Liane Hansen speaks with Salameh Ne'Matt (SAH-luh-may ay-MATT), Jordanian correspondent for the newspaper Al-Hiyat (AHL high-YAHT), he Middle East's largest Arabic daily newspaper, about the challenges faced by rafat now that he has secured a mandate from the Palestinian people. Ne'Matt lso says the newly-elected Palestinian Council will be a strong governing force n the Middle East. Over the next few months, Ne'Matt predicts, Arafat will be ocusing on the status of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.
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