TITLE

Arafat wants new accords with Israel

PUB. DATE

November 1996

SOURCE

MEED: Middle East Economic Digest;11/29/96, Vol. 40 Issue 48, p18

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the accusations made by Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat against Israel for violating the 1994 economic protocols it signed with the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Arafat's demand that the protocol be rewritten; Israel's denial that it has violated the accords.

ACCESSION #

9705131100

Tags: ARAFAT, Yasir, 1929-2004;  INTERNATIONAL economic relations

 

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