Daily Archives: December 28, 2000

Official Palestinian Authority Voice of Palestine Radio: Dec. 25

Summary and Analysis Christmas morning on the Voice of Palestine was marked by three key items: Holiday comments of Latin Patriarch Michel Sabah; Palestinian protest at the retention of "the bodies of two exalted martyrs" (including the...

Official Palestinian Authority Voice of Palestine Radio Broadcasts: Dec. 26

Summary and Analysis VOP returned Tuesday to very careful coverage of the Clinton proposals to the Palestinians and Israel in Washington. VOP is trying to navigate between the hard line of Abu Ala (PA Speaker...

Official Palestinian Authority Voice of Radio Broadcasts; Dec. 27

Summary and Analysis VOP reported that the Palestinian Leadership-the Executive Committee of the PLO-would discuss the American plan some more this evening, with a view to giving a response soon. Throughout the day there were hints...

Official PA radio news – the PBC Voice of Palestine, Dec. 28th

Summary and Analysis The confusion and lack of clear direction at the top of the pyramid of power in the Palestinian Authority emerges clearly in the last two or three days of broadcasts of the...

When Arafat Says No…

When Arafat says ‘No,’ what does he mean? The Rais’s ‘No’ is not an absolute rejection. It is a strategy of brinksmanship, designed to achieve a bit more, to squeeze one more accomplishment. Arafat’s ‘No’...