Three Agencies
Ordered Closed

Jerusalem (JTA) — Israeli Police
Minister Moshe Shahal has is-
sued an order to close down three
Palestinian institutions in east-
ern Jerusalem believed to have
illegal ties to the Palestinian Au-
thority.
The closure orders were served
on the Palestinian Broadcasting
Authority, the Palestinian Health
Council and the Palestinian Sta-
tistics Center.
Israel has been concerned that
the Palestinian Authority has
been attempting to establish in
eastern Jerusalem the de facto
capital of a future Palestinian
state.
Under the terms of the self-
rule accord, the Palestinian Au-
thority must restrict its activities
to those areas under its control
— currently the Gaza Strip and
the West Bank city of Jericho.
Negotiations on the final sta-
tus of Jerusalem are slated to be-
gin in May 1996.
Yassir Arafat, head of the
Palestinian Authority, denounced
the closure orders as a violation
of the peace accord.
"It's completely against the
agreement," he told reporters in
Gaza. "Especially that those three
centers are very old centers, from
even before our Palestinian Au-
thority and our arrival here in
Gaza."
Senior Palestine Liberation
Organization official Faisal Hus-
seini said a regional meeting on
tourism being held in Cairo had
been suspended because of the
closure order.
Mr. Husseini said the peace
process "cannot continue or be
concluded under this atmosphere,
which is imposed by Israel and
which strengthens the Israeli
right wing."
The Israeli closure order came
in the wake of rising tensions
over Palestinian activities at Ori-
ent House, the PLO's de facto
headquarters in eastern
Jerusalem.
Jerusalem Mayor Ehud
Olmert recently threatened to
shut down Orient House, saying
that it was zoned for a hotel and
demanding that the owners ap-
ply for rezoning license.
The Palestinians have refused.
Mr. Husseini has said any at-
tempt to shut down Orient House
would bring the peace process to
a halt.

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