PLO News
Violence Feared In Lead-up To Elections
Thursday December 24, 1998
Palestinian and Israeli leaders expressed despair and fear that there could be a violent lead-up to early elections in the Jewish state, while the peace process remains frozen. Mr Marwan Barghouti, the secretary-general of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah PLO faction in the West Bank, saiPalestinians To Step Up Pressure On Australia
Saturday December 5, 1998
Australia can be expected to be one of several nations to be targeted by the PLO to recognise the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. During a visit to the Middle East this year, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Downer, dismissed a question of Australia's attitude to a unilaterPlo Offered $4.8bn Peace Carrot
Wednesday December 2, 1998
The United States and other international donors have pledged more than $US3 billion ($4.8 billion) to the Palestinians to encourage the PLO to continue peace negotiations with Israel. The Palestinian Authority emerged from a conference in Washington with the pledges, despite reports of corrupti