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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...
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 in which aPA cabinet Minister warned about drinking "Super Drink"...
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 for Jordan and other Arab states. They said the assessment...
Refusal to Disarm…
Official Palestinian Authority (PA) media stressed again Saturday and Sunday that the PA stood behind the message of PA Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Qudwa that the regime of Mahmoud Abbas, the successor to Yasser Arafat,...
Official Palestinian Authority Media Report that Israel has Agreed that “Badr Division” of Palestinian...
June 11, 2005
Voice of Palestine radio reported late Saturday that Israel had reached agreement with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to allow the "Badr Division" of Palestinian forces to enter the West Bank...
No intentions to disarm factions
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa declared on Saturday that the PA has no intention to disarm armed Palestinian groups as demanded by the road map peace plan.
Kidwa, a nephew of Yasser Arafat, said...
The Disengagement Plan’s Ten Questionable Premises
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...
