Monthly Archives: October 2000
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...
Sending children to die on the front-line of battle. From Golda to Gaza
"We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children"- GOLDA MEIR, 1972
During my first year in Israel, 30 years ago, Golda Meir was the Prime Minister. I remember the affection that I...
Text of Letter Sent by Likud Leader Ariel Sharon to US Sec’y of State...
Her Excellency Mrs. Madelaine Allbright Secretary of State The State Dept. Washington DC.
Monday October 2, 20000
Dear Secretarv Allbright:
I deeply regret, and I find it totally unacceptable that your spokesman was quick to make a...
Did Major General Yaakov Or Fool Himself or Did the Israeli Government Fool Itself...
Major General Yaakov Or, the coordinator of government activities in the territories, has invested the last three-and-a-half years in slowly and carefully building up a broad network of contacts with the Palestinian Authority. Or...
Arafat in Amman: No Need to Stop the Fighting
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat arrived in Amman in a better mood than usual.
Arafat kissed both cheeks of Jordan's King Abdullah and then pulled the monarch toward him and kissed his...
Palestinian Schoolbooks Under Fire
BEITUNIYA, West Bank (AP) _ Ask Karam Jamil about Jerusalem, just a few miles away from his school, and the first-grader's hand flies up: "It's the capital of Palestine, and it's where we pray."
Ask...