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Report #9: State of evicted Gush Katif, Northern Gaza & N. Shomron Communities
At the time of this writing (Sunday, October 9th, 3 p.m. Israel time), according to the residents of the Shirat Hayam Hotel in Ashkelon, they are about to be expelled today to other hotels...
Report #8, State of Gush Katif, Northern Gaza and Northern Shomron Communities
Friday afternoon: Just when it appeared that the problem was solved, the Disengagement Authority apparently did not reach an agreement with the hotel after all, as a result of which, according to Israel Radio...
Coping with Substance Abuse in the Jewish World
There is nothing more spiritually different than the "L'Chaims" that many Jews make on the secular holiday of New Year's Eve, and the contemplation of the purpose and meaning of our lives that we...
A Personal Remembrance of Simon Wiesenthal
In Memory of Simon Wiesenthal, who passed away this week at age 96.
The death of Simon Wiesenthal brings back many memories. Many years ago, when I served as director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center...
Hurricane “Arik”: Settlers as Scapegoats
Two images have haunted me since the nightmare we went through in recent weeks--the nightmare given the sterile title "disengagement", that was in fact no less than a hurricane, hurricane "Arik". One image is...
The State of the Communities of Gush Katif and Northern Gaza
Method of Research
Key people (heads of community secretariats, spokespeople and community workers) were interviewed from almost every community in Gush Katif or northern Gaza to obtain this information. General assessments were cross-referenced with a...
The People of Sa-Nur
Sa Nur, Israel
On July 4th, 2005, I step down from a bulletproof journalists' tour bus onto the controversial soil of Sa-nur, one of the four Shomron area settlements to be evacuated come mid-August. My...
Putting a Human Face on People About to be Evacuated from their Homes
Only a few weeks before the government of Israel proposes to evict the residents of the Jewish community of Sanur from their homes, Israel Resource News Agency dispatched a Russian speaking correspondent to meet...
Some US Congressional leaders worry that Gaza pullout amounts to appeasement
Nobody in the Republican-controlled Congress wants to be seen as opposing the wishes of both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Bush administration. But quietly, the unilateral Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip...
US House of Representatives Approves Restrictions on Aid to Palestinian Authority
Washington, July 21st, 2005
A bill, sponsored by Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV) and Congressman Joe Crowley (D-NY), applying very specific controls to Palestinian aid, passed by a large margin, 330 to 100, and with wide...
