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16 March 1998, Vol.2, Issue 3
Some 10,000 Israeli websites exist on the World Wide Web, ten times more than the number two years ago. In addition, some 170,000 Israeli subscribers are connected to the Internet. These are some of the figures that were released at the Israeli Business Management Center convention in Tel Aviv on Thursday 26 February 1998.
In contrast, around 140 Palestinian websites exist and perhaps 2,000 Palestinians are connected to the Internet. Both estimates represent just over 1% of the Israeli figures.
For those of you who can't get enough of the Internet in the Middle East, here is notice of a monthly column I am writing for Middle East International magazine.
Unfortunately MEI doesn't have a website but the articles are also available online at: http://www.birzeit.edu/nigelparry/writing/
The first article covered the Palestinian presence on the Internet, "Permission to Narrate", the second "Other voices in the Iraqi conflict." Next up is an article about the Israeli Internet community.
For all those interested in counting the visits to Birzeit's website and seeing how they are broken down by website section, please visit: http://www.birzeit.edu/web/stats/97129803/
This covers the most popular parts of the webserver during the period 10 December 1997 - 10 March 1998.
During these three months we had 147,060 pages read by 36,428 users (an average of 12,143 visitors a month or 400 a day). Half of these visitors were from the United States.
The most popular four sections of the website are: The most popular four sections of the website are:
After people complained we were a little sappy last month, a variation on the theme is presented this month:
> From: Jackov Bayer, [address deleted to give the poor guy a break] > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 20:06:56 GMT + 2 > Subject: Re: correct an error > > i read our [sic] site and i saw that you have an error in it, > you writed [sic] " west bank,palestine" i don't think that i > know any country with the name palestine, also i think > that the west bank is a part of a nother [sic] coutry [sic],called > -ISRAEL. > > i hope that you will fix your error > thank you Dear Jackov, Nice try. Nigel Parry Birzeit Webmaster
Palestine Economic Forum: http://www.palecon.org/
The Palestine Economic Forum seeks to "promote prosperity and the peace process by bringing in the economic dimension on a broad set of issues that are at the cutting edge of Palestinian economic development."
On the website, you will find extensive information on the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), publications including the excellent Palestine Economic Pulse, West Bank and Gaza Update, Peace Economics, articles and papers, and a discussion forum, which includes topics such as Public Sector Finances and Administration, International Trade, Investment, and Capital Flows, Private Sector Development, Human Resources, and Permanent Settlement Issues.
Ray Hanania, I'm glad I look like a terrorist: Growing up Arab in America: http://www.hanania.com/book.htm
An excellent book. I'm not just saying this because Ray is advertising with us, but because I actually read the book and liked it a lot. In fact I stupidly started reading it at 1.00am, and only fell asleep after finishing it at 4.00am, as the muezzins were beginning the call for prayer. There should be a government health warning on this one. Visit http://www.hanania.com/ as well. Ray is a well established journalist, with a lot of very interesting writings on his website.
Hey! Advertise with the Complete Guide!. Did you know that each banner advert that runs for a year enables Birziet University to purchase a new computer? More information from http://www.birzeit.edu/links/advert.html
Please also visit Lycos and Excite's city net pages from the explanatory text on the Complete Guide homepage and encourage them. These are two search engines that recognise that the West Bank and Gaza are disputed territories that are not automatically part of Israel. ABC News has also addressed this geopolitical issue in a thoughtful way.
Another Birzeit first today. In my diary coverage of the local clashes on 11 March, I have added some audio captured from the clashes. If Real Audio is your thing, pop on by to http://www.birzeit.edu/diary/ramallah/980311d.html
Well, that's all folks.
Nigel Parry
Birzeit Webmaster
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Haiku error message of the month:
>> Windows 95 crashed.
>> I am the Blue Screen of Death.
>> No one hears your screams.
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