TITLE

Amendment of Palestinian Covenant

AUTHOR(S)

McCurry, Mike

PUB. DATE

April 1996

SOURCE

U.S. Department of State Dispatch;4/22/96, Vol. 7 Issue 17, p203

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents an excerpt of a statement by the White House Press Secretary applauding the Palestine National Council's vote to revoke the sections of the Palestinian Covenant that called for the destruction of the state Israel.

ACCESSION #

9607090699

Tags: ISRAEL -- Politics & government;  PALESTINE -- Politics & government;  POLITICAL science

 

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