Abed Rabbo:Preparations for Palestinian Referendum Completed

Time in Palestine 08:20:01 ã, 02/06/2006

Abed Rabbo: Preparations for Palestinian Referendum Completed
Egypt, Saudi Arabia Weigh in on Hamas to Accept Arab Peace Initiative

01/06/2006

Palestine Media Center – PMC

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has the jurisdiction and The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has completed “administrative preparations’ for holding a referendum on a two-state solution of the conflict with Israel, despite Hamas’ opposition, member of the PLO Executive Committee, Yasser Abed Rabbo, announced on Wednesday.

Abbas, as an elected president and accountable to people, has the jurisdiction and is fully competent to consult the people on issues of fateful and national dimensions, Abed Rabbo told reporters.

Abbas reportedly met with the head of the Central Elections Commission (CEC) last Friday to discuss the referendum, said chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erakat.

Abed Rabbo, a former cabinet minister of culture and information, said the referendum would be held even if Hamas continues to oppose it.

SNIP

http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=1&id=1150

Israeli Troops Infiltrate into Gaza, Shoot Reporters and Medics
IOF Kill 8 Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza Strip in 24 Hours

30/05/2006

Palestine Media Center – PMC

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) overnight Tuesday carried out the first Israeli military incursion deep into Gaza since August 2005, killed eight Palestinians during the last 24 hours, three of them extra-judicially, and attacked, shot and wounded reporters and medics while on routine duty in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

An IOF undercover unit infiltrated about three kilometres into the coastal area of the northern Gaza Strip, backed by naval and helicopter support, ambushed a group of Palestinian anti-Israeli occupation activists, and engaged the group in a five-hour battle, killing three of them.

A member of the Force 17 presidential guard who rushed to the scene with medics for help was also killed.

An Israeli helicopter fired a missile at reporters who were covering the event and at the medics who rushed with two ambulances to the scene, wounding several of them.

http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=1&id=1148

into Israel.

Folks - on both sides - spin in the mid-east.

I'd thought I'd point out the kind of rhetoric that the PMC use.