The New York Times · 29 December 1987
CP-1987-028
In Jerusalem, Run by Arabs
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In Jerusalem, News Service Run by Arabs By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Special to The New York Times JERUSALEM, Dec. 28 - Tucked away at the end of a narrow winding staircase atop a candy store in a back alley of East Jerusalem is probably the best source of information on the Palestinian rioting of the last few weeks.
Time and again Palestine Press Services, a tiny news agency owned and operated by Palestinians, broke the stcries about shootings or flare- ups of rioting all over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Western and Is- raeli news reporters both relied on their bulletins to keep abreast of the Agence France-Presse fast-breaking story.
A Palestinian prisoner in his cell as he awaited trial. In many ways the agency was founded for just such a news event. Started in 1977 by Raymonda Tawil, a ing bulletin with translations of lead- known to make their way there by journalist, Palestinian and
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"In Jerusalem, Run by Arabs," The New York Times, 29 December 1987. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1987-028. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1987-028
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