Palestinian Reflections on the Kosovo Crisis
As a Palestinian who was born a quarter of a century after and spared the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948 that galvanized Palestine and sent most of our Palestinian people then fleeing to nearby later-hostile...
Official Fatah Website: Clinton Letter Not Balfour Declaration – 181 & 194 Basis
The following editoral from the official Fatah website www.fateh.org/e_editor/99/300499.htm has several important statements:
1. The Clinton letter is not a 'Balfour Declaration'.
2. Rather than 242 and 338, the PLO will base future demands on 181...
Arafat-appointed Cleric Delivers a Sermon at Al Aksa Mosque
"... What interests us as Moslems is the Moslem religious edict concerning the Palestinian problem. Our position is firm and will not change. All of Moslem Palestine remains one indivisible unit that cannot be...
The Revival of UN Resolution #181
Resolution 181's Revival
In the May 9, 1999, edition of Al-Ayyam, Journalist Tawfiq Abu Bakr reported on the Palestinian Central Council meetings that discussed Palestinian measures on May 4th 1999:
"Minister Nabil Sha'ath said... that...
Shimon Peres: Overthrow Saddam. Mideast’s Villain: It’s Not Islam; It’s Saddam
President Clinton deserves every praise for "Desert Fox." Yet it, too, did not resolve the Iraqi dilemma: Iraq is still controlled by a pathological despot who initiated bloody battles with his neighbors (Iran in...
From Bastion of Balance to Defamation of Israel
As a matter of policy, ADL's office in Jerusalem had always fought to cope with any media coverage of Israel that would reflect any hint of either anti-Semitism or anti-Zionism.
The ADL office in Israel...
Al-Ahram Weekly 25th-31st March, 1999
Contents:
Prostitution in Israel: Should This be an Accepted Norm for Young Women - or Should We Fight It? by David S. Bedein
A Battle, Not A Massacre Pro-Arab Lobby
International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism Website
PLC Jamal...
Cold Peace Encouraged at Palestinian Israeli Social Workers Workshop?
Monday March 9, by invitation of Dr. Elia Awwael, I attended the Palestinian-Israeli Social Workers Workshop held at the Nativity Hotel located in Bethlehem. The stated goals of the workshop included allowing Israelis and...
Hezbollah Takes Another Step Toward Jerusalem
Last Monday, the South Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah, funded and armed by Syria and Iran, set off a roadside bomb that killed an Israeli brigadier general in command of Israel's Lebanon operations, along with...
A State in the Making: Rights and Duties
President Arafat's mention of a possible confederation with Jordan has stirred numerous comments. The president's remarks, however, need to be understood in the context in which they were spoken.
At the time he made the...