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This week in the official Palestinian Authority media
This week, the Palestinian press dwelt on the Palestinian achievements in the Camp David summit, and how Israel was pulled closer to the positions held by the Palestinian Authority (P.A.). In one interview, Palestinian...
Professional Review of the Palestinian Authority teachers guide
Analysis of “REPORT: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS”, compiled by the “Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace” CMIP); Research Director: Itamar Marcus. (CMIP is accessible at www.edume.org)
140 textbooks were reviewed by CMIP.
Of these, 36...
Muhammad and Meira begin first grade
I work with a senior Palestinian TV journalist, Mustafa, who, like me, hits fifty this month and, like me, has a child, Muhammad, who begins first grade this week.
My Meira, also six, is excited...
PMW – This Week in the Palestinian Media 3 August 2000
While the Camp David talks were still in progress it was evident from the PA media that the talks were headed for failure. Had Arafat intended to move toward Barak and from his traditional...
Arafat lies about his birthplace
What a difference a birthplace makes: How, contrary to the facts, was Arafat born in Jerusalem?
One of the pieces of information leaked to the Arabs at Camp David (to Muhammad el-Abzi of the international...
Palestinian Summer Camp Offers the Games of War
NABLUS, West Bank, Aug. 2 -- It is summer camp time for 25,000 Palestinian teenagers, and strikingly unusual camps they are, too. As run by the men who handle psychological warfare for Yasir Arafat,...
Eastern Jerusalem Arabs paying taxes to remain Israeli and avoid PLO annexation
(August 4 2000)
Arabs of eastern Jerusalem have begun paying up all their debts to the Jerusalem Municipality, including all the taxes and fees, in the hope that this will strengthen their links to the...
Arafat Aides Complain of Conflicting Orders
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is issuing conflicting policy decisions to his aides as he is being pressed by the United States to reach a compromise on a final status agreement with Israel.
Sources close...
Palestinian Refugee Issue Complicates Israeli-PA Negotiations
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) -- Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat heads to Washington next week, with two issues foremost in his mind: the future of Jerusalem and the future of Palestinian refugees who fled their homes...
Anti-Barak Rhetoric in the Egyptian Media
Since the collapse of the Clinton-Assad summit in Geneva, both the government and the opposition press in Egypt have been increasingly critical of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The criticism takes the form of...
