Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 9/25/2000
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of September 25, 2000
- Moussa welcomes Barak proposal on Jerusalem
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa welcomed Friday the proposal raised by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on having what he termed as Jerusalem and Al- Quds, one next to the other, as two capitals. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 9/30/2000 - Jerusalem's condition deteriorated due to fighting
The Palestinians stayed in a general strike to protest the killing and the violence works which took place during the last 3 days. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/30/2000 - Arafat informs Mubarak with the developments in al-Aqsa mosque
The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat arrived today morning at Cairo in a short visit during which he is to met President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 9/30/2000 - Egypt denounces Aqsa bloody events
Egypt voiced its regret for the bloody violence that flared up in Al Haram A1 Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) in Jerusalem on Friday and urged Israel to take all due measures that would prevent recurrence of such events. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 9/30/2000 - First time in 50 years, Palestinian delegation (1948) visits relatives in Syrian camps
For the first time since half a century, a people's delegation of the Palestinians of 1948 arrived in Damascus to visit their relatives in al-Yarmouk and Palestine camps to the south of the capital, Damascus. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 9/29/2000 - Hawatemah in Moscow
Leader of the Russian Communist party Genadi Zeganov announced during his meeting on Thursday with the secretary general of the democratic front for the liberation of Palestine Nayef Hawatemah currently visiting Moscow, on top of a delegation representing the front that Russia can and should carry out a more effective role in settling the current conflict taking place in the Middle East. Palestine-Russia, Politics, 9/29/2000 - Nasser's passing away commemorated
"The stances of late President Gamal Abdul Nasser inspire the nation to close ranks and further national solidarity to surmount the current uphill stage," said Palestinian President Arafat. Egypt-Palestine, History, 9/28/2000 - Hamas: Sharon defies Muslim's feelings by visiting al-Aqsa mosque
Sheik Ahmed Yasin, the spiritual leader of Hamas, said that "the visit of leader of the extreme rightist Likud party Ariel Sharon to al-Aqsa mosque expresses the spirit of terrorism, criminality and assault to the sacred places." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/28/2000 - Palestinians: U.S. insists on making progress in peace process
Zakaraia al-Agha, member of the executive committee for the Palestinian Liberation Organization, said "the consultations which are taking place between us and the U.S.A comprise all the raised issues which are Jerusalem, land, borders, refugees, water and security as well as all issues of the final solution." He added this issues are the issues of consultation currently taking place among the Palestinians, the Israelis and U.S.A." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/28/2000 - Giving up Jerusalem is a taboo, Jordanian scholars say
Islamic Sharia scholars in the Islamic Action Front in Jordan on Wednesday released a Fatwa which prohibits giving up the city of Jerusalem or any part of it, or accepting Israeli sovereignty over it or over any part there or transferring any part of al-Aqsa Mosque to the Jews. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 9/28/2000 - Palestinian government inaugurates a gas field in Gaza
The Palestinian government yesterday inaugurated the first field for natural gas off the coast of the city of Gaza, said the Israeli radio. Palestine, Economics, 9/28/2000 - Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese airspace
The Israeli warplanes on Wednesday violated the Lebanese airspace. The Lebanese radio said that the Israeli warplanes violated the sound barrier in the airspace of the western Bekaa up to Sidon's airspace in South Lebanon. Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 9/28/2000 - Heads of Christian factions renew support for Palestinian right in Jerusalem
Heads of the Christian factions in Jerusalem renewed today the confirmation on the Church's stance which support the Palestinian right in Jerusalem and their solidarity with the Palestinian people in their fair cause. Palestine, Politics, 9/27/2000 - Palestinian official denounces Sharon's visit to Aqsa mosque tomorrow
A prominent Palestinian official in the Islamic endowments criticized the visit of Ariel Sharon, the head of the rightist Likud bloc, tomorrow to a- Aqsa mosque and depicted it of being a provocation visit. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/27/2000 - The first summit between Arafat and Barak since the failure of Camp David talks Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/26/2000
- Nabil Shaath: Israel is far from the peace track
Nabil Shaath, the minister of the Palestinian international cooperation and planning, assured that his country "will not accept what is said that has Israel done its best and we believe that the nearest thing to go to are the borders of June 1967 which Israel did with Egypt and Jordan." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/26/2000 - A clash between the Yemeni police and Palestinian refugees
The Yemeni police fired shots on a demonstration by Palestinian refugees who were protesting evacuating them from a refugees Camp in Sanaa. Yemen-Palestine, Politics, 9/26/2000 - 3.1 billion in donar aid to the Palestinian government since 1994 Palestine, Economics, 9/25/2000
- Palestinian officials counter Israeli moves in U.N.E.S.C.O concerning Jerusalem
The Palestinian ministries for the education, culture and sciences intend to form an experts team to form a Palestinian answer on the presented Israeli draft to U.N.E.S.C.O concerning considering Jerusalem as an Israeli location and registering it among the international traditional locations. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/25/2000