Daily Archives: October 11, 2000
When Mark Twain visited Joseph’s Tomb
Excerpt: "Innocents Abroad" by Mark Twain
EXCURSION TO THE HOLY LAND, EGYPT, THE CRIMEA, GREECE, AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS OF INTEREST. BROOKLYN, February 1st, 1867:
CHAPTER XLVII.
Joseph became rich, distinguished, powerful -- as the Bible expresses it,...
The Killing of a 12 Year Old Child: Another Perspective
On Sept. 30, 2000, the news agency Agence France Presse had a cameraman filming during an exchange of gunfire between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen/rioters. The cameraman focused in tightly on a father and...
B’Tselem: Press Release (+IMRA critique) “Even in Time of War Not All Is
of the B'Tselem Human Rights Report Raises Questions about credibility.
1. Reading this press release it would appear that B'Tselem considers the throwing of rocks, steel rods and fire bombs to fall within the...
PA Leadership Calls for Continuing the Intifada
Arab Action Expected
Speaking to a conference in Tunis, PA Chairman Yasir Arafat said: "Just as the Palestinian and Tunisian blood mixed at Hamam al-Shat so will the Palestinian blood mix with the Arab...
Correcting the AP Wire Story Concerning Joseph’s Tomb
The AP wire story of October 8, 2000 about Joseph's tomb contains a major factual error when it raises the question as to whether there is an absolute Jewish tradition as to whether Joseph...
Official Fatah Website Editorial: Negotiating through Blood
Israeli threats and bribes failed to weaken the adherence of the Palestinian to their sovereignty over Jerusalem which was occupied in 1967.
At Camp David II, President Arafat insisted that our sovereignty should be applied...