Palestine
May 23, 2000
The Palestinian Mineral Oil Company has recently confirmed that Petropal the first locally produced mineral oil has the ability to compete with Israeli imported products. The company disclosed that Pe
May 22, 2000
The Israeli-run municipality of Jerusalem Monday approved a controversial project to create a Jewish neighborhood in Abu Dis, an Arab village on the o
Palestinian Authority closed an independent television station here Sunday and arrested its director on suspicion of incitement to violence, the Pales
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has ordered his representatives to leave peace talks with the Palestinians in Stockholm, Sweden, because of the cont
May 21, 2000
The funeral for a Palestinian man slain in clashes last week in the West Bank boiled over into violence Sunday - but this time Palestinian demonstrato
Two Palestinians were sentenced to death in absentia by a Palestinian military court on Sunday for their involvement in the 1996 killing of Hamas mili
Israel barred its citizens Sunday from access to the West Bank town of Jericho, military sources were quoted by AFP Sunday as saying. The decision was
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak cancelled a trip to the United States on Sunday and a meeting with President Bill Clinton following bloody clashes w
May 20, 2000
Undeterred by Israeli threats to hold up a land transfer and use more force, hundreds of Palestinians marched today on Israeli army positions in the W
Barak said Friday that the Palestinian Authority's lack of control over the current wave of violence is unacceptable and it must control its forces. "
Israel will try to complete the handover of Abu Dis and two other villages near Jerusalem to full Palestinian control before Prime Minister Ehud Barak
May 19, 2000
Live ammunition gunfights erupted Friday between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian police for the second time in less than a week, seriously wounding a
Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were on full alert with tanks and combat helicopters Friday for two "days of rage" declared by Palestin
May 18, 2000
The Palestinians have vowed to halt meetings with Israelis until they receive a response to a request to release a new batch of prisoners, a senior Pa
Violence in the West Bank territories earlier this week stopped only after Israel threatened Tuesday to bomb PA headquarters in Ramallah with Cobra he