A Bigger Battle may be Brewing,Israel Fears: The Palestinians are Amassing an Arsenal
NABLUS, West Bank - The Palestinian fighter ran a finger approvingly over the cold metal of the assault rifle, embossed with the seal of the Israeli army. He squinted at the lettering in Hebrew,...
Official Palestinian Authority Radio: The Voice of Palestine – Dec. 21/22
Summary and Analysis
There is a subtle but definite change in VOP coverage of the American- Palestinian-Israeli talks in Bolling Base in Washington. Although the reporting is very low-key, and although the PA repudiates reports...
Official Palestinian Authority Radio Broadcast on Voice of Palestine: Dec. 20
Summary and Analysis
VOP returned Wednesday to its traditional news openings, focusing on local reporting and lists of martyrs, funerals and wounded-especially civilian youths and security personnel. At the same time, it gave generally low-key...
Official Palestinian Authority Radio: “Voice of Palestine” Dec.19 – Nabil Sha’ath claims Haifa and...
Analysis of Nabil Sha'ath's remarks
Nabil Sha'ath's remarks (below) are a strikingly bold and candid exposition of the Palestinian negotiating position, but even more so, they are a window on the mood of the Palestinian...
Official PA radio news – the PBC radio Dec. 18th
Summary and Analysis
Perhaps because the Palestinian Authority has some internal divisions about contacts with Israel, VOP has been largely downplaying this subject. One point was stressed however: Yasser Arafat himself was quoted as denying...
Official Palestine Authority Radio News on the PBC’s Voice of Palestine – Dec. 17
Summary and Analysis
Beginning Saturday Night, December 16, the Voice of Palestine has reported in detail on the appointment of Colin Powell as U.S. Secretary of State-Designate with a certain amount of concern.
VOP has underscored...
Official Palestinian Authority Voice of Palestine Radio Broadcast – Dec. 15
Summary and Analysis
VOP is broadcasting mixed and confusing message regarding talks with Israel, suggesting that the Palestinian Authority may be going through a bit of an identity crisis or in some kind of split...
$10,000 Per “SHAHID” from Iraq for Each Palestinian Martyr
Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein has become the darling of the Palestinians: his pictures grace the newspapers along with the those of the shahids -- Intifada casualties -- the Iraqi flag is raised at demonstrations...
Official Palestinian Authority Radio “Voice of Palestine” Dec. 13
Summary and Analysis
VOP's morning news bulletins and news-round-ups focused on "criminal" Israeli military attacks, in particularly those leading to deaths of four members of Palestinian security forces in Gaza. (Note: death toll changed throughout...
Official PA radio news – the PBC radio Dec. 12th
Radio Analysis and Excerpts: The Voice of Palestine-Dec 12 > SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
The death of Islamic Jihad agent Anwar Ahmad Humran was treated as a top item by VOP during its evening broadcasts Dec...








