Monthly Archives: February 2001

Official Palestinian Radio News: The Voice of Palestine (V.O.P.) February 8th

Thursday Midnight News Round-up, February 8/9 "His Excellency President Yasser Arafat receives two telephone calls-one from President George Bush and one from his Secretary of State Colin Powell dealing with the peace process; Mr. Nabil Abu-Irdeineh,...

Official Palestinian Radio News: The Voice of Palestine (V.O.P.) February 9th

Summary and Analysis The Voice of Palestine is hammering home the view that there will be no talks with Ariel Sharon unless he picks up where Ehud Barak left off in Taba. "From their two points...

Assessment; The Attitiude of the Palestinian Authority Towards the Israeli elections

Over the past few days, V.O.P. has been adopting a two-tier information policy regarding the election of Ariel Sharon both before and after the election. Before the Election On the one hand, the PA took no...

Official PA radio news – ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE the P.B.C. V.O.P. (Voice of Palestine)...

Special Bulletin, 9 p.m., Israel Election Night Summary and Analysis Already at 9 p.m. V.O.P. quoted Danish reports that Ariel Sharon had won the Israeli elections, but it noted that a final result would come with...

Official PA radio news – February 7th & 8th

The Palestinian toughened its tone Thursday morning following a cabinet meeting Wednesday night, signaling its demands that Israel-under a Sharon Government-- hold fast to all understandings reached with the Barak government as well as...

Official PA radio news – P.B.C. V.O.P. (Voice of Palestine) Radio: Saunday Afternoon February...

Israel Election Preview on V.O.P. On Monday night and Tuesday morning, V.O.P. ushered in the Israeli elections-with a sharp escalation of anti-Sharon rhetoric and emphasis on a military escalation in the Gaza Strip alongside the...

Is It of Any Concern to the Donor Nations to the Palestinian Authority?

Peace Education Now? While the world media descended on Israel to cover the hard fought Israel prime ministerial election campaign between dovish Labor incumbent Ehud Barak and hawkish Likud challenger Ariel Sharon, the international press...

Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: February 3-4

Special Item - PA Announcement - Saturday Night, February 3, 2001 9:10 p.m. "An official spokesman for the Ministry of Information announced that what has been published in the newspapers and in the media regarding...

Official PA radio news – P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: February 3rd

Summary and Analysis It was a sign of a relatively quiet day that VOP featured Dr. Nabil Sha'ath, talking about his trip to Sweden and Norway (and Belgium), as its featured Saturday morning interview guest. Nevertheless,...

Official PBC Radio: Voice of Palestine News February 1-2

Summary and Analysis The deaths of two Palestinians and two Israelis dominated the news programs on VOP on Thursday evening February 1 and Friday morning February 2-with the Palestinians classified as "martyrs" and the Israelis...