Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 6/12/2000
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of June 12, 2000
- Members of Knesset: Israeli government's crisis reflects on the peace process Israel-Palestine, Politics, 6/17/2000
- Ross to head to the region next week
State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher reported June 15 that the Israeli-Palestinian talks will continue for a few more days in Washington and the negotiators will then return home to consult with their leaders, a US statement said. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/17/2000 - 331,000 Palestinians in Jerusalem according to census
Results of the first Palestinian census that took place in the Arab Eastern Jerusalem showed that number of residing Palestinians in the city reached 331,553 citizens in 1998, a number that greatly exceeds Israeli estimates. Palestine, Politics, 6/16/2000 - Barak renewed Israel's ambitions into more Arab lands
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak has renewed Israeli ambitions in the occupied Arab lands, and rejection to implement UN resolutions which provide for Israel's withdrawal from the occupied Arab lands. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/16/2000 - Arafat assures to Habash that he will not submit to U.S pressure
Palestinian sources assured that the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat met during his presence in Syria with the Palestinian opposition in Damascus. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 6/15/2000 - Palestinians Arabs of 1948 offer condolences on the death of President al-Assad Syria-Palestine, Politics, 6/15/2000
- Amnesty international criticizes Palestinian government practices
The Amnesty international concerned with Human rights has criticized the Palestinian government for its continued violation of human rights and pursuing the policy of political detention during 1999 against several members of the opposition Palestinian political groups. Palestine, Politics, 6/15/2000 - Palestine does not object to a three-way summit among Arafat, Clinton and Barak Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/15/2000
- Palestinians want third phase withdrawal done Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/15/2000
- Opposition Palestinian forces meet with the Israeli Arabs in Damascus
The existing Palestinian forces in Damascus met with a delegation from the Arab who reside in Israel (Arabs of 1948) in view of the meetings in Washington between the Israeli government and the Palestinian government. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 6/15/2000 - Amnesty international accuses Israel for violating human rights of the Palestinians
Amnesty International concerned with defending human rights denounced the violation of human rights of the Palestinians under occupation in the Palestinian territories, stressing that the Israeli authorities continued its oppressive practices against them by killing many of them and pursuing a policy of discrimination against them in destroying their homes, unjustifiably. Israel-Palestine, Politics, 6/15/2000 - Hawatemah calls for correcting relations with Syria
Member of the central command of the democratic front for the liberation of Palestine Ali Badwan said that a "joint work meeting" included the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, the secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Nayef Hawatemah and former chairman of the Palestinian National Council Khaled al-Fahoum in Damascus following offering last respects to the late Syrian president in Damascus. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 6/14/2000 - Ruler of Kuwait refuses to shake hand with Arafat Kuwait-Palestine, Politics, 6/14/2000
- On Arafat's visit to Damascus
Replying to a question on whether Arafat's visit to Damascus will eliminate the tension between the Palestinian national council and the Palestinian government, al-Fahoum said: " I think there will be a serious step on the road of improving relations especially as the dispute was mostly on Oslo agreements and the great concessions given by the Palestinian Authority, according to these agreements." Palestine-Syria, Politics, 6/13/2000 - Arafat- Clinton's meeting postponed because of al-Assad's funeral
The advisor for the chairman of the Palestinian government Nabil Bu Rudinah has stressed that the funeral of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad will postpone the meeting between Arafat and the US President Bill Clinton in Washington till Thursday. Palestine, Politics, 6/13/2000 - Mubarak, Arafat discuss negotiations, Post-Assad situation Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 6/13/2000