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  • September 15, 1999

    Donors' Joint Liaison Comm. meets in Gaza. (AYM 9/16 in WNC 9/21)

    PA gives Israel a list of names of its 30,000 police officers, fulfilling a Wye obligation. Israel wanted the list to make...

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  • August 12, 1999

    In Ramallah, Jordanian PM `Abd al-Rauf al-Rawabida, Arafat consult on the peace process (al-Ra'i 8/14 in WNC 8/16)

    As a gesture to Israeli PM Barak, Cyprus pardons 2 Israeli spies,...

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Donors' Joint Liaison Comm. meets in Gaza. (AYM 9/16 in WNC 9/21)

PA gives Israel a list of names of its 30,000 police officers, fulfilling a Wye obligation. Israel wanted the list to make sure that none of the security forces are involved in anti-Israeli acts. (MM, WP 9/16; JP 9/24)

Arafat appoints Local Government M Erakat to head the team to oversee Wye II implementation and issues arising fr. the interim agmts., passing him over for the job of chief negotiator for final status talks. (AFP 9/16 in WNC 9/17)

The new PA Administrative Reform and Development Comm. (ARDC) sets up 5 technical comms. to investigate PA ministries and government offices for duplication of duties, impediments to independent and efficient functioning. (HJ 9/16 in WNC 9/21)

Israeli police question fmr. PM Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with allegations that a contractor carried out private work for him, billed the government. (MM 9/15; MM, NYT, WP, WT 9/16; JP 9/24; MM 9/28)

PA Preventive Security Force (PSF) arrests popular television talk show host Maher al-Disouqi on incitement charges after a guests on his show, the mothers of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, criticize the PA, denounce Arafat for failing to secure their sons' release. (LAW 9/16, 9/20; JP 10/1; NYT 10/14)

Walt Disney Corp. meets with reps. of the Arab League, officials fr. the UAE, Morocco, and Arab American groups to discuss Israel's plans to host an exhibition entitled "Jerusalem, Capital of Israel" at Disney's Epcot Center. Arab states have threatened to boycott Disney products if the exhibition takes place. (NYT, WT 9/18; al-Quds 9/18, IRNA, Tehran Times 9/19 in WNC 9/21) (see 8/12)

In Ramallah, Jordanian PM `Abd al-Rauf al-Rawabida, Arafat consult on the peace process (al-Ra'i 8/14 in WNC 8/16)

As a gesture to Israeli PM Barak, Cyprus pardons 2 Israeli spies, sends them back to Israel. (Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Radio 8/12 in WNC 8/13; Cyprus News Agency 8/12, I Simerini 8/13 in WNC 8/16; WT 8/13) (see 1/29)

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Comm. (ADC) sends a letter to Disney pres. Michael Eisner protesting Disney's plans to open an Israeli exhibit at Epcot Center in Florida with the theme "Jerusalem, Capital of Israel." (ADC press release 8/12)