Monthly Archives: July 1997

No Word of Condemnation From Arafat to His Own People in Their Own Language

In the aftermath of the bombs that blew up in Jerusalem's Machane Yehudah open air market today in Jerusalem, our news agency, which covers the peace process and the fledgling Palestine Authority, listened intently...

Has the PA Failed to Fulfill Its Commitments Under the Hebron Accord?

The Israel Government Press Office released a comprehensive 35-page report assessing Israeli and Palestinian compliance with the Hebron Accord. The report is being issued to mark six months since the signing and implementation of...

Excerpts from the weekly Friday sermon delivered by Palestinian Authority [PA] appointed “Mufti of...

"The sermon was broadcast on the PA's official radio station, Voice of Palestine. Oh Allah, destroy America, for she is ruled by Zionist Jews... "Allah will paint the White House black! Clinton is fulfilling his father's...

Controversy Sells: Jerusalem’s Hasmonean Tunnel a Hot Tourist Spot

Nearly 10 months after Palestinians waged a bloody campaign against Israel for opening the Hasmonean exit to Jerusalem's Western Wall tunnel, the site has become one of the country's hottest tourist attractions for Jews,...

Israel’s 1967 Close Call

Six weeks after the Six Day War a U.S. - U.S.S.R. resolution concerning the peace was rejected by the Arabs, thus saving Israel from a political disaster potentially undoing the military victory. Israel's immediate post-war...

Palestinian Survey Results

The following are the results of the Palestinian Arab agency known as Jerusalem Media & CommunicationCentre Public Opinion Poll Number 21 of a random sample of 1,197 Palestinians age 18 and over in...

A Parent’s Day in Court

A personal message from Stanley and Joyce Boim, the parents of David Boim, whose son was gunned down by Amjad HaNawi, an Arab who has found safe haven in the Palestine Authority. We want to...

Israeli Family Seeks Justice for Slain Son

Jerusalem - Ouside a settlement north of Jerusalem about 14 months ago, high school junior David Boim was waiting for a bus when a gunman in a car shot and killed him. His American-Israeli parents...

Boims Sue the Israel Minister of Justice

The Boims sue the Israel Minister of Justice in the Israel High Court of Justice to demand that the Israeli government demand the arrest of Amjad Hanawi, the Arab who murdered their teenage son...

The Refugee Dilemma: A Day in the UNRWA Arab Refugee Camps

Iyad Qadi, a Ramallah resident who fought against Israel during the intifada riots of the late '80s through early 90s, returned to the Palestinian refugee camps that raged so violently in those years -...