Monthly Archives: November 2000

Thara Abu-Hussein, a one-year old baby from the town of Baka al-Garbiya, sustained moderate to severe injuries in yesterday’s attack. She suffers from burns on 15% of her body. The baby was transferred yesterday to...

Note: Arafat often speaks in a mixture of sentence fragments and run-on sentences in some of his appearances. This was apparent especially in the following remarks. In other words, the syntax is Arafat's and...

BBC Tendentiousness Test Chart Time Reporter Airs own opinion? Both sides presented? Key words October 3 1 p.m. Paul Adams yes no 6 p.m. Paul Adams yes no 9 p.m. Ben Brown yes no massacre, President Arafat 9 p.m. Paul Adams yes no BBC2 7-9 a.m. Clive Myrie no no demonstrations, Hostilities, Al Aksa compound October 4 1 p.m. Paul Adams yes no Israeli snipers 9 p.m. Ben Brown yes no Uprising BBC1 October 5 1...

We reviewed six days of BBC TV news coverage (October 3-9) from the Middle East, to test for tendentiousness in three categories: Was the reporter airing a personal opinion in the news report? Were views from...

Evening Headlines 6 p.m., Saturday Evening Five youths became new martyrs in the confrontations with the Israeli occupation army, and more than 120 citizens were wounded; 25 citizens hit by live fire in Hebron; 46 citizens wounded...

Summary and analysis The Voice of Palestine has given relatively little coverage to the Clinton-Arafat meeting Thursday afternoon beyond a recitation of Palestinian positions. There were no descriptions of the tone of conversations or of...

Summary and Analysis VOP continues to lead its news shows with details of martyrs' deaths, funeral times and graphic descriptions of those wounded. The second area of concentration is the diplomatic front: efforts By Yasser...

Summary and Analysis The Voice of Palestine downplayed the murder of an Israeli woman near the Gaza Airport this morning, first largely ignoring the event and then treating it only as an Israeli claim. The item...

Summary and Analysis The Voice of Palestine continues to emphasize Palestinian deaths and casualties, focusing on graphic accounts of injuries (e.g. "Israeli bullets struck his heart" or "occupation bullets pierced his eye"-from November 6, 9...

Quotes of the Day "There will be no peace, no security and no stability in the Middle East until the Israelis end their occupation." (Taib Abdel-Rahim, PA Presidential secretary 7:00 a.m. headline and Morning Spotlight. Note:...