Monthly Archives: November 2002

The Question No Candidate in the Israeli Elections Wants to Answer: Must Israel End...

This article was written by a veteran American correspondent based in Israel who asked that his name not be used. Israeli politicians love to talk and the rhetoric during the current campaign for Knesset elections...

Israeli Lawyer Sues to Cut Off Funds to the Palestinian Authority

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner is breaking new ground in the legal fight against terrorism with lawsuits filed on behalf of Israeli and U.S. victims. Can Palestinians sue the state of Israel?" Such a question is not often...

“Distribution of the Iraqi President’s Grants to Families of Martyrs of Al-Shuyukh Massacre”

The Arab Liberation Front , in cooperation with the Fatah Movement in Al-Shuyukh, held a reception at the charity society hall in honor of the families of Al-Shuyukh massacre martyrs, during which Iraqi...

PLO Military Commander Dahlan Endorses Mitzna

On one of the first nights of Operation Defensive Shield, when Ramallah was under siege and soldiers were searching every house, Mohammed Dahlan phoned Avi Gil, until recently the Foreign Ministry director general, and...

Death in Custody. Appeal to the US Department of Justice for an Investigation of...

Irv Rubin, z"l former head of the Jewish Defense League was apparently murdered in a California detention center the same day as he was supposed to have had his day in court. Prison officials...

Official Palestinian Authority Radio Praises Bus Attack in “Occupied Jerusalem” as an Attack on...

While CNN was communicating Palestinian Authority spokesman Saeb Erakat's "condemnation" of the bus attack in Kiryat Menachem in Jerusalem, quite another message was communicated on the official PBC radio of the Palestinian Authority. IMRA: What...

Israelis Suffering From Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome

One out of ten Israelis suffers from post-trauma stress syndrome. Most of them are women. 75% of Israelis harden themselves and avoid the sights of terror attack, to cope with the trauma. A new Israeli...

The US Ultimatum…

The revised version of the road map sponsored by the US administration and the Quartet calls for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in 2003 with provisional borders. This Palestinian state will have...

General Assembly of Jewish Federations Gathers in Philadelphia Under a Cloud of War

It is difficult for any large organization to switch gears. The United Jewish Communities The UJC of North America, which comprises all major Jewish organizations in North America, gathers this week for its annual "General...

War without death: The Pentagon Promotes a Vision of Combat as Bloodless and Antiseptic

Leon Daniel, like others who reported from Vietnam during the 1960s, knew about war and death. So he was puzzled by the lack of corpses at the tip of the Neutral Zone between Saudi...