Palestinian Radio continues to broadcast as if to a nation at war. Its bulletins of last night featured the fact that electricity was knocked out in several Bethlehem neighborhoods and that three Arabs were wounded in Israel\'s retaliatory attacks, but did not mention that an hour earlier an Israeli had been mortally wounded in a terrorist shooting attack nearby.
Michael Widlanski, an expert on Palestinian broadcast media, reports that Voice of Palestine news reports of Friday and Saturday made no mention of the contacts between Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon - while Voice of Israel reported extensively on the friendly conversations and good wishes exchanged between the two. Voice of Palestine did broadcast calls from the \"national and Islamic forces\" to launch major demonstrations and marches in support of the return by refugees to Israel.
Michael Widlanski, an expert on Palestinian broadcast media, reports that Voice of Palestine news reports of Friday and Saturday made no mention of the contacts between Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon - while Voice of Israel reported extensively on the friendly conversations and good wishes exchanged between the two. Voice of Palestine did broadcast calls from the \"national and Islamic forces\" to launch major demonstrations and marches in support of the return by refugees to Israel.