Monthly Archives: July 2001

Official Fatah Editorial: Continue the War

Official Fatah Editorial: Demand complete Israeli withdrawal - including Jerusalem, return of refugees, attack settlers, soldiers... Rejection and Imposition The Intifada broke out in September 2000, following the obnoxious visit of Sharon to al Aqsa mosque....

President Arafat Received the Letter of Credentials of the new German Ambassador And the...

GAZA - July 28 - WAFA (Official Palestine News Agency) - President Yasser Arafat received in His Headquarters in Gaza this morning, the credential letter of Mr. Andreas Reinieke, the new German representative to...

Arafat Negotiates with Hamas

Will Have to Compromise With Hamas Yedioth Ahronoth (p. B9) by Roni Shaked -- Gaza, unlike the West Bank, is a powder-keg for Arafat too. Hamas has been flourishing, especially in the past few months,...

Arafat’s New Army

On Tuesday, a few hours after Yuri Gushtzin was murdered and his body dumped near the slaughterhouse in Ramallah, the "el-Aksa Martyrs Brigades," the military arm of Fatah, took responsibility for the murder. The announcement...

Joint Statement of Israeli Peace Now and PLO

NO TO BLOODSHED, NO TO OCCUPATION YES TO NEGOTIATIONS, YES TO PEACE We, the undersigned Israelis and Palestinians, are meeting in the most difficult of circumstances for both our peoples. We come together to call for...

What is Happening on the Temple Mount – Tisha B’av 5761?

Members of the "Committee to Prevent Archaeological Destruction on the Temple Mount" include A. B. Yehoshua, Amos Oz and S. Yizhar, former justices Meir Shamgar and Miriam Ben-Porat, as well as many archaeologists. The committee...

Will US Military Observers Return in Body Bags?

During US Secretary of State Colin Powell's June 28th visit to Israel, Powell announced that the US would dispatch military "observers" to oversee implementation of US-brokered accords between Israel and the PLO. On July...

40 Palestinian Authority Organizations Attack Bi’tselem

40 Palestinian Authority Organizations condemn "B'Tselem biased position towards Settlements & Settlers in the Occupied Territories": July 3rd, 2001 On 21.6.01 B'Tselem issued a press release entitled 'B'Tselem condemns Palestinian statements supporting attacks against settlers'....

Text of Knesset Members Letter to EU Complaining of Interference With Israeli Internal Affairs

The Knesset Jerusalem, 6 Tamuz, 5761 27 June, 2001 To: PM Guy Verhofstadt President of the European Union It has been made public in Israel that the European Union has been providing financial support to Israeli groups/institutions/organizations that are...

Iranian airlift sends more arms to Hezbollah – via Damascus Int’l Airport

Iran has transfered hundreds of tons of weapons, ammunition and other materials to the Hezbollah through Syria in recent days, according to reliable sources. The deliveries were airlifted in by giant Antonov 124 transport...