Center for Near East Policy Research, Author at Israel Behind the News

The Bridge : An ecological and bio-ethics disaster

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August 11, 1997

When a group of Australian athletes attempted to cross the hastily constructed bridge erected over the Yarkon river, tragedy struck. The bridge collapsed, sending...

Same Policy Same Results

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Yigal Carmon

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August 4, 1997

The Prime Minister today told Arafat - in a media oriented demonstration of supposed strength - after scores of innocents were killed and wounded...

Yasser Arafat and Hamas: the Cooperation Has Deepened

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Center for Near East Policy Research

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August 4, 1997

The cooperation between the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas and Jihad, was not limited to the maintenance of a dialogue between them. The Israeli...

The Bombing at Mahane Yehudah and the Aftermath

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Shawn Cohen

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August 4, 1997

My friend David, an American Jew in his mid-twenties, was shopping for fruit at the Mahane Yehuda marketplace in Jerusalem at approximately 1 p.m.,...

Has the PA Failed to Fulfill Its Commitments Under the Hebron Accord?

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I.M.R.A., Independent Media Research Analyisis

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July 28, 1997

The Israel Government Press Office released a comprehensive 35-page report assessing Israeli and Palestinian compliance with the Hebron Accord. The report is being issued...

Excerpts from the weekly Friday sermon delivered by Palestinian Authority [PA] appointed “Mufti of...

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Center for Near East Policy Research

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July 21, 1997

"The sermon was broadcast on the PA's official radio station, Voice of Palestine. Oh Allah, destroy America, for she is ruled by Zionist Jews... "Allah will...

Controversy Sells: Jerusalem’s Hasmonean Tunnel a Hot Tourist Spot

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Shawn Cohen

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July 21, 1997

Nearly 10 months after Palestinians waged a bloody campaign against Israel for opening the Hasmonean exit to Jerusalem's Western Wall tunnel, the site has...