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Official PA radio news – the PBC radio Dec. 29th -‘Eid al-Fitr (Feast Ending...
Summary and Analysis
VOP featured a fiery mosque speech from Sheikh Youssef Abu Sneina at the Al Aqsa Mosque. (see below) NOTE: This is the same Sheikh Abu Sneina who has been regularly featured on...
Official Palestinian Authority Voice of Radio Broadcasts; Dec. 27
Summary and Analysis
VOP reported that the Palestinian Leadership-the Executive Committee of the PLO-would discuss the American plan some more this evening, with a view to giving a response soon.
Throughout the day there were hints...
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...
Official Palestinian Radio Broadcasts on the Voice of Palestine: December 23-24
Summary and Analysis
VOP led its broadcasts Saturday and Sunday with detailed denials by PA President Yasser Arafat that the PA was contemplating acceptance of a "trade of rights" regarding the questions of Jerusalem and...
A Bigger Battle may be Brewing,Israel Fears: The Palestinians are Amassing an Arsenal
NABLUS, West Bank - The Palestinian fighter ran a finger approvingly over the cold metal of the assault rifle, embossed with the seal of the Israeli army. He squinted at the lettering in Hebrew,...
Official Palestinian Authority Radio: The Voice of Palestine – Dec. 21/22
Summary and Analysis
There is a subtle but definite change in VOP coverage of the American- Palestinian-Israeli talks in Bolling Base in Washington. Although the reporting is very low-key, and although the PA repudiates reports...
Official Palestinian Authority Radio Broadcast on Voice of Palestine: Dec. 20
Summary and Analysis
VOP returned Wednesday to its traditional news openings, focusing on local reporting and lists of martyrs, funerals and wounded-especially civilian youths and security personnel. At the same time, it gave generally low-key...
Official Palestinian Authority Radio: “Voice of Palestine” Dec.19 – Nabil Sha’ath claims Haifa and...
Analysis of Nabil Sha'ath's remarks
Nabil Sha'ath's remarks (below) are a strikingly bold and candid exposition of the Palestinian negotiating position, but even more so, they are a window on the mood of the Palestinian...
Official PA radio news – the PBC radio Dec. 18th
Summary and Analysis
Perhaps because the Palestinian Authority has some internal divisions about contacts with Israel, VOP has been largely downplaying this subject. One point was stressed however: Yasser Arafat himself was quoted as denying...
When PA TV takes the place of human companionship
Most recently, I went to my friend Fatima's house to visit her and see her new baby. It was the first time in about 3 weeks since I'd been there, the second time in...
