestinian sources: Ross presented a new US plan for peace Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 3/8/2000
- Israel arrests settler involved in transporting Hamas group Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/8/2000
- Mubarak confers with Arafat at Sharm El-Sheikh
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday in Sharm El-Sheikh received Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 3/7/2000 - A new Middle East peace tour for Ross
The Israeli daily Jerusalem Post said on Monday that the US Middle East peace process coordinator Dennis Ross will arrive today in Tel Aviv in a new attempt to break the stalemate in the negotiations between the Palestinian government and Israel. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 3/7/2000 - Palestinian characters demand return of 5 million refugees home Palestine-Regional, Politics, 3/6/2000
- Sheikh Yassin denies links to al-Tibeh incidents
The founder of the Palestinian national movement (Hamas), Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, has denied any link between his government and the group of Palestinian citizens who were killed by the Israeli occupation authorities in al-Tibeh city last Thursday. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/6/2000 - Sit-in strike to demand freedom of movement for Palestinian journalists
The Palestinian journalists in the West Bank organized a strike at the military occupation barrier in El-Ram village located between Jerusalem and Ramallah under the title "Freedom of movement for the Palestinian journalist." Palestine-Israel, Local, 3/6/2000 - Israeli violations of Palestinian/ Human rights during the month of January 2000 Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/6/2000