By Jeff Halper Overview: Like Israel’s war in Lebanon, which was minimized as an “operation,”-Operation Peace for the Galilee-Operation Defensive Shield had political goals far beyond that indicated by its modest “defensive” name. Under the guise of destroying the “infrastructure of terrorism,” Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his willing partner, Israeli Defense Minister and [...]
May 30 2002 | Posted in
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by Brian Wood in Palestine May 30, 2002 Hassan Shreem, 53, owns a bakery in Jenin City. On Tuesday morning around 3:30, he was walking from his house to the bakery to begin his work for the day. His walk to work was more dangerous on this day because the Israeli military came with jeeps, [...]
May 30 2002 | Posted in
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The Palestine Monitor, A PNGO Information Clearinghouse Israel never really withdrew May 28th, 2002 The March 28th invasion into areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority saw Israeli troops enter and remain in all the West Bank towns and cities. At the end of that time it was said they had “withdrawn”.
May 30 2002 | Posted in
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Israeli History 101 By Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, PhD Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952) was born in Motol, Russia and became a British subject in 1910. During World War I, Weizmann discovered an improved method of making acetone and butyl alcohol for explosives to aid British war efforts. He was thus instrumental in securing British government commitment to [...]
May 29 2002 | Posted in
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Rita Giacaman and Abdullatif Husseini Institute of Community and Public Health Birzeit University This is the third of our brief statistical reports on the daily life, health and environmental conditions of families living under curfew and in fear and danger, during the latest Israeli invasion of the town of Jenin. This report excludes Jenin Refugee [...]
May 29 2002 | Posted in
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By Palestine Chronicle JENIN: The Israeli army invaded the Palestinian towns of Jenin and Hebron, Palestinian security officials said. Shooting broke out as Israeli tanks backed up by helicopters rolled into Jenin, the officials said. A Palestinian man, Yusif Sharim, 55, was killed by Israeli soldiers as they entered the town. Nine Palestinians were also [...]
May 28 2002 | Posted in
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By Sherri Muzher For so many years, few in our country have wanted to acknowledge the attack on the USS Liberty. After all, we wouldn’t want to embarrass our “ally,” Israel. With a new book out about this tragic event and the History channel planning an expose on the cover-up later this summer, it seems [...]
May 28 2002 | Posted in
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by Tanya Reinhart To judge by the polls, the political system in Israel is very far from representing the positions of the majority in Israeli society. For several months the polls have shown a 60% majority [1] or more in favor of dismantling settlements, even in the framework of a “unilateral separation”. The questions in [...]
May 28 2002 | Posted in
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By Ahmed Amr Editor NileMedia.com After spending a few weeks reading Arab papers and watching Egyptian TV, one walks away with a pretty consistent political viewpoint coming from political quarters that are rarely in agreement over any single issue. A constant theme is that the United States and Israel, often portrayed as a single uniform [...]
May 28 2002 | Posted in
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by Uri Avnery If Ariel Sharon were to formulate his intentions as an military operations order, like he used to do in the army, instead of hiding them behind a host of smoke screens, it would look like this:
May 27 2002 | Posted in
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