Official PA Radio News: Voice of Palestine January 27, 2001

Saturday Night, January 27, Taba talks conclusion In contrast to the massive Israeli press coverage of the joint Palestinian-Israeli statement in Taba, the Voice of Palestine gave only a small item at 8pm on the...

Official PA Radio News: Voice of Palestine January 25-26, 2001

Summary and Analysis Palestinian Authority reversed its one-day condemnation-of-terror policy Thursday night and Friday, following the shooting death of an Israeli civilian near the Atarot industrial zone in northern Jerusalem. The PA and its Voice of...

Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 25

Summary and Analysis VOP began its broadcasts Thursday with news of a new martyr in Rafah in Gaza and new confrontations with Israeli forces in northern parts of the West Bank, but it also gave...

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...

Lights, Camera, Intifada

The violence in the Mideast has become a war of images, in which the press is the key to victory Byline: Stephanie Gutmann is the author of The Kinder, Gentler Military (Scribner). Body Day after day the seemingly...

Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 23

Summary and Analysis Minister of Information Yasser Abd-Rabbo led off the morning new show as the featured morning interviewee on VOP, underscoring a very pessimistic view of the state of the talks with Israel. Abd-Rabbo...

Official PA radio news: The Voice of Palestine: January 22

Summary and Analysis VOP featured comments from several high-level PA officials participating in talks with Israel who took a generally pessimistic view of the negotiations, while advancing a firm Palestinian bargaining stance. Jibril Rajoub said the...

Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 21

Summary and Analysis In its coverage in advance of the talks, VOP underlined comments from PA President Yasser Arafat that the PA would rely on "international legitimacy" regarding all the major issues: refugees, Jerusalem, borders,...

Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 20-21

Summary and Analysis The Palestinian Authority formally said goodbye to the Clinton proposals, thanking him for his efforts, while setting its sights on achieving a detailed agreement with Israel within ten days, according to statements...

Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 19

Summary The mosque sermon of Friday noon broadcast on VOP concentrated on an Islamic justification for the execution of "traitors" and "agents," while comparing Israel to a "cancer" in the region and characterizing the White...