Palestine
May 7, 2000
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat could meet before Wednesday's celebration of Israeli independence, public te
May 5, 2000
Clashes broke out Friday in Hebron after a group of Israeli settlers forced their way into the house of a Palestinian family. Several dozen Jewish
Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke off Friday with the Palestinians speaking of a deep crisis in efforts to reach a framework de
May 3, 2000
Emirati President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan held talks Wednesday with his Palestinian counterpart Yasser Arafat on recent developments in
US Middle East envoy Dennis Ross arrived in the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat Tuesday with a beefed-up mandate to push forward a new round of Israel
May 2, 2000
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat accused Israel of lacking commitment to the peace process and renewed a pledge to declare independence on Septembe
The Palestinians insisted on Monday that their right to an independent state was not negotiable, as a new round of intensive peace talks aimed at forg
May 1, 2000
Australian Prime Minister John Howard plans to tell Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to seize the moment for peace when the two meet Monday in Gaza
Top Israeli and Palestinian negotiators resumed talks Monday in the Red Sea town of Eilat to try to forge a draft peace agreement in the next two wee
Birzeit-Palestine Pharmaceutical Company (BPC) last week procured 62 percent of the Eastern Chemicals Company for Pharmaceuticals. The value of the deal is estimated at more than JD1 million, A-Sharq
April 30, 2000
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators began a new round of peace talks on Sunday, hours later than planned because of Palestinian protests over Israeli
Israeli soldiers swooped Sunday to remove a group of women Jewish settlers who had barricaded themselves inside a container in the center of the flash
Jerusalem's highest Islamic religious leader Mufti Ekrema Sabri has come out in support of the establishment of a supreme Muslim council for the estim
April 28, 2000
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat declared Thursday he was hopeful Israel might match its retreat from southern Lebanon with a withdrawal from the P
April 27, 2000
By Amjad Baker The Palestinian Olympic Committee said it opposed a commemorative monument set up at Sydney Olympic Park and called for the games to b