Center for Near East Policy Research
How Rice Was Received, Welcome afforded to Hamas
The Palestinian Authority welcomed US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to the Middle East this weekend in five main ways:
Reporting the Rice visit with...
Palestinian Media Welcome Rice With Interview Calling Bush Leader of Anti-Islamic Crusade
The Palestinian Authority welcomed US Condoleeza Rice to the Middle East this weekend in many ways, one of them the airing of a long...
Was Disengagement Plan Formulated to Escape Sharon Corruption Probe? A New Book Provides Fresh...
Two veteran journalists, based on talks with persons very close to the Prime Minister, say that the Disengagement Plan was hatched up simply to...
Hamas, Internal Strife, Old Film Clips on PBC TV Against Israel
June 17, 2005
The official Palestinian Authority (PA) media has been giving small coverage to Palestinian-Israeli meetings (June 15/June16), describing the meetings sparingly , occasionally...
Funding the Farmers in Gush Katif
As Yosef and Ruthie Harush spend their last savings on finishing a large house in the Gush Katif settlement of Atzmona - a mezuzah...
PA Media Reflecting Internal Strife
June 16, 2005
Background Analysis-up front
There are several strong messages at the edges of the press reports in the Palestinian Authority (PA) which do not...
With UNRWA’s Mandate Up for Renewal on June 30th. Should the UNRWA Mandate be...
There are over 21,000,000 refugees in the world: Some 17,000,000 in various places, for whom UNHCR (UN High Commission for Refugees) has responsibility, and...
Is the Palestinian Authority Headed for Collapse?
The Palestinian Authority is quietly bracing for the prospect of collapse.
PA officials said numerous officials have fled or plan to leave the West Bank...
Israel Poisoning the Water with “Super Drink”
Analysis of the Palestinian media
June 14, 2005
Voice of Palestine radio
V.O.P. ran a long and rather strange item in the middle of the day ...
Mixed Messages from the Official Palestinian Authority Media
June 15, 2005
There is a sense of drift in the Palestinian Authority as reflected in a welter of mixed and contradictory messages in the...