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Official PA Newspaper Blames Israel for Jerusalem Bombing
Two days after the November 6, 1998 bomb attack at Jerusalem's Mahaneh Yehuda market injured 25 Israelis, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is blaming Israel for the incident and for previous attacks against Israeli civilians....
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 President Mubarak that the Egyptian navy was responsible for the...
A Police Chief Calls Wye Accord a Temporary Truce – Jabali Says PA Will...
Following are remarks made by Palestinian Police Chief Col. Ghazi Jabali which were broadcast on official Palestinian Authority television on October 30, 1998, one week after the signing of the Wye River Memorandum between...
Palestinian Comments on the Wye River Memorandum
Following is a summary of the comments found in the Palestinian media regarding the treaty signed on Friday between Israel and the PLO.
Changing the Palestinian Covenant
Unlike the English version of the memorandum, according to...
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. This update focuses on the Palestinian obligation to amend the...
Al-Ahram: Weak Clinton, Egyptian Poll, Palestinian State, PA/Israel
Crime and Punishment
by Fayza Hassan Pot Pourri, a regular columnist
Excerpts:
The numerous episodes of the Clinton saga are telling proof that Americans have not really changed in their candid, puritanical morality since the days the...
Why is the Shuafat Refugee Camp Seething?
At a time when the issue of Palestinian refugees surfaces on the agenda of the peace process, a visit to the one Palestinian refugee camp in Jerusalem can provide you with some understanding of...
Out of Shadows, Agency Is Directly Involved in Israeli-Palestinian Security Talks
The CIA has emerged from the shadows of diplomacy to play a unique, highly visible role in the Middle East peace process, mediating disputes between Israeli and Palestinian security forces and participating in negotiations...
PA Security Chief: We Drafted 25 Hamas Terrorists into Palestinian Security Forces to Protect...
Following are excerpts of an interview on 24th September, 1998, with Muhammad Dahlan, head of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service in Gaza, which was conducted by the official Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda.
Question: The...
Al-Barghuthi Says ‘Thousands’ Trained for Possible Clash
... Al-Barghuthi believes that procedures to establish a Palestinian state have actually begun with the establishment of the first Palestinian Authority in our history. Since the establishment of that authority, he aid, the building...
