Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 3/27/2000
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of March 27, 2000
- Palestinian Israeli negotiations at end of the week Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/1/2000
- A member in Kennist urges Israel's Arabs to do like Hezb Allah Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/1/2000
- Palestinians have the right to statehood, Shimon Peres
"The Palestinian people have the right to have control of its own destiny and to have its own state and own economy," former Israeli Premier Shimon Peres said. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/31/2000 - Palestinian women organize sypmosium on Palestinian refugees
The general union of Palestinian women in Cairo organized a symposium entitled, "The homeless Palestinians between right of return and schemes of settlement and its reflections on the Palestinian women." The symposium, in which the Palestinian personalities in Cairo and Arab and foreign women participated, concluded today. Palestine, Politics, 3/31/2000 - 24th anniversary of the Land Day
Today is the 24th anniversary of the Land Day, an occasion which is celebrated by the Palestinian people with stronger determination to resist the occupation and its measures as well as to liberate the lands and restore their usurped legitimate rights. Palestine, Politics, 3/30/2000 - Arafat deny Barak pledged to admit the Palestinian state
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Wednesday denied a report aired by Israeli Army Radio that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak had vowed to accept the declaration of the Palestinian state unilaterally, in September, if a framework agreement is not reached within the course of the set timetable to this effect. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/30/2000 - PLO official holds Israel responsible for Geneva summit's failure
The chairman of the political department at the PLO, Farouk Qaddoumi, has held Israel responsible for the failure of efforts to resume talks on the Syrian track at the Geneva summit between Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and US President Bill Clinton, as the Israeli government did not take a clear stand to abide by withdrawal from the occupied Golan to the June 4, 1967 borders. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 3/29/2000 - Palestinians, Israelis complete US talks, plan for more in April
"We believe that these talks were successful in achieving a real exchange of ideas, and a greater and deeper understanding of the needs and requirements by each side of the other side; and that is the critical predicate, as I indicated, to achieving the concrete negotiating progress that we're going to need, in a very accelerated fashion, in the course of the next six months," Foley said. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 3/29/2000 - Palestinian organizations urge lifting ban on public meetings
Four Palestinian organizations which are concerned with human rights urged the Palestinian government on Tuesday to abrogate the ban imposed against convening of public meetings. Palestine, Politics, 3/29/2000 - Arafat and the Syrian track
AFP said on Monday that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat spoke on Monday about progress in peace negotiations between Syria and Israel, despite the failure of the US-Syrian summit which was held on Sunday in Geneva. Palestine-Germany, Politics, 3/28/2000 - Speaker of the German parliament confers with Arafat
The speaker of the German Parliament (Bundistang) on Monday held talks in Berlin with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, currently visiting Germany. Palestine-Germany, Politics, 3/28/2000 - Arafat starts his visit to Germany
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat arrived in Berlin to hold talks with political leaders in Germany and he is to meet today with German Chancellor Helmut Schroeder and German President Johannes Rau. Palestine-Germany, Politics, 3/27/2000 - Jerusalem mufti tells Pope John Paul peace will remain fragile if Jerusalem is unresolved
Sabri Ekrema, mufti of the city of Jerusalem, assured Pope John Paul II of the Vatican during his visit to Jerusalem yesterday that, "The peace process will remain fragile as long as Jerusalem's case remained unsolved." Palestine-Regional-Vatican, Politics, 3/27/2000