CAPE TOWN A 21strong Cape business and government delegation leaves for Houston, Texas, this weekend in a bid to cash in on the oil and gas exploration boom taking place off the west coast of Africa.
- Israel and the Palestinians yesterday cautiously welcomed a U.S. plan for an international Mideast conference, and the Palestinian Cabinet met for the first time since Israel's military offensive.
Sharon to Hand Bush Dossier on Arafat and 'Terror'
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will hand to President Bush this week a 100-page dossier purporting to show Yasser Arafat's involvement in "terrorism" and use of foreign aid to finance it.
IT IS POSSIBLE to be a patriotic American and still be against the policies of the current government of Israel. I'm not sure that point gets made enough. Hell, it is possible to be a patriotic American and to be against the state of Israel as an idea.
Sharon hopes 'peace' plan will see US abandon Arafat
Amid the bloodiest Israeli military operation in the occupied territories since the 1967 war, Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister, arrived in Washington yesterday, basking in President George Bush's description of him as a "man of peace" and determined to persuade the Americans to abandon Yasser Arafat.
Israel claims papers prove terrorist ties Palestinians dismiss accusations
Jerusalem -- As Prime Minister Ariel Sharon flew to Washington on Sunday, Israeli officials intensified their campaign to discredit Yasser Arafat, distributing three compilations of captured Palestinian documents to American officials here that Israelis contend are indisputable proof that the Palestinian leader personally approved terror attacks.
BEIRUT -- A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on Sunday to rally support for a proposed international conference aimed at bringing Israel and the Palestinians to the negotiating table.
Saudi Arabia Non-Committal on Middle East Conference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia withheld judgement on Monday on the value of a Middle East peace conference proposed by the United States, Russia and the European Union, saying it depended on the details.