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'I felt like I was in Europe'

An al-Arabiya television reporter visiting Ramallah told Palestinian Authority Television, "I felt like I was in Europe" when visiting Ramallah.

Maisun Azzam, a journalist from Al-Arabiya TV in Dubai, was interviewed on the PA TV talk show, Palestine this morning.

The following is an excerpt from the interview:

PA TV host asks Maisun Azzam: "What is your picture of Palestine?"
Azzam: "Look, the main picture is the picture we see on TV since, unfortunately, in the media bad news is good news for us [journalists]."
PA TV Host: "That's the prominent news."
Azzam: "Yes, the prominent, main news, because if there's different news, we say it's not newsworthy. But if someone dies, or something is destroyed, then that's newsworthy. So, as a Palestinian, I didn't expect to get here, I didn't expect to find you alive, and I said that [also] at Bir-Zeit University. I looked and said, 'You're alive!' I went to the Stones restaurant [in Ramallah] to do an advertising campaign for our director, Nadal Hassan; I felt like I was in Europe."

[PA TV (Fatah), Nov. 29, 2010]

So if things are so good in the 'Palestinian Authority,' can their international aid at least be cut back to the level of the Sudan if not to the level of Europe?

Labels: al-Arabiya, international aid, Palestinian Authority Television, Ramallah

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:38 PM