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PLO Runs “Police-State” in Arafat’s “Self-rule” Areas
JERUSALEM (Reuters 20th January, 1998) - A leading Palestinian human rights group, accusing the Palestinian Authority of acting like a "police state," issued a scathing report Tuesday detailing widespread human rights abuses in Palestinian-ruled...
Commentary on Claimed Change to Palestinian Charter
When President Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger, said before the Netanyahu/Arafat visits to Washington that "this is the time for tough decisions", I assumed he had both parties in mind.
Unfortunately, comments coming out...
Al Ahram on Israel Scene and Peace Process
The following are excerpts from articles which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, Al-Ahram.
A Watershed in Israel
by Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
David Levy's resignation should not be regarded as one other minister quitting Netanyahu's right-wing coalition, but...
Palestinian Arab Refugees as “Peripheral” to the Peace Process
A commonly held assumption is that the entire matter of Palestinian Arab refugees is "peripheral" to the progress of the peace process. This view is shared on all sides of the Israeli political spectrum...
Myth of a Demilitarized Palestinian State
It is a commonly held assumption that a demilitarized Palestinian Arab state would emerge from the current entity known as the Palestine Authority, which would serve the "security interests of the state of Israel",...
The Anatomy of Paternalism
In retrospect, the Palestinian Arab rebellion against Israel, also known as the Intifada, has gained wide respectability within Israel itself.
At the tenth anniversary of the Intifada, an increasing number of Israelis have developed a...
U.S. Pledges $470 Million for Palestinian Refugee Relief
United Nations -- The United States is donating $70 million to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for its 1998 programs, according to an announcement made...
40 Minutes in Palestine
In Jerusalem, about a 10 minute drive north from the Temple Mount, or Haram al-Sharif, lies the only refugee camp in the Holy City. It is called Shofat. Mostly concrete and dust, rundown but...
The Panama Syndrome
The time has come to view matters of government media policy management outside of the parochial circles that we all live in and report about, when too many people fall into a political position...
Hebcom Human Rights Bulletin UPDATE. 5th November, 199
Background
On 2nd July, the Palestinian Preventative Security Service (PSS) arrested Dr. Fathi Ahmed Subuh, professor at the Department of Education at al Azhar University in Gaza, for asking several critical questions on a final...
