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Israeli Pundits React to the Death of Arafat
All clips from Friday, November 05, 2004:
Irrelevant
Ma'ariv (p. 1) by Dan Margalit (news analysis) -- Yasser Arafat is dead. At least, he is as good as dead.
He hoisted a flag. Stabbed with a sword....
Revealed: the Special Relationship Behind America’s Middle East policy
Paul Wolfowitz, the US deputy defence secretary who was a driving force behind the invasion of Iraq, is depicted as a fiercely pro-Zionist hardliner. Philip Sherwell reveals his unlikely confidante is a high-powered Arab...
Is Israel’s Barrier/Fence/Wall No More Than a Cop-Out in the War Against the PLO?
Last September, when Israel Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom made a toast to the foreign press and the diplomatic corps in honor of the Jewish News Year, The Israeli government minister spoke with great satisfaction...
Bush’s Letter to Sharon: With Commentary in Brackets
April 14, 2004
His Excellency Ariel Sharon Prime Minister of Israel
Dear Mr. Prime Minister:
Thank you for your letter setting out your disengagement plan.
The United States remains hopeful and determined to find a way forward toward...
Sidebar: Nixon tapes and the Arafat’s murders in Khartoum
The web site mountnixon.com/khartoum.html draws some interesting e-mail and comment from knowledgeable people who read it. On February 10, 2002, I received a call from Jim Welsh in Oregon (James J. Welsh), who had...
Kant on Perpetual Peace and the Seeds of Another War
Two hundred years ago, an essay entitled "Perpetual Peace" by German idealist philosopher Immanuel Kant argued: "no peace treaty may be deemed valid that contains within its provisions, the seeds of another war."
This seemingly...
Does the Ford Foundation Fund PLO Advocacy?
Is the Ford Foundation one of the world's premier sponsors of terrorism? US Senator Charles Grassely (D) Iowa, Chair of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, thinks the question is a fair one. That is...
Is Hamas Preparing to Inherit The Palestinian Authority?
There is growing evidence that Fatah, the Palestinian faction that today dominates the PLO, may not remain the power center of Palestinian politics in the post-Arafat era. Hamas is preparing itself to inherit the...
A Betrayal of Bush’s Vision for Democratic Process in the Middle East?
SCENARIO ONE: Rajoub...
Last week, Arafat's security chief, Col. Jabril Rajoub, declared to the Palestinian Arabic language media that the PLO should confine its terrorist activity against Israel to the areas that Israel captured in...
There is no joy in Mudville, Ramallah
While the entire Arab world covered the Saddam Hussein capture in great detail, the official Palestine Broadcasting Corporation radio carried a short, curt announcement of his incarceration, and Arafat issued a brief statement about...
