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WHAT HAPPENED ON 2nd September 1996?
31st August 1996
IN BRIEF
IRISH REPUBLICThe bodies of a teacher and his young son have been discovered in the garage of their home in Co Meath. Tubing had been attached to the family car from the exhaust. RUSSIA Three soldiers have been killed in an attack on an anti-aircraft post 45 miles from Moscow. Attacks on soldiers by criminals who want their guns have become commonplace. WEST BANKTwo Romanian workers have been wounded by Palestinian gunmen after crossing from Israel to the West Bank to shop the Israeli army has said
2nd September 1996
Tentative moves
towards a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders: For several days the two sides have been inching towards an agreement to restart the peace process. Once the deal is reached the long- awaited first encounter between Yasser Arafat & Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to take place. Mr Netanyahu's spokesman David Bar- Ilan said the meeting would not take place today.
2nd September 1996
Tentative moves
towards a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders: Mr Netanyahu's spokesman said an agenda for future peace talks had to be agreed before a meeting. He accused the Palestinian side of brinkmanship saying that an agreement had been in place last week but fell apart only in the last two days. Both sides admit that the main sticking point is the redeployment of Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron.
31st August 1996
IN BRIEF
IRISH REPUBLICThe bodies of a teacher and his young son have been discovered in the garage of their home in Co Meath. Tubing had been attached to the family car from the exhaust. RUSSIA Three soldiers have been killed in an attack on an anti-aircraft post 45 miles from Moscow. Attacks on soldiers by criminals who want their guns have become commonplace. WEST BANKTwo Romanian workers have been wounded by Palestinian gunmen after crossing from Israel to the West Bank to shop the Israeli army has said
2nd September 1996
Tentative moves
towards a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders: For several days the two sides have been inching towards an agreement to restart the peace process. Once the deal is reached the long- awaited first encounter between Yasser Arafat & Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to take place. Mr Netanyahu's spokesman David Bar- Ilan said the meeting would not take place today.
2nd September 1996
Tentative moves
towards a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders: Mr Netanyahu's spokesman said an agenda for future peace talks had to be agreed before a meeting. He accused the Palestinian side of brinkmanship saying that an agreement had been in place last week but fell apart only in the last two days. Both sides admit that the main sticking point is the redeployment of Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron.
31st August 1996
ARAFAT RAISES SPECTRE OF NEW INTIFADA
Yasser Arafat has said Palestinians may resurrect their national revolt against Israeli rule if peace moves fail. "One of our options is to return to the intifada " he told school students in the West Bank town of Nablus on the first day of their school year. Mr Arafat said he had described the students in the past as the "generals of the stones". It comes after bitter rows between him and the new Israeli government.
2nd September 1996
Tentative moves
towards a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders: For several days the two sides have been inching towards an agreement to restart the peace process. Once the deal is reached the long- awaited first encounter between Yasser Arafat & Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to take place. Mr Netanyahu's spokesman David Bar- Ilan said the meeting would not take place today.
2nd September 1996
Tentative moves
towards a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders: Mr Netanyahu's spokesman said an agenda for future peace talks had to be agreed before a meeting. He accused the Palestinian side of brinkmanship saying that an agreement had been in place last week but fell apart only in the last two days. Both sides admit that the main sticking point is the redeployment of Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron.
