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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Congress Mulls Conditions for Aid to P.A.
Congressmen are deciding whether to demand that the Palestinian Authority take concrete steps to stop anti-Israeli incitement as a condition for American aid to the territories.Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives...
Congressman Sherman Challenges Abbas on Anti-Semitism in Text Books
May 25, 2005
Congressman Sherman met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and delivered a letter expressing his concern over anti-Semitic portions of Palestinian textbooks and a failure to promote peace in the region.
"The United...
Text of Letter Handed to Abbas by Congressman Sherman
May 25, 2005
For Hand Delivery in Person
His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas
President
Palestinian Authority
Your Excellency:
I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the new Palestinian textbooks which the PA has introduced to several grades of Palestinian...
An Appeal to the Conscience of the Jewish Media
May 27th, 2005
For the past four months, our news agency hired credible Arabic-language journalists to translate and provide the Jewish media with the content of the media of the new regime of Abbas, and...
On Eve of U.S. Visit, Abbas’s Media Again Attack US and Israel
Only days before Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas visits Washington to ask for money and to exhibit reform and moderation, Abbas's official media have again supported terror assaults on Israeli targets while attacking America and...
Arafat’s Demise will not lead to Peace – Abbas Acts as his Protege
Yasir Arafat's demise in November excited great hopes among those who saw his malign personality as the main reason for Palestinian intransigence.
But those of us who saw the problem as larger than Arafat -...
Abbas is coming to Washington. Will Prez finally get tough with him?
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet President Bush in Washington May 26. He is getting this meeting because the Bush Administration has concluded that Abbas has done more than his predecessor, Yasser...
Palestinian Television Broadcasts Blatantly Anti-Semitic Sermon
Palestinian television, supervised by the Palestinian Authority, broadcast an anti-Semitic sermon. It was delivered by sheikh Ibrahim Mudeiras, a symbol of Palestinian incitement. The anti-Semitic sermon shows that in the PA- controlled media there...
April 29-May 16, 2005: An Examination of Palestinian Political Communication Development: Moderation and Democratization...
Summary
In late April and early May, the official Palestinian Authority (PA) media concentrated on the following issues:
Israeli threats against Jerusalem, not just by "Jewish extremists" but by the Israeli government itself;
atrocity stories about Israeli...
Wiesenthal Center Calls on Japanese Government to Provide Aid to the Palestinian Authority Based...
May 17th, 2005
Wiesenthal Center urges Prime Minister Koizumi to link future Palestinian aid to "measurable milestones in dismantling terror and ending incitement
Following Prime Minister's Junichiro Koizumi's meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas which...
