Arafat & Palestinian Unity

The following are selections from "Demarcating 'security cooperation'" by Graham Usher which appeared in AL-AHRAM WEEKLY, 28th August - 3rd September, 1997 Last week representatives from the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO),...

Eye on Syria: Timely Report on Developments

Our Top Stories Syria Expected to Become Missile Exporter Assad's New Man is His Son-in-law Syria Compares Israel to Nazis; Denies Holocaust Syria Expected to Become Missile Exporter Syria is building its arsenal with North Korean help and is...

Syria, Lebanon Trying to Stymie UN Help in Israeli Pullout

Lebanon and Syria are trying to stymie United Nations cooperation for an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon. Lebanon and Syria have set tough terms for an expanded UN peacekeeping presence in Lebanon in the wake...

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...

Will the PA Move Thousands of Arab Refugees into Jerusalem?

It’s hard to find anyone these days in East Jerusalem who supports the idea of splitting the city again. Even PA representatives are opposed to a return to the situation that existed before the...

Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 20-21

Summary and Analysis The Palestinian Authority formally said goodbye to the Clinton proposals, thanking him for his efforts, while setting its sights on achieving a detailed agreement with Israel within ten days, according to statements...

Years of Hope

Years of hope, Z.B. Begin, Ha'Aretz, September 6, 2002 A reminder September 9, 1993 Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel Mr. Prime Minister, The signing of the Declaration of Principles marks a new era in the history of the...

Israel Upset By Reports of Bashing at Palestinian Refugee Conference

Israel expressed its disappointment on Monday over its exclusion from an international conference on Palestinian refugees and over reports that the conference was used as a platform for Israel-bashing. The two-day conference, held in Geneva,...

How Sharon Can Implement His Plan Without Knesset Approval or Israel Finance Ministry Funding

Giora Eiland, head of the Israel National Security Council, working directly under the authority invested in him by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,informed the foreign media on June 20th, 2004 that Arik Sharon cannot...

Sharon’s 10 premises for his withdrawal plan should be questioned

1. "The successful withdrawal from Southern Lebanon is a precedent for everything that will take place in Gaza and Northern Samaria after the withdrawal from these areas". Deputy prime minister, Minister Ehud Olmert, said in...