Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 4/17/2000
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of April 17, 2000
- Clinton and Arafat meet in US Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/21/2000
- Mubarak, Arafat discuss ME peace prior to US visit
President Mubarak and Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat on Wednesday morning held at the presidency headquarters an expanded session of talks. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/20/2000 - Palestinian official visits Morocco
Farouk Kaddoumi, head of the political department at the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), arrived in Casablanca on Wednesday on an official visit "to inform King Mohammed VI on latest developments in the peace process." Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 4/20/2000 - Palestinian police close Islamic University in Giza Palestine, Local, 4/19/2000
- Palestinian official: Jerusalem is a part of the Palestinian lands
Ahmed Abd El-Rahman, secretary general of the Palestinian Cabinet, asserted that Jerusalem is an integral part of the Palestinian territories that were occupied in 1967 to which UN Security Council resolution 242 applies. Palestine, Politics, 4/19/2000 - Barak declares his refusal to give up East Jerusalem Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/18/2000
- King Abdullah postpones visit to Gaza Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 4/18/2000
- Arafat denies that Barak proposed to recognize a Palestinian state
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Saturday denied the reports broadcast by Israeli television that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak had proposed the recognition of a Palestinian state on 65% of the territories of the West Bank. Palestine-China, Politics, 4/17/2000 - Jordanian king visit Gaza
Jordan's King Abdullah II today visits the Palestinian self-rule areas, during which he will meet with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in Gaza. Palestine-Jordan, Politics, 4/17/2000 - Palestinians want third phase redeployment outside final status talks
The Palestinian National Authority said it refuses to merge the third stage of Israeli redeployment in the West Bank with the final status issues. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2000 - Mubarak to meet with Arafat tomorrow
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will receive Palestinian President Yasser Arafat tomorrow, as Arafat arrives in Egypt on his way to the USA to meet with US President Bill Clinton. Arafat will inform President Mubarak about the latest developments in the Palestinian- Israeli peace talks. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/17/2000