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Dateline Jerusalem: Journalists Under Palestinian Pressure?
The Palestinian Authority has a thing about journalists. The independent Committee for the Protection of Journalists which monitors abuses against the press and promotes press freedom around the world reports: "In the nearly seven...
Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 16th
Summary and Analysis
The Palestinian Authority reacted in a very cautious but optimistic way to last night's meetings and continued contacts with Israel: The head of the PA negotiating team, Ahmad Qreia (Abu Ala), told...
Understanding Arafat as a Media Strategist
There are many ways to describe Yasser Arafat, but whether one tends to call him a "politician," "statesman" or "terrorist," any fair estimation of Arafat would have to call him an "Egyptian intellectual."
Arafat studied...
Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 14th
Summary and Analysis
In its Sunday morning broadcasts, the VOP news coverage was fairly evenly divided between three subjects:
Continuing talks on final status issues, despite Palestinian views that nothing substantive is being accomplished;
Continuing coverage of...
Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 13th
Summary and Analysis
Throughout Saturday, the Voice of Palestine gave great prominence to the executions of two men convicted of "cooperation" with Israel, as well as the approval of two more death sentences. Note: this...
Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 12th
Summary and Analysis Beginning with its Thursday night coverage, VOP took a very tepid view of the relaxation of Israeli closures and other measures against the Palestinians. Similarly, despite much ado in the Israeli...
Official PA radio news – the P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 11th
Summary and Analysis
The Voice of Palestine denied Israeli reports of progress in security talks held Wednesday night, and it reported extensively on Palestinian diplomatic efforts and public demonstrations to have Israeli leaders and officers...
Official PA radio news – the P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 10th
Summary and Analysis
The Palestinian Authority is signaling the end of the Clinton era in the Middle East.
The PA has said thank you to Clinton, and now it will shop elsewhere.
"There is no escaping putting...
Official PA radio news – the P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 8th
Summary and Analysis
In its Monday afternoon coverage, VOP reported that Yasser Arafat's spokesman, Nabil Abu-Irdeineh said the PA expected the incoming Bush Administration to respond to Palestinian reservations on the Clinton proposals.
It was clear...
Official PA radio news – the P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 7th
Summary and Analysis
The last few days of VOP news and commentary have seen a kind of return to the pre-Intifada coverage at the Voice of Palestine: the news is built around Yasser Arafat, his...
