The Telltale Silence of the Post-Oslo Palestinian Press

(Lecture for the conference: "A 21st century Dialogue: Media's Dark Age?" Athens, 24th - 28th May 1998, organized by "Women for Mutual Security") The Palestinian Authority oppresses its people and intimidates its press. In what...

Marwan Barghouti: Blow Up Settlements, No Deal on Jerusalem

IMRA interviewed Marwan Barghouti the head of Fatah West Bank in English, on May 17, 1998. Barghouti is also a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. IMRA: Before the "Nakba" march last Thursday, the Palestinian...

PA Ministry of Information on Right of Return

IMRA interviewed Omar Bessisso, Head of Relations and External Media Department in the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Information, in English, on May 14, 1998: IMRA: What do you see as the central message of the...

NAKBA: The Palestinian Arabs Miss Their Opportunity…

As Israel celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with appropriate pomp and circumstance, the new Palestine Authority, the entity that rules all of the Palestinian Arab population in Gaza and 95% of their population on the...

Palestinian State, Fighting Terror

The following are selections from articles which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, "Al-Ahram" of Al-Ahram Weekly 30th April - 6th May, 1998 "The Criterion: a Palestinian State" by Salama A. Salama As Israel celebrates its...

Arafat Employs Convicted Terrorists in Security Apparatus Letting His People Go

Yasser Arafat doesn't merely set free some Palestinians suspected of violent attacks on Israelis. He often give them jobs in his security apparatus. In early February, Gen. Tawfik Tirawi, the head of the muhabarat, the...

The Hamas

The following are excerpts from articles which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, "Al-Ahram" of Al-Ahram Weekly 8th - 15th April, 1998 Close Up -- "Boiling Over" by Salama A. Salama The Palestinian Authority (PA), for reasons...

US Consulate: US Never Cited Palestinian Violation

IMRA spoke with Amjad Hidmi, an Information Specialist at the United States Information Service at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, in English, on March 3: IMRA: I have been going through the data bases I...

After Sharif

Even if the Hamas leadership in Gaza tries to respond to the Palestinian Authority's request to avoid attacks, it is doubtful if it has the power to influence the leaders of its military wing...

Palestine Broadcasting Corporation Children’s TV Program

Video is available from "SHALOM LEDOROT" - Address listed below. This video was shown at the March 11, 1998 hearings at the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee "All means of... education" The P.L.O. Covenant - Article 7 What...