-Caveat Lector-
<><>A while back, someone proposed that Arafat was a sovereign head of
state (in reference to Billio's "conference" with Moniqa while Arafat was
waiting in the Rose Garden) ... granted, he has been head of the PLO and
its current incarnation but the issue of "head of state" is very much on
the mind of the Israelis as a probable eventuality.<><>
>From ArabicNews.CoM
Netanyahu concerned over Clinton's visit to Gaza
Palestine, Politics, 12/10/98
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed great concern over
US President Bill Clinton's coming visit to Gaza, which he said "the
Palestinians will use to promote their demands to establish an independent
Palestinian state."
In press statements he made on Tuesday, Netanyahu warned against the
transformation of the Palestinian state into what he called "a base of
terrorism," unless certain issues threatening the security of Israel are
forbidden, as he claimed.
For his part the Palestinian official responsible for planning and
international cooperation, Nabil Shaath, said the visit of the US President
to Gaza would incline towards having the recognition of the US President of
a Palestinian state, which Palestinian President Yasser Arafat intends to
announce on May 4, 1999.
During his meeting with US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in
Washington on Monday, Israeli foreign minister Ariel Sharon warned against
the visit of the US President Bill Clinton to Gaza, saying " I think that
one of the problems now, one of the dangers now is that the Palestinian
Authority gets the feeling that they are totally backed by this great
democracy." He added, "We think that all of us have to be careful not to
create false expectations, which only add friction and tension."
Monte Carlo radio reported that a great number of Israeli officials
criticized the visit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
First Palestinian air trip to arrive in Cairo on Friday
Egypt, Economics, 12/10/98
The first air trip organized by the Palestinian airline is to arrive in
Cairo on Friday at the inaguration of the air route between Cairo and Gaza
International Airport.
Khaled Abu El-Saud, the general manager of the stations in the Egypt Air
organization said that the Palestinian airline will organize, within an
agreement with the agreement with Egypt Air, three trips weekly on Sunday,
Tuesday and Friday on board of Fokker 50 airplanes, which can carry 48
passengers.
He added that according to this agreement, the organization will organize
two trips weekly on Wednesday and Friday starting from December 18, adding
that the airline will use a Boeing 737 M 500 airplane that can carry 104
passengers.
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<><>In view of my "Nativity" post, this one is weird:<><>
>From Voice of America:
DATE=12/10/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-242769
TITLE=CLINTON / BETHLEHEM (L ONLY)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=BETHLEHEM
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM IN THE WEST BANK -- THE HISTORIC
BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS -- IS PREPARING NOT ONLY FOR ITS ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN TWO WEEKS, BUT A VISIT NEXT TUESDAY BY
PRESIDENT CLINTON. CORRESPONDENT DAVID GOLLUST REPORTS MR.
CLINTON WILL BECOME THE FIRST U-S PRESIDENT TO VISIT PALESTINIAN
CONTROLLED AREAS, AND AT BETHLEHEM, HE WILL FIND A BUSY
CONSTRUCTION SCENE.
TEXT:
/// CONSTRUCTION SOUNDS ///
CONSTRUCTION AND ROAD-PAVING WORK IS GOING ON HERE AT A FRANTIC
PACE AS PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES RACE AGAINST TIME TO GET CENTRAL
BETHLEHEM AND MANGER SQUARE -- SITE OF THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
-- INTO SHAPE FOR THE CLINTON VISIT.
BETHLEHEM IS IN THE MIDST OF A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING
PROGRAM. IT IS PREPARING FOR AN EXPECTED SURGE OF TOURISTS A
YEAR FROM NOW CELEBRATING THE NEW MILLENIUM -- IN EFFECT, THE
TWO-THOUSANDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
THE CENTRAL PART OF THE HILLTOP CITY, TEN KILOMETERS SOUTH OF
JERUSALEM, HAS BEEN TORN UP FOR MONTHS AS WORKMEN WIDEN ROADS AND
BUILD A TOURIST RECEPTION CENTER AND NATIVITY MUSEUM. WITH ONLY
TWO WEEKS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE CLINTON VISIT, CITY OFFICIALS ARE
AT LEAST TRYING TO REPAVE MOST OF MANGER SQUARE AND THE MAIN
ACCESS ROAD TO BE ABLE GREET THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY.
MR. CLINTON IS VISITING PALESTINIAN-RUN GAZA AND BETHLEHEM ALONG
WITH ISRAEL TO SPUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE U-S BROKERED WYE RIVER
AGREEMENT. BETHLEHEM MAYOR HANNA NASSER SAYS THE UNPRECEDENTED
GESTURE HAS WIDE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
/// NASSER ACTUALITY ///
THIS HAS A VERY BIG INDICATION, IT HAS ONE MEANING, THAT
THE UNITED STATES ADMINISTRATION IS INTERESTED IN HAVING
PEACE, COMPREHENSIVE PEACE BETWEEN THE STATE OF ISRAEL
AND THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.
/// END ACTUALITY ///
PLANS CALL FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON TO LIGHT THE CHRISTMAS TREE
OFFICIALLY STARTING BETHLEHEM'S 1998 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AND TO
VISIT THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY, WHICH STANDS ON THE PRESUMED
SITE OF CHRIST'S BIRTH AND PARTS OF WHICH DATE BACK TO THE FOURTH
CENTURY.
THE CLINTONS STAND TO BE AMONG ONLY A FEW THOUSAND FOREIGNERS TO
VISIT BETHLEHEM THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON. IN ADDITION TO THE
CONSTRUCTION MESS, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DAYS OF CLASHES OVER
THE PAST WEEK BETWEEN PALESTINIAN YOUTHS AND ISRAELI SECURITY
FORCES AT THE TOMB OF RACHEL, AN ISRAELI CONTROLLED JEWISH SHRINE
LESS THAN ONE KILOMETER FROM MANGER SQUARE.
MAYOR NASSER CONCEDES THE SPECTACLE ON T-V NEWSCASTS OF
STONE-THROWING YOUTHS AND SOLDIERS FIRING TEARGAS AND RUBBER
COATED BULLETS WILL SCARE AWAY TOURISTS. BUT HE SAYS HE
UNDERSTANDS THE PASSION OF THE DEMONSTRATORS, WHO WANT ISRAEL TO
RELEASE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL AND SECURITY PRISONERS AS ITS PART
OF THE WYE AGREEMENT:
/// NASSER ACTUALITY TWO ///
WE ARE WORKING FOR PEACE. AND WE ARE DEDICATED FOR
PEACE. BUT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN, OUR
PEOPLE, INSIDE ISRAELI JAILS. BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY
COMMON SENSE IN THAT.
/// END ACT ///
MAYOR NASSER AND PALESTINIAN TOURISM OFFICIALS NONE-THE-LESS
THINK THE POLITICAL AND CONSTRUCTION TURMOIL WILL END IN TIME.
THEY SAY AS MANY AS THREE-MILLION TOURISTS COULD COME HERE FOR
THE 15-MONTH MILLENNIAL CELEBRATIONS, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT
CHRISTMAS NEXT YEAR AND CONTINUE UNTIL EASTER IN 2001. (SIGNED)
NEB/DAG/JWH
10-Dec-98 9:31 AM EST (1431 UTC)
NNNN
Source: Voice of America
~~~~~~~~~~~~
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