Mothers of Palestinian Prisoners Subjected to Humiliating Treatment by Palestinian Officials and Police

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses its outrage at the behavior of a number of Palestinian officials and policemen towards mothers of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. The women were physically and...

The Case of a Missing Children Part Ten : “Swept Under the Magic Carpet”

On the 5th May, 1998, I attended a rally held by the "Mishkan Ohalim" organization, at Gan HaAtzmaut (the Independence Gardens), in Jerusalem. Present at the rally were some members of 1,500 families who suffered...

Abbas: Klinghoffer Created Troubles So I Killed Him

Gaza City... Mohammed "Abul" Abbas - the most wanted man in the world 13 years ago after masterminding the Achille Lauro hijacking now holds court in the offices of the Palestine Liberation Front, the small...

Shas MK, Rafael Pinhasi

IMRA interviewed Shas MK Rafael Pinhasi, in Hebrew, on June 28. IMRA: In 1993 the coalition agreement signed between Shas and Labor stated that in "any contractual peace agreement involving a relinquishment of territory which...

Al-Ahram: Peace Offensive, Israel’s Security, Beyond Oslo

The following are selections from articles which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, "Al-Ahram" of Al-Ahram Weekly, 18th - 24th June, 1998 Truthful Lies, Respectable Murder by Radwa Ashour The Egyptian-Israeli peace offensive is a new...

Making the Palestine Authority More Palatable for the Israeli Public to Swallow

On June 3, 1998, the US state department removed the PLO from the list of terrorist organizations. There was no response from the Israeli government. Indeed, Israel state radio reported the item only twice,...

Peace Now Encourages Immigrants to Move to Settlements

"Haaretz" correspondent Alex Somech reports in the June 5th issue of "Haaretz" that in recent months "Peace Now" has organized 4 bus trips for new immigrants to see settlements. Mossy Raz, Political Secretary Peace...

Al-Ahram: Unrepentant Terrorist, Jerusalem Construction, Jordan

The following are selections from articles which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, "Al-Ahram" of Al-Ahram Weekly 28th May - 3rd June, 1998 Tourist Killers Unrepentant to the End by Shaden Shehab Two brothers, sentenced to...

The Historical Record: Clinton’s “Waivers” of The PLO

Clinton's "waivers" of the PLO "before" congress cut off all FUNDING TO THE PLO UNDER THE Middle East Peace Facilitation Act From 1994 through November 1997. Presidential Determination No. 94-30 of June 30, 1994 Suspending Restrictions...

US Government Reclassification of the PLO

TEXT: Presidential Determination: Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) - 3rd June 1998 (President waives provisions of Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987) Clinton waives the provisions of section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, regarding the Palestine...