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Negotiations Palestinian Style

Tuesday, August 12th, 2003

Within the past few days there are sure signs of what the Palestinians have in mind for the “road map” negotiations. There is little to be encouraged about. First, they have canceled a scheduled summit meeting with Israel because Israel is only prepared to release 440 prisoners of the more than 7,000 it holds, with […]


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Liberal Arab Columnist: ‘Why do Arabs Hate the West, Especially the U.S.?’

Tuesday, August 12th, 2003

In an article titled “Why Do Arabs Hate the West, Especially the U.S.,” Zuheir Abdallah, columnist for the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat, blames Arab fascism and Islamism for failing to achieve any accomplishments for the Arab world since 1948, leading to its backwardness today. The following are excerpts from the article: [1] Arabs Should Remember […]


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THE LAST JEWS IN INDIA AND BURMA

Monday, August 11th, 2003

The End of the Indian Diaspora One Shabbat in July 1987, for the first time since the synagogue was built 419 years ago, there was no minyan in the fabled Paradesi Synagogue of Cochin. Since the beginning of 1987, the population of Jew Town, once about 300, has diminished from 33 to 29 due to […]


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Youth Killed In Hizbullah Attack

Monday, August 11th, 2003

Haviv Dadon, a 16-year-old youth in the northern town of Shlomi, was killed today and four youths were wounded by a volley of seven Hizbullah mortar shells. The shells hit an empty nursery in a residential area as well as a crowded street. Seven others, including an elderly couple who live next door to the […]


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Issue is terrorism, not fence

Monday, August 11th, 2003

The State Department is proposing that the United States play hardball with Israel — reducing badly needed loan guarantees — if it proceeds with the barrier it is erecting between Israeli and Palestinian populations. With this, the State Department joins the latest Palestinian propaganda ploy — inverting cause and effect and making the fence the […]


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Soldier Killed In Battle With Terrorists

Sunday, August 10th, 2003

The response was a volley of gunfire that killed Ro’i and wounded three of his fellow soldiers. The Israeli force then released a shoulder-fired missile at the top floor, and a tremendous blast was heard – evidence of many explosives in the building. The entire floor collapsed, and the two wanted terrorists were killed. The […]


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Shukran (Thank You)!

Sunday, August 10th, 2003

Dear Israeli People: Shukran! Shukran! Shukran! A million and one thanks and our most sincere appreciation for the enormous strides you are taking. Our gratefulness is beyond measure; the value we put on those gestures will be returned to you ten-fold in days to come. Shukran! How else can we express our overwhelming gratitude to […]


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Nazi Imagery Goes Mainstream

Sunday, August 10th, 2003

In recent months, many Americans have been dismayed to see mainstream media outlets publishing cartoons with anti-Israel and anti-Semitic images reminiscent of Nazi-era propaganda. (See CAMERA analysis of Chicago Tribune cartoon.) The latest such drawing is one by syndicated cartoonist Tony Auth of United Press Syndicate in which a Star of David fences off Palestinians. […]


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Suicide Attack Thwarted

Friday, August 8th, 2003

The IDF had recently given Abu Sharah’s name to the PA security forces, but they did not arrest him. PA leaders Abu Mazen and Muhammed Dahlan have said that they do not plan to take action against the terror organizations in their midst. The Jerusalem Police arrested ten Arab youths last night, on suspicion of […]


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Words like `despair’ are not in her lexicon

Friday, August 8th, 2003

Badly wounded in the terror attack at Hebrew University a year ago, Inna Zussman is mustering her physical and mental strength in order to return to her studies “I remember the darkness, the heavy air as if I were underwater. Suddenly I’m not sitting but lying down. My mother is calling me. I try to […]


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