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Monthly Archives: August 2000
Muhammad and Meira begin first grade
I work with a senior Palestinian TV journalist, Mustafa, who, like me, hits fifty this month and, like me, has a child, Muhammad, who begins first grade this week.
My Meira, also six, is excited...
Professional Review of the Palestinian Authority teachers guide
Analysis of “REPORT: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS”, compiled by the “Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace” CMIP); Research Director: Itamar Marcus. (CMIP is accessible at www.edume.org)
140 textbooks were reviewed by CMIP.
Of these, 36...
This week in the official Palestinian Authority media
This week, the Palestinian press dwelt on the Palestinian achievements in the Camp David summit, and how Israel was pulled closer to the positions held by the Palestinian Authority (P.A.). In one interview, Palestinian...
Eastern Jerusalem Arabs paying taxes to remain Israeli and avoid PLO annexation
(August 4 2000)
Arabs of eastern Jerusalem have begun paying up all their debts to the Jerusalem Municipality, including all the taxes and fees, in the hope that this will strengthen their links to the...
Palestinian Summer Camp Offers the Games of War
NABLUS, West Bank, Aug. 2 -- It is summer camp time for 25,000 Palestinian teenagers, and strikingly unusual camps they are, too. As run by the men who handle psychological warfare for Yasir Arafat,...
Arafat lies about his birthplace
What a difference a birthplace makes: How, contrary to the facts, was Arafat born in Jerusalem?
One of the pieces of information leaked to the Arabs at Camp David (to Muhammad el-Abzi of the international...
Why Peres was defeated: the betrayal of the public trust
Over a period of six months, our news agency hired a leading financial investigations firm to monitor the financial dealings of the Peres Center for Peace, while delivering the documentation of these findings to...
PMW – This Week in the Palestinian Media 3 August 2000
While the Camp David talks were still in progress it was evident from the PA media that the talks were headed for failure. Had Arafat intended to move toward Barak and from his traditional...
