Palestine
May 30, 2000
Following months of bickering between Israel and the Palestinian Authority over the location of the northern passage between the Gaza Strip and the We
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has sent a letter to US President Bill Clinton complaining of the slow progress in the peace negotiations, and ask
May 29, 2000
The possibility of erecting a security fence to separate the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem and the towns of Abu Dis and Azzariye, slated for trans
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat dismissed the idea that the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon would make the Palestinians think violence is the best
Scores of Palestinian refugees rushed to feast their eyes for the first time ever on "our Palestine", as they call it, stretching beyond the barbed wi
May 28, 2000
The level of poverty in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is among the highest in the Middle East and North Africa. Poverty in the Palestinian self-rule ar
Saudi Prince Al-Walid bin Talal said Saturday he would give as much as two million dollars to construct a five-star hotel in Gaza City, reported AFP.
May 27, 2000
Police are investigating whether Palestinian fugitive Khaled al-Sheeny, a convicted murderer captured by Israeli police this week after three years on
Israel and the Palestinian Authority will finalize a framework agreement within one month, sources closely involved in the Stockholm talks believe, ac
May 26, 2000
More than 2,000 Palestinians demonstrated in two towns after Friday prayers to demand the release of detainees held by Israel and show support for Leb
May 25, 2000
Hamas called on the Palestinians Thursday to draw inspiration from their comrades in Lebanon and launch a holy war to recover Israeli-occupied land. "
Israel and the Palestinians will reach an accord by the end of the year on declaring a Palestinian state, Israeli parliament speaker Avraham Burg said
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat left Gaza Wednesday for Rome, on the first leg of a tour that will also take him to Spain, his adviser Nabil Abu R
Unofficial Israeli-Palestinian negotiations interrupted after deadly West Bank clashes should resume in Sweden within days now that the situation is c
May 23, 2000
Israeli Public Security Minister Shlomo Ben Ami was dispatched to Egypt on Monday to brief President Hosni Mubarak on the Stockholm track of peace tal