Daily Archives: February 26, 2002
Sannctifying Suicide: Analysis of the Islamic Perspective
The great increase in suicide attacks in the course of this past year sparked a debate in the Arab and Moslem world on the position of Islamic religious law toward the issue of self-sacrifice...
Precedent-making Suit Against Palestinian Authority Security Chief
A Palestinian resident of Jerusalem is suing the Palestinian Authority and the commander of the Preventive Security Service, Jibril Rajoub, for NIS 10 million. In a suit filed at the Jerusalem District Court, he...
Documents Seized at the PLO Orient House Reviewed.
The Israeli Ministry of Public Security has hired a team of Arabic speaking journalists to review the vast computer systems and documents that were seized at the PLO's Orient House last summer. The results...
George Mitchell, scheduled to address Lincoln Square Synagogue on March 2, 2002: Is His...
In late October, 2000, US president Clinton appointed an international investigation commission to investigate the causes of the rioting in Israel, naming an Arab American and former US Senator, George Mitchell, as its chairman.
Mitchell...