Refusal to Disarm…

Official Palestinian Authority (PA) media stressed again Saturday and Sunday that the PA stood behind the message of PA Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Qudwa that the regime of Mahmoud Abbas, the successor to Yasser Arafat,...

Official Palestinian Authority Media Report that Israel has Agreed that “Badr Division” of Palestinian...

June 11, 2005 Voice of Palestine radio reported late Saturday that Israel had reached agreement with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to allow the "Badr Division" of Palestinian forces to enter the West Bank...

No intentions to disarm factions

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa declared on Saturday that the PA has no intention to disarm armed Palestinian groups as demanded by the road map peace plan. Kidwa, a nephew of Yasser Arafat, said...

Palestinian Authority Responds to Charges of Incitement in Their Text Books

In a report titled "The Myth of Incitement in Palestinian Textbooks," the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education has refuted as "unfounded" the Israeli and US allegations that Palestinian textbooks incite hatred and...

Abbas Orders Release of Islamic Insurgents Wanted for Murder

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the release of Islamic insurgents accused of helping plan a February 2005 suicide bombing in Israel. PA officials said Abbas ordered the release of the insurgents held in...

Media: Abbas sends Tough Messages to Sharon

June 10, 2005 The official Palestinian Authority (PA) media stressed last night's interview with Mahmoud Abbas that sent a series of tough but mixed messages to the Palestinian audience today regarding continuing violence against Israeli...

Abbas Embraces Hamas

Today, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ahmad Qreia called for coordination with Israel concerning the withdrawal from Gaza. Qreia's remarks, broadcast on PBC television, followed a meeting between him and British Foreign Minister Jack...

Abbas Inverts Reality

The May 26th Wall Street Journal commentary "Message to Ariel Sharon," by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, shouldn't surprise. For Abbas is master at turning truth on its head. Yet, it does surprise, for its...

Israel Desecrates the Quran

JERUSALEM--June 8, 2005-- Voice of Palestine radio offered great air time Wednesday morning to charges that Israeli jailers in the Megiddo Prison had deliberately desecrated three copies of the Quran, Islam's scripture, by throwing...

Abbas Charges Israel With War Crimes

From Palestinian Authority Radio (The Voice of Palestine): PA Prime Minister Ahmad Qreia (nicknamed Abu Ala) condemned in the strongest terms the resumption of the Israeli policy of assassinations (V.O.P. radio, 4 p.m.-Jerusalem Time), and...