Al-Ahram: Hamas/PA Relations, Bin Laden
Dead or Alive?
by Tareq Hassan
"Some PA officials were quoted as saying.... was much weaker than originally thought; "as scary as a cat", some said."
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Palestinian police lifted tight restrictions imposed earlier this week on...
PA Minister of Justice – Also Execute Land Dealers
IMRA interviewed Palestinian Authority Minister of Justice, Freih Abu Meddien, in English, on 31st August:
IMRA: Do you see yesterdays' executions as setting a precedent for future cases or was it an exception?
Meddien: Any crime...
PLC Rep Zughayar: Arafat Won’t Declare State Next May
IMRA interviewed Fatah Jerusalem Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Ahmad Hashim Zughayar, Chairman of the PLC Jerusalem Committee, on 6th September, 1998. The English translation is via his son, Hiham Zughayar.
IMRA: Do you expect President...
Refusal to Recognize Israel Widespread on Palestinian TV
A report documenting hundreds of cases in which the Palestinian media broadcast messages indicating an unwillingness to recognize the state of Israel, even within the 1948 borders, was distributed yesterday by the Palestinian Media...
Lebovitch Family Harassment Continues in the Jewish Community of Hebron
Police waiting with sledge hammers for orders to break into Lebovitch home in Hevron
Last week Hebron police attempted to forcibly enter the Lebovitch home in the Avraham Avinu neighborhood, seeking out, among others, 14...
Palestine Authority Officials Comment on American Attacks
Following are two recent references by senior Palestinian officials to the US missile strikes against Sudan and Afghanistan:
24th August, 1998 interview on Israel Army radio with Sufian Abu Zaida, head of the PA's Israel...
U.S. Tried to Halt Several Searches
The Clinton administration has intervened repeatedly since last fall to delay or prevent intrusive weapons inspections in Iraq by United Nations teams, according to American and diplomatic accounts.
The interventions included at least six occasions,...
The Incidental Fruit of Oslo
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The Oslo Accords dealt a crippling blow to the foundations of the global consensus which defined the prerequisites for a just and durable peace during the 1970s and 80s{IMREA comment: A fantastic fabrication!}-- that...
Eyewitness to the Oslo “Reunion”
On August 24, I flew to the Holmenkollin Park Hotel in Oslo, Norway, to cover a hastily organized "fifth anniversary" conference that was held exactly five years to exact day and the very place...
[The Debate] Before The House of Representatives on 5th August, 1998
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations act, 1999 (House of Representatives - August 5, 1998)
Mr Saxton: Mr Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Chairman: The Clerk will designate the...