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Official Media of the Palestine Authority, November 15, 1998

Excerpts from Arafat's Speech in Ramallah: Narrator quoting Arafat: "We are building our state, piece by piece and will continue until our state is established...

Official Palestine Broadcasting Corporation Radio

Nov 16, 7 a.m. Narrator's Remarks (Youssef Mahmoud): Today is the day of the Mihraj (celebration off Muhammad's legendary nocturnal journey from the Meccan Mosque to...

MidEast Peace Facilitation Act

Title IV of Public Law 104-99 or the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act, passed by the US Congress on February 12, 1996 stipulates that: "It...

Can the Arabs Ever Use Their Oil Power Weapon Again?

The focus of the industrial West has, for many years, been drawn to the oil-bearing nations of the Middle East because they needed oil....

Arafat Health Scare Puts Peace Process in Jeopardy

Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, is suffering from Parkinson's disease, according to a report compiled by Israeli military intelligence. He is receiving treatment for...

Palestinian Reactions to the Wye River Memorandum III

Revising the Charter and Security Issues Part II, Section C, Paragraph 2, of the Wye River Memorandum, requires the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation...

Al-Ahram Weekly: For the First Time, Egypt Admits Sinking the Dakar

Giving Chase to an "Enemy" Sub by Galal Nassar Al-Ahram Weekly 29th October - 4th November, 1998 Heading: A high military official confirmed in the presence of...

Ex-Weapons Inspector Ritter: Don’t Count on Us Monitoring of Wye

Ritter is a former UN weapons inspector in Iraq. Question: I understand you have some concerns regarding the implementation of the Wye accord? Ritter: Yes, indeed....

Update on Iraq: The US Suddenly Wakes Up?

An Israeli reader reported that at the Likud Central Committee meeting on the Wye accord, some members criticized the Gov't for relying on the...

Senior Palestinian Official: PNC Will Not Convene to Amend the Covenant

This is the first in a series of periodic updates on issues relating to Palestinian compliance with the October 23, 1998 Wye River Memorandum....