huridocs-tech Palestinians Get Independent Internet Code

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## author     : scot@systemx.autonomous.org
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A good example of how politics and the Internet are
intertwined:

Monday October 11 9:09 AM ET

Palestinians Get Independent Internet Code

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinians striving for a state of
their own will be asserting independence on the Internet,
ending their addresses with ``.ps'' to signify a Palestinian
state, an official said Monday.

Palestinians have been using ``.wg'' at the end of their
Internet addresses to signify the West Bank and Gaza.
Israeli addresses end in ``.il.''

``It is a sign toward the independent Palestinian state,''
Palestinian deputy minister of planning Anis al-Kak told
Reuters. He said technical preparations would be completed
within two weeks.

He said the Palestinians had been working with the United
Nations Department of Economics and Statistics to arrange
for the addresses to reflect statehood rather than
territorial status.

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who began negotiating
peace with Israel in 1993, aims to establish an independent
Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.



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