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Ads by Google      Palestinian National Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the PNC met in Gaza in April 1996 and voted 504 to 54 to void parts of the Palestinian National Covenant that denied Israel's right to exist. In the presence of the US President Clinton, it reaffirmed again the annulling of the parts of the Covenant which denied Israel's right to exist. As of 2003, the PNC is chaired by Salim Zanoun and has 669 members; 88 are from the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), 98 represent the Palestinian population living in the occupied territories, and 483 represent the Palestinian diaspora. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Council   (379 words)      Palestinian National Covenant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Many Israelis feel that although the PNC met in Gaza on 24 April 1996, it did not revoke or change the covenant, but only issued a statement saying that it had become aged, and that an undefined part of it would be rewritten at an undetermined date in the future. The Palestinian National Covenant or Palestinian National Charter (Arabic: al-Mithaq al-Watani al-Filastini) is the charter or constitution of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Later, (Hirst, 2003) p.427 a promised Charter amendment based on Fatah doctrine "that all Jews [without date restriction]...were to be entitled to Palestinian citizenship" failed due to doctrinal quarrels over the meaning of the precise nature of the proposed Democratic State. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Charter   (1859 words)      Declaration by the Palestinian National Council in Cairo The Council has resolved to continue the struggle for restoration of the national rights of the Palestinian nation, and foremost among them its right to return, to self-determination and to the establishment of its national independent State on its independent soil. The Council emphasizes the need to strengthen the Arab front which is a partner in the Palestinian revolution, and the linkage with all its partnered forces in all the Arab States. The Council emphasizes its insistence on the right of the Palestinian revolution to exist on the soil of sister Lebanon, within the terms of the Cairo Agreement and its appendices, as ratified by the PLO and the Lebanese authorities. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/pncdeclare.html   (968 words)      Palestinian National Council Declaration of Independence (November 14, 1988) The Council notes with considerable concern the growth of the Israeli forces of fascism and extremism and the escalation of their open calls for the implementation of the policy of annihilation and individual and collective expulsion of our people from their homeland, and calls for intensified efforts in all arenas to confront this fascist peril. It was in Palestine, cradle of humanity's three monotheistic faiths, that the Palestinian Arab people was born, and it was there that it grew and developed, its unbroken, uninterrupted organic relationship with its land and its history molding its human and national being. The National Council expresses deep pain at the continued detention of hundreds of combatants from among our people in a number of Arab countries, strongly condemns their continued detention, and calls upon those countries to put an end to the these abnormal conditions and release those fighters to play their role in the struggle. http://www.fmep.org/documents/PalestinianNationalCouncilDeclarationOfIndependence.html   (2828 words)      The Palestinian Charter Consensus was reached for holding the 2lst session of the Palestinian National Council, the second to be held on the Palestinian soil after the first was held under the chairmanship of Ahmad Shoqaire in 1966. It was mentioned in the draft summary that the Palestinian National Council decided to amend the Palestinian charter and to cancel all articles that contradict, with the letters exchanged between the PLO and the government of Israel. The PNC has approved with an overwhelming majority the amendment of sub- paragraphs in the Palestinian National charter which are inconsistent with the DOP and the letters exchanged between the government of Israel and the PLO. http://www.pac-usa.org/the_palestinian_charter.htm   (5217 words)      Draft Basic Law Accordingly, the Legal Committee of the Palestinian National Council held a meeting in Amman on 10 December 1993 to examine the proposal. Sovereignty over the national resources in Palestine is vested in the Palestinian people, and shall be exploited and disposed of in the interests of the Palestinian people according to law. No Palestinian may be deported, deprived of his nationality, prevented or prohibited from returning to or leaving Palestine or surrendered to any foreign authority except in accordance with extradition agreements. http://www.jmcc.org/research/series/basic2.htm   (5334 words)      CNN.com - Gaza state of emergency imposed - Jul 17, 2004 Haroun said the abduction of the French nationals was also in protest of the speech delivered Tuesday by U.N. Mideast special representative Terje Roed-Larsen which was highly critical of the Palestinian leadership. Earlier, a group that briefly held four French nationals hostage Friday said the act was meant to draw European attention to the Palestinian situation. In his speech at the United Nations, Larsen said the Palestinian Authority was in deep distress and near complete collapse, and blamed Arafat for not carrying out promised reforms. http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/17/gaza.kidnapping   (750 words)      Shikaki: No Political Will for Palestinian National Elections - Council on Foreign Relations Palestinians will have to agree to a cease-fire—and I think this is possible—and the Israelis would have to stop entering into Palestinian cities. There are certain things that are possible; other things are not possible at the moment and require certain changes in the positions of the Palestinian, American, and Israeli leaderships. A prime ministerposition has been recently instituted into the Palestinian political system. http://www.cfr.org/publication.html?id=7243   (2601 words)      Public Opinion Approximately 91 percent of Palestinian respondents consider participation in the January elections for a Palestinian National Council a national duty, 81 percent intend to register for the elections, and 68 percent intend to participate even if the opposition calls for a boycott. Palestinian National Authority President Yasser Arafat has promised to call for amending the charter after January elections add some new members to the Palestinian National Council who presumably will follow his recommendation. The poll was cited in Egyptian newspaper reports of a mixed Egyptian public reaction to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin last Nov. 4. http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/0196/9601041.html   (642 words)      CNN.com - PFLP military wing outlawed - October 22, 2001 "The Palestinian National Security Council, a body which encompasses all the top Palestinian security commanders, outlawed the military wing of the PFLP, known as the Abu Ali Mustafa brigade," the spokesman said. The Palestinian Authority came under intense international pressure to take action against the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine after the militant group admitted killing the Israeli Tourism Minister Rechavam Zeevi last week. The move by Arafat and the Palestinian Authority is considered striking because -- while the two have been at odds over the years -- the PFLP has been a member of Arafat's Palestinian Liberation Organization since the late 1960s. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/10/22/mideast.pflp   (616 words)      Clinton addresses Palestinian National Council as charter is amended The Palestinian National Council today reaffirmed the cancellation of articles in the Palestinian National Charter that refer to the destruction of Israel by a show of hands that took place in Gaza in the presence of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and US President Bill Clinton. Clinton in his speech before the Palestinian National Council described this day as "historic" and thanked the Palestinians for their decision to annul the charter provisions. Clinton told the PNC members that they had "done a good thing" in their vote today, which would reach the Israeli people. http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/981214/1998121460.html   (460 words)      The Peace Encyclopedia: The Phased Plan, Piece by Piece, The Piece Process Arafat: No. In 1974, at the Palestinian National Council meeting in Cairo, we passed the decision to establish national Palestinian rule over any part of the land of Palestine which is liberated." Arafat: Since the decision of the Palestinian National Council at its 12th meeting in 1974 [known as the Phased Plan for Israel's destruction], the PLO has adopted the political solution of establishing a National Authority over any territory from which the occupation withdraws. Chairman Arafat habitually invokes the June 8, 1974 resolution of the Palestinian National Council [PNC], known as the "Phased Plan" for Israel's destruction. http://www.yahoodi.com/peace/phased.html   (1264 words)      Wye and the Palestinian Covenant Netanyahu is back to insisting that the full Palestinian National Council must muster a majority — two-thirds majority vote to revoke clauses in the Palestinian Charter which the Israelis consider hostile to them. Media reports on implementation of the Wye River Memorandum have incorrectly characterized as a "new demand" Israel's position that the Palestinian Covenant must be revised by a full meeting of the Palestinian National Council. The cabinet also demanded a "properly conducted vote" by the 700-member Palestinian National Council to annul portions of its charter that call for Israel's destruction. http://world.std.com/~camera/docs/backg/wye.html   (672 words)      IMRA - Thursday, January 29, 1998 Israel: Arafat's Letters to Clinton and Blair Fail to Amend the PLO Covenant On April 24, 1996, the Palestinian National Council (PNC) convened Fact: The Palestinian National Covenant is the founding charter of Council (PNC) and that such changes must be approved by a http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=1120   (1349 words)      Al-Ahram Weekly Arafat's ladder In 1985, the Palestinian National Council (PNC) endorsed the idea of a confederation between Jordan and any future Palestinian state. Speaking at a Fatah rally in Hebron on 12 February, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat revived the debate over the form of the political association between Jordan and any future Palestinian entity. The unspoken assumption behind this chorus of restraint is that any attempt by Arafat to go it alone would almost certainly help Binyamin Netanyahu's election prospects rather than those of Ehud Barak, especially if the Israeli leader, in retaliation, carries out his threat to annex those parts of the Occupied Territories under Israel's control. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/417/re2.htm   (733 words)      The Palestinian National Council declared a de-facto Palestinian state The Palestinian National Council declared Judea, Samaria and Gaza a de-facto Palestinian state and Jerusalem, Israel’s capital, the capital thereof. And our independent Palestinian state and its capital Jerusalem are only a stone’s throw away,” were PLO chief Yasser Arafat’s words on January 19, 1989 in an address to The Unified National Command of the Uprising. Fourty member states granted the PLO the right to speak directly to the UN Security Council as Palestine, just as any other member nation, despite the fact that it was a known terrorist organization perpetrating countless atrocities in order to inspire fear and therewith turn the world against Israel. http://www.ortzion.org/archnws07_1.html   (989 words)      The Palestinian National Covenant and Christian Passivity Article 7) 0utlines the upbringing of Palestinians in an Arab and Revolutionary Fashion, preparing the child for the conflict and “armed struggle” against Israel, forging Palestinian Consciousness “by all means,”...which expresses itself in inconceivable outbursts of hatred as presently witnessed but not reported by the media. Fedayeen theory: since the Jews have no real nationalism, terror will cause their disintegration to the point that they will consent to relinquish Jewish statehood. Arafat knew that if he would accept this offer the world would say that the Palestinians got an excellent deal, and any further terror acts would turn the world against him and his PA. He had to maintain this one trump in his hands – the Palestinian plight for a homeland. http://www.ortzion.org/Amalek_12.html   (1058 words)      israelinsider: diplomacy: PLO threatens Israel's UN membership Salim Al-Za'anun, Chairman of the Palestinian National Council has threatened to contest Israel's membership in the United Nations. In the article Za'anun added that "the Knesset stands on Palestinian land; it must be removed so that the permanent seat of the [Palestinian] National Council may be erected there." In an additional development, the Palestinian Authority has renewed a diplomatic campaign to pressure the United Nations Security Council to send observers to the Palestinian areas. http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Diplomacy/857.htm   (465 words)      Commentary on Claimed Change to Palestinian Charter A week later, on May 5, 1996, Gaza attorney Faisal Hamdi Husseini, the head of the Palestine National Council (PNC) Judicial Committee announced that he would submit a new Palestinian Covenant in three months in which 21 articles will be changed or canceled. The Washington visits clearly illustrates just what kind of "tough decisions" Clinton's team had in mind for Arafat: the decision to hand over yet another letter about the Palestinian Covenant and an agreement to a photo opportunity at Washington's Holocaust Museum. The Clinton Administration's satisfaction with Arafat's handling of the Palestinian Covenant is a real puzzle: Back on September 9, 1993, Arafat promised in a letter to Yitzhak Rabin that "the provisions of the Covenant which are inconsistent with the commitments of this letter are now inoperative and no longer valid. http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/1998/jan/ler13.htm   (699 words)      Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian National Council (PNC), Parliament in exile of the Palestinian people, is the most important institution of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO). After the signing of the Oslo agreements, the PNC conveyed in Gaza in April 1996 to void parts of the Palestinian National Convenant that denied Israel's right to exist. The members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (88, directly elected in January 1996) are automatically members of the PNC, and together with 98 other members from inside the Palestinian territories represent the Palestinian population living in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 while the other 483 members of the PNC represent the Palestinian diaspora. http://www.pna.gov.ps/Government/gov/palestinian_national_council.asp   (358 words)      Hexapedia - State of Palestine The State of Palestine was unilaterally proclaimed on November 15, 1988, by the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, in Tunis. However, some European Union countries (including the United Kingdom) maintain diplomatic ties with the Palestinian Authority, established under the auspices of the Oslo Accords. Additional steps are required of both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. http://www.hexafind.com/encyclopedia/State_of_Palestine   (257 words)      Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian Elections Law states that the Legislative Council is integrated in the already existing Palestinian National Council (CNP). The Council has, however, no powers whatsoever in the areas of international relations or defense policies. and responsibilities for internal security and public order in the Palestinian autonomous areas at different levels. http://www.pna.gov.ps/Government/gov/palestinian_legislative_council.asp   (741 words)      PLO THREATENS ISRAEL'S UN MEMBERSHIP Salim Al-Za’anun, Chairman of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) has threatened to contest Israel’s UN membership. “...he added: ‘[Israel’s Parliament] the Knesset stands on Palestinian land, it must be removed so that the permanent seat of the [Palestinian] National Council my be erected there. He said that there would be a return to square one of the dispute and to [UN 1947 Partition] Decision 181, which endows to the Palestinian people some 45% of historic Palestine. http://www.bjeny.org/234.htm   (254 words)      ADL WELCOMES PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL VOTE REVOKING ANTI-ISRAELI CLAUSES IN CHARTER New York, NY, April 24, 1996...The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the vote by the Palestine National Council (PNC) to revoke the clauses in the Palestinian National Charter which call for Israel's destruction. We are pleased that Chairman Yasir Arafat has fulfilled the promise he made to the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in September 1993 to revoke the anti-Israel clauses in the Palestinian National Charter. As we join today to celebrate forty-eight years of Israeli independence, we reaffirm Israel's right to live in peace and security. http://www.adl.org/PresRele/IslME_62/2721_62.asp   (222 words)      Towards a Solid National Unity The National Unity Committee was one of several committees created by the Palestinian National Council in its session last April and charged with making preparations for statehood. Thus, the Palestinian National Council was not actually able to fill the legal vacuum left by the expiration of the interim agreement on May 4. The national unity session which was held in Ramallah on August 31 was an extension of other sessions which were held before the National Council was convened and which have continued during the past four months twice weekly. http://www.fateh.net/e_editor/99/310899.htm   (1002 words)      Governments on the WWW: Palestine Palestinian National Commission for Education, Culture and Science Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations in New York Political Resources on the Net (by Roberto Cicciomessere) http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/pal.html   (88 words)      JMCC / Politics in Palestine / old and new cabinet / Government A long-time Palestinian activist, Dr. Abu Hommos joined the Fateh party at the age of 14, and later became a member of the Palestinian National Council. He is the President of the Palestinian Council of Foreign Relations; a member of the Higher Education Council; Deputy Secretary-General of MIFTAH, a Palestinian civil rights organization, and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Arab Political Science Organization. Balawi served as the Commissioner-General of the National Security Agencies and Secretary of National Security Council. http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/newpagov03.htm   (4303 words)      Palestinian National Authority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On August 10, 2004, a report by an investigation committee Palestinian Legislative Council for the reasons for the anarchy and chaos in the PA was published by Haaretz daily newspaper. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA; Arabic: السلطة الوطنيةالفلسطينية As-Sulta Al-Wataniyya Al-Filastiniyya Hebrew: הרשותהפלסטינית Harashut Hafalastinit) is an interim administrative organization that nominally governs parts of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip (which it calls "the Palestinian Territories"). Palestinian journalists in Gaza called a general strike on February 9 to protest this rising violence against journalists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Authority   (4606 words)      Palestinian National Authority - Ministry of Planning The Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, The President of the Palestinian National Authority, After consulting with the High Judicial Council, and; after the adoption of the Legislative Council; the following Amended Judicial Authority Law Draft have been promulgated detail The reports of the Working Group of the European Parliament, on allegations that the EU funding to Palestinians was used for anti Israeli-attacks, discharge the Palestinian Authority, reporting, on the other side, a list of projects built wit the EU support and destroyed by the Israeli army. Norwegian Government to offer $ 65 million to the Palestinian People of which $ 14.6 million to the PNA http://www.mop.gov.ps/en/publishing/news_m.asp   (850 words)      ei: The Electronic Intifada Symbolic elections to the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the PLO's exile parliament, will be held by Palestinian communities in Paris and Brussels on 25 January parallel to the Palestinian Authority's second round of elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in the Israeli occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip (OPT). The symbolic elections aim to raise public awareness of the exclusion of over half of the Palestinian people from the internationally-sponsored process of Palestinian political decision making applied under the terms of the Madrid-Oslo agreements between Israel and the PLO. Diaries: Palestinians' time of choice (25 January 2006) http://electronicintifada.net/new.shtml   (667 words)

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