Monthly Archives: December 2001

What did Arafat Convey in his Speeches of December 16 and December 17?

#1 Only groups that carry out "terror" will be outlawed "Dear Brothers, we have declared a state of emergency and conducted series of actions and measure, that we intend to proceed with, as announcing the...

Will Israel Sever its umbilical cord to Arafat?

Israel only has itself to blame for bringing Arafat on to the scene. The question remains as to when and whether Israel will sever its umbilical cord to the PLO leader. The Israeli government in...

Sharon’s Target is Arafat, not Hamas

The developments over the past two weeks have made it very clear that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is not fighting a war against Hamas, but one against Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. On the face...

PA Ministry of Education Fights Campaign Against Palestinian Curricula

The Ministry of Education has reiterated its rejection of accusations made by an American non-governmental organization that Palestinian scholastic curricula "do not teach the notions of peace and coexistence with Israel" and at the...

Jerusalem Bomb had rat poisoning

Yediot Ahronot correspondent Limor Shmuel reported in today's edition that one of the bombs that exploded last week in Jerusalem also contained chemical poison - apparently rat poisoning. The area around the bomb on...

New Psychological Profile of Yassir Arafat

Yasser Arafat has many faces. He is prone to sudden outbursts of anger, he weeps uncontrollably, sometimes makes violent threats, sometimes gets carried away giving compliments, sometimes goes deep into his shell. When he...

The Assessments of Israeli Intelligence

This last week the security establishment has been bombarded with an unprecedented number of intelligence warnings. Even the most veteran GSS and IDF officers, those who have seen everything, can't remember so many concentrated intelligence...

A Campaign Of Organized Terrorism Throughout Israel

This is no longer the question of a single terrorist operation, but rather of a campaign of organized terrorism thought the country: Suicide bombers, car bombs, shooting and bombs. The objective of the terrorists...

Does Peres Still Plan to Fund Raise for Arafat in Oslo?

The spate of terror attacks in Israel on December 1st and 2nd found Israel Foreign Minister Shimon Peres chairing a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on the morning of December 2nd in his role as...

Palestinian Authority Textbooks: Another View

In 1999 and 2000, I conducted research on the establishment of the new Palestinian curriculum by collecting documents, textbooks, and interviewing Palestinian educators. Since that time, I have continued the research by continuing to...