INTRODUCTION:
At the signing of the Declaration of Principles betwen the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation on the White House lawn in September 1993, provision was made for the first Palestinian autonomous government - the Palestinian Authority (PA). In May 1994, the PA took over parts of Gaza and the West Bank town of Jericho. As 1995 ended, most of the remaining Palestinian West Bank towns - housing 95 percent of the population - were similarly handed over to the Palestinians, bar Hebron whose redeployment was delayed. However, once Palestinians had control over their own lives for the first time in history, it gradually became clear that all was not well as the population began to realise that violations of human rights and civil liberties had been included in the handover.

• Ramallah Diary from December 1995 onwards including the redeployment.
• There's a man with a gun over there... from 1 March 1996.
• Birzeit students in Palestinian detention [6 parts] from Early March-28 June 1996 (Birzeit Diary).
• Birzeit students confront Arafat [4 parts] from 3 April 1996 (Birzeit Diary).
• Preventative Security Service Graduation Ceremony from 19 May 1996.
• Universities meet McCarthy, Palestinian style from 23 August 1996 (Birzeit Diary).
• Hebron Diary including the 17-18 January 1997 redeployment.
• Birzeit students in Palestinian detention: Some statistics from 1996 from 25 January 1997 (Birzeit Diary).
• Iraq, Palestine, and chemical and biological war from 8 February 1998.
• Who killed Muhyideen Al-Shareef? [4 parts] from 20 April 1998.
• Newsflash: Ramallah security branches turn soccer scuffle into mini-Lebanon from 7 May 1998 (Ramallah Diary).
• The Wye River memorandum (shortened version) from 24 October 1998.

RELATED LINKS

• Palestinian National Authority Official Website
• Palestinian Ministry of Information website
• Check the Government and Services section of The Complete Guide to Palestine's Websites for other Palestinian Authority ministries.