A Day in Official Palestinian Media
Today, Faisal Al-Husseini, the Palestinian Minister for Jerusalem affairs attacked Israel's municipal elections in Jerusalem, calling Israel's rule anywhere in Jerusalem as "illegal." In addition the PLO's Fatah branch announced that they would be...
Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 23-24
Tuesday Night, January 23rd
"The National Authority condemns the killing of two Israeli civilians and is beginning an investigation into the details of the incident;
Israel suspends the talks in Taba until after the funeral of...
Official PA radio news P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 28th, 2001
Summary and Analysis
On the morning after the conclusion of the Taba talks, VOP took a slightly more upbeat approach than it had on Saturday night immediately following the talks, asserting that the two sides...
Official Palestinian Radio News: The Voice of Palestine (V.O.P.) March 4th. Preparing for the...
The Voice of Palestine has been gearing up to the Feast of Sacrifice Monday. There were live interviews from the pilgrimage site in Arabia, and there has been a general increase in the Islamic...
New School Books Omit Israel: New Report on PA l School Textbooks
JERUSALEM - A new range of textbooks used in Canadian-funded Palestinian schools has failed to fulfill promises to the international community to modify Palestinian hostility to the Jewish presence in Israel and promote peace...
The Palestinians See a ‘Joan of Arc’
Wafa Idris, who detonated a bomb on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem two weeks ago, killing herself and an 81-year-old man, and injuring 140 people, was the first Palestinian woman to carry out a suicide...
Ramallah as a Center of Terror: Background Information
Ramallah is located on a major crossroads in the West Bank, with a commanding view of its surroundings, ensuring a continuity of population from the city of Jerusalem northwards.
The Ramallah area is composed of...
Abu Mazen Sources
(1) Mahmoud Abbas (abu Mazen)
In 1983, in an early public example of denial from an indigenous Middle Eastern source, a Palestinian named Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) wrote The Other Side: The...
Official PA Website: PA Will Not Fight any Armed Organizations
The Palestine National Authority (PNA) and the opposition groups have both confirmed that "dialogue" is a national decision and ruled out inter-Palestinian fighting to resolve a dispute that erupted over Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas'...
The “Right of Return” The Wild Card of the Middle East Negotiation Process
The 1948 War Continues
Israel's 1948 war has not been resolved. The Palestinian Authority and PLO, with the help of the UN, keep that war simmering. How? With the demand to implement the "Right Of...