“Don’t Release Murderers”

(July 26) - Since Prime Minister Ehud Barak's return from Washington, rumors are flying about the upcoming release of terrorists, with or without "blood on their hands." There have been attempts of redefining who "really"...

PLO State to Include at Least All West Bank and Gaza

When permanent status negotiations begin, borders of the state of Palestine, including Jerusalem and all other territories occupied in 1967, will be determined by the terms of reference of the Oslo Agreement. the "peace of...

Justice Must be Delivered to Victims of the Maccabiah Bridge Disaster

Australian Jewish Community leaders strongly supported the victims of the Maccabiah Bridge Disaster at the dedication and naming of the Warren Zines Reserve on Sunday, July 25, 1999. In the presence of the Mayor and...

America Too, Is Part of the Exile

Today we have interesting computer programs which can help us search for all kinds of things. One which is very helpful to Jews, is a calendar program which takes the solar calendar and co-ordinates...

Barak’s “Red Line” Coalition

Quotes from text: "There are enough hawks in Israel's emerging coalition -- including perhaps Barak -- to insure that no withdrawal from occupied south Lebanon is likely to be forthcoming without firm Syrian or international...

Abu Mazen: No Negotiations Unless Barak Drops Red Lines

The following are excerpts from an interview of the Palestinian Authority's chief negotiator, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) published in the Palestinian weekly, El Ashaab, on 5 July, 1999: Question: What happens if Ehud Barak fails...

Egyptian Al-Ahram: Peace Only if ’48 Refugees Return Home

Full Text: Even if the statement made by US President Bill Clinton last week that millions of Palestinian refugees "should be given the freedom to settle wherever they want to" was a "slip of the...

Clinton and the Right of Return

On July 1, 1999, President Clinton stated that American policy was that Palestinians have a right to live "wherever they would like to live". Clinton's policy statement resounded through the Palestinian media and the United...

Interview with Rabbi Arik Asherman, director of the RABBIS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Allan: Tell me a little about yourself. Asherman: Sure, my name is Rabbi Arik Asherman. I'm the executive director of Rabbi's for Human Rights. I also, on a part time basis am the Rabbi for...

Journalist Pressured not to Report Jewish Dimension of Balkan War

Budapest, Hungary - I'm a journalist and a Jew, but it was only recently that I became a Jewish journalist. Not by choice, mind you. It was thrust upon me. And larded with Jewish guilt,...