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Monthly Archives: October 2000
Official PA radio news – the PBC Voice of Palestine – Oct 18/19
SUMMARY
The Palestinian Authority yesterday announced compliance with the Sharm summit understandings, but the announcement (which ran first at 2-PM on Oct. 18 and subsequently) was noteworthy for three factors: 1. It was terse. 2....
Official PA radio news – the PBC Voice of Palestine – Oct 20/21
SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
In the lead-up to the Arab summit, there has once again been a strong escalation in strong rhetoric and atmospheric tension on the Voice of Palestine as shown in the broadcasts of...
Official PA radio news – the PBC Voice of Palestine – Oct 22
SUMMARY
The Voice of Palestine continued its policy of leading its news shows with the details of the burial of "martyrs" and the listing and counting of the injured. VOP continues to go into detail...
“No Arab military west of the Jordan River” Fact or Fiction?
Though the dimensions of the evolving Palestinian state have not yet been decided upon, one thing is almost certain: Palestine will be the Arab neighbor with which Israel shares the longest border. Furthermore, Palestinian...
Palestinian Security Forces: So Far So Bad
Four years ago, following the September 1996 opening of the Hasmonean Tunnel in Jerusalem, Palestinians policemen and Israeli soldiers exchanged heavy fire throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip leaving 69 Palestinians and 14...
What Really Happened When Muchmud Al-dirah, the 12 Year-old Was Shot Dead
The Jerusalem weekly, Kol Ha'zman, published in its Oct. 6 issue an interview with Talal Abu Rachmah, the TV photographer who filmed the death of Muchmud Al-dirah, the 12 year-old child shot dead at...
White House Lobbied For Clinton Nobel Peace Prize
WASHINGTON Two Norwegian public-relations executives and one member of the Norwegian Parliament say they were contacted by the White House to help campaign for President Clinton to receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize for...
A Journalist’s Perspective: One Sided Reporting From Israel: Why?
As a newspaper editor, I am loathe to criticize other media outlets. While we strive for objective reporting, I understand there is no such thing as objectivity in journalism. When it comes to editorial...
Current CNN Middle East Coverage: When Skewed Language Distorts Reporting
As a retired Research Associate at the "Harry S Truman, Institute for Research into the Advancement of Peace", of The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, I would like to provide the following short comment on the...
When Mark Twain visited Joseph’s Tomb
Excerpt: "Innocents Abroad" by Mark Twain
EXCURSION TO THE HOLY LAND, EGYPT, THE CRIMEA, GREECE, AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS OF INTEREST. BROOKLYN, February 1st, 1867:
CHAPTER XLVII.
Joseph became rich, distinguished, powerful -- as the Bible expresses it,...
