Official PA radio news – the PBC Voice of Palestine Oct 23
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The Jews came here to sweep away the presence our people to transfer our people." (Ahmad Abdul-Rahman, cabinet secretary of the Palestinian Authority, in Oct 23 first morning news interview)
DETAIL AND...
“No Arab military west of the Jordan River” Fact or Fiction?
Though the dimensions of the evolving Palestinian state have not yet been decided upon, one thing is almost certain: Palestine will be the Arab neighbor with which Israel shares the longest border. Furthermore, Palestinian...
Official PA radio news – the PBC Voice of Palestine – Oct 22
SUMMARY
The Voice of Palestine continued its policy of leading its news shows with the details of the burial of "martyrs" and the listing and counting of the injured. VOP continues to go into detail...
Official PA radio news – the PBC Voice of Palestine – Oct 20/21
SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
In the lead-up to the Arab summit, there has once again been a strong escalation in strong rhetoric and atmospheric tension on the Voice of Palestine as shown in the broadcasts of...
Official PA radio news – the PBC Voice of Palestine – Oct 18/19
SUMMARY
The Palestinian Authority yesterday announced compliance with the Sharm summit understandings, but the announcement (which ran first at 2-PM on Oct. 18 and subsequently) was noteworthy for three factors: 1. It was terse. 2....
Official PA radio news – the PBC Voice of Palestine – Oct 12-17
There was an important shift in recent days in the content and tone of broadcasts, best signified by what was left out as by what was left in.
The lead-up to the Sharm al-Sheikh summit...
PA Leadership Calls for Continuing the Intifada
Arab Action Expected
Speaking to a conference in Tunis, PA Chairman Yasir Arafat said: "Just as the Palestinian and Tunisian blood mixed at Hamam al-Shat so will the Palestinian blood mix with the Arab...
B’Tselem: Press Release (+IMRA critique) “Even in Time of War Not All Is
of the B'Tselem Human Rights Report Raises Questions about credibility.
1. Reading this press release it would appear that B'Tselem considers the throwing of rocks, steel rods and fire bombs to fall within the...
The Killing of a 12 Year Old Child: Another Perspective
On Sept. 30, 2000, the news agency Agence France Presse had a cameraman filming during an exchange of gunfire between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen/rioters. The cameraman focused in tightly on a father and...
When the ADL Went Soft on Arafat’s Textbooks
In September, 2000, Abraham Foxman, the national director of the Anti Defamation League(ADL), led a delegation of donors to dedicate a new ADL office in Jerusalem, and then meet with parties to the sensitive...








