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The Unreported Story
Introduction
16 days after the Iranian revolution of 1979 Yasser Arafat was the first foreign leader who visited Ayatollah Khomeini. This was a historic visit for many reasons. Ayatollah Khomeini gave the PLO its own...
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 accompanying pictures of her with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas;
Showing and...
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 interview with the leader of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas...
Israel’s Vice Prime Minister Peres Approves Provision of “Light Weapons” to an Entity at...
On December 8th, 1993, then Israel Deputy Foreign Minister Yose Beilin conducted a briefing for the foreign press,in which he said that Israel was going to "experiment" with the idea of providing arms for...
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 positively (PBC Television June 15/16).
Reports on preparations for a summit...
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 avoid Sharon's indictment in the Greek Island scandal.
Journalists Raviv Drucker...
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 some 4 million Palestinian Arab refugees, for whom UNRWA (UN...
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 always find themselves in the headlines but which is becoming...
Precondition for Disarming PM Qurei Recommits to Truce, to ‘Smooth’ Israeli Withdrawal
Reconfirming its commitment to the ceasefire on Tuesday, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) rejected Israel's demand and ongoing pressure to disarm anti-Israeli occupation factions as a recipe for Palestinian infighting and civil war, reiterated...
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 Palestinian media:
On the one hand, Voice of Palestine opened its...
