The catalyst for a spate of violence here may have been an Israeli politician\’s visit to a Muslim and Jewish holy site, but Israeli officials are holding Palestinian leaders directly responsible for the bloodshed.At least 55 people were killed, mostly Palestinians, in rioting that touched off Sept. 28 when Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
In less than a week, whatever was left of the mutual trust between Israelis and Palestinians appeared to come tumbling down.
Yehuda Amichai, a world-renowned poet and one of Israel\’s most famous writers, has died of cancer at the age of 76.
Six years after the historic Rabin-Arafat handshake on the White House lawn, the Palestinians can point to a mixed bag of results from the Oslo peace process.
A middle-aged man climbed up to the cabin of a crane and drew the operator\’s attention to a small suitcase on top of a pile of rubble left by last month\’s killer earthquake in Turkey.
Never in his wildest dreams did Astrid Kuci believe that he would fall in love with Israel. In fact, he hardly knew anything about Israel.
Israelis are divided over NATO\’s military campaign against Serbia — and opinions and policy are being informed as much by history and the Holocaust as by current political realities.
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