Danny Rubinstein

Palestinian officials have been presenting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's initiative to resume talks with senior Palestinian Authority representatives as a diplomatic achievement.

These days the obligatory haj to Mecca can be a nightmare journey for Palestinians.

Fatah-Hamas talks in Cairo failed to reach any kind of agreement last week.

Their elections were canceled but the Palestinians went ahead and drafted laws for their state.

The prevailing view among the majority of Israelis appears to be that the murderous Palestinian terrorist attacks are not stopping because the Palestinian leadership under Yasser Arafat is doing nothing to stop them.

With all due respect to the issue of reforms in the Palestinian Authority, the British government and most of those who took part in the London conference were not interested in the Palestinian issue but in the war plans for Iraq.

With all due respect to the issue of reforms in the Palestinian Authority, the British government and most of those who took part in the London conference were not interested in the Palestinian issue but in the war plans for Iraq.

They blame Israel for depriving them of a basic civil right

Palestinian leaders were surprised yesterday by punitive diplomatic steps taken by Israel, particularly the decision to stop Palestinian officials from taking part in a conference on reforms in the Palestinian Authority organized by British Prime Minister Tony Blair for mid-January.

Daily pictures in the Palestinian press tell more than thousands of words.

The Palestinians no longer fear the Sharon government will exploit an American invasion of Iraq to conduct a population transfer. Most don't even believe the war will reach here

It will be a sad Christmas in Bethlehem, with no celebrations or orchestras - and IDF forces deployed in the empty streets.

PA unveils Israeli intelligence scheme, denies Gaza links to bin Laden

Dr. Sari Nusseibeh and Ami Ayalon are behind a series of advertisements in Al Quds, calling on the Palestinian public to support a peace document the two hammered out and to help Amram Mitzna.

Elections are slated for the Palestinian Authority, but it's not likely that Yasser Arafat will have the opportunity to be reelected.

Islamic Jihad leader Sheikh Ramadan Abdullah al-Shallah explained that members of his organization's military wing, the "Jerusalem platoons," carried out the attack on soldiers of the occupation in Hebron as reprisal for the killing in Jenin of Iyad Sawalha, the platoon's commander in the northern West Bank.

Four-day Cairo summit called a `success'

Like many Palestinians, newspaper vendor Abu Salaam of East Jerusalem has moved over the years from belief in communism to belief in Islam.

With 300 West Bank roadblocks, Palestinians often find themselves breaking the law to get to work or to visit family.

Jordanians are always asking American diplomats about their fear that Israel is planning a `transfer operation.'

Suicide bombings have turned into routine. One bit of evidence to that effect is the nature of the reports on the attacks in the Arab press. The two most important Arab TV stations, Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi, gave yesterday's bombings only a few minutes.