Monthly Archives: September 1997

Palestinian Anti-Semitism

When General Ghazi Jabali, commander of the Palestinian police, heard about the arrest warrant issued against him by Israel, he said: "This reminds me of Goebbels' methods". The comparison is not surprising if one...

The Vatican’s Jerusalem Agenda

Did Shimon Peres make a deal with the Vatican? Consider the evidence: On Sept. 10, '93, just three days before the signing of the Declaration of Principles in Washington, the Italian news magazine La Stampa reported...

Ras el Amud: Analysis

Who would have imagined, even a few months ago, that three Jewish families moving near one of the great Jewish holy spots in Jerusalem, into homes that have been owned by Jews since 1902,...

The Crisis of Confidence in the Peace Process

What most distressed veteran US diplomat Madaline Albright on her maiden sojourn Secretary of State to the Middle East was the depth of the crisis of confidence that now exists between Israelis and Palestinians. The...

Philadelphia Inquirer: Poster Child of Peace is Terror Victim

Jerusalem -- Smadar Elchanan was only a baby when she became a poster child for the peace movement. Her photograph appeared in a 1984 flier that called for peace with the Arabs so that the...

Philadelphia Inquirer: U.S. Government and European Community Finance PLO Broadcasts

I am a daughter of Palestine.... Koran in my right hand, in my left -- a knife. A slightly older girl with her ponytail wrapped in a checkered kaffiyeh gives an emotional recitation of a poem...

Senior Palestinian Official Calls for Destruction of America and Labels it a Terrorist State

Following are excerpts from the Friday prayer sermon delivered by PA Mufti Ikrama Sabri at the Al-Aksa mosque in Jerusalem on September 12, 1997. Sabri's sermon was broadcast on the Voice of Palestine, the PA's...

Should a Publicly Funded Leah Rabin be Above Public Reproach?

Under a special act of the Israeli Knesset, Leah Rabin receives public funding for travel and communications. The time has come to introduce international public scrutiny of Leah Rabin's use of Israel taxpayer funds. Most recently,...

Is Diana a Role Model to Emulate?

Here are a few of the special stories you'll find in this week's issue of the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix.... Online!... as well as the Jewish community's need for more positive role models...

Full Letter Given to US Secretary of State by American Hospitalized by Bomb Victim

September 9, 1997 Dear Secretary Albright, As a United States citizen, I am deeply touched by your personal visit. By the grace of God, I was spared death, as a nail-filled bomb pierced most of my body With...