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Larry Derfner

Enemy or Friend?

November 15, 2001

Israel\’s 1 million Arab citizens have been going through a process of radicalization for the last generation, but since the Al Aqsa Intifada broke out nearly 14 months ago, that process has taken a bitter leap forward. Days after the intifada began and rioting Palestinians were shot to death by Israeli troops, Arabs across the Galilee also rioted, and 13 were killed by police. In a few cases since then, Arab citizens of Israel — nearly all Islamic fundamentalists — have been involved in terror attacks.

Closed for the Duration

November 1, 2001

Whenever there\’s a wave of terror in Israel, the nation\’s hotels come up against a wave of cancellations, and the country\’s entire tourist industry — from five-star hotels to souvenir hawkers — goes into a slump. But in a few months the terror and fear subside, and the tourists come back.

A Siberian-Jewish Tragedy

October 11, 2001

The crash of the Air Siberia jet over the Black Sea last week was an Israeli tragedy, but more specifically and acutely, it was a tragedy for Siberian Jewry.

Muslims Against Jihad

September 27, 2001

Here is President George W. Bush on Islam: \”Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah.\”

Israelis Identify With U.S.

September 13, 2001

The contrast between the Palestinian and Israeli reaction couldn\’t have been more stark — while crowds of Palestinians were celebrating in the streets of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel was observing an official national day of mourning, with flags flying at half-mast, and blood banks and solidarity Web sites opening up.

Now It’s Jewish Terrorists

July 26, 2001

The settler movement is in serious denial over last week\’s killings of three Palestinians, including 3-month-old Dia Tmeizi. While all settlers publicly condemn the killings, even the most \”mainstream\” don\’t see any connection between the nighttime ambush near Hebron and the incessant cries for \”revenge\” by settlers at funerals, demonstrations and elsewhere.

Caught Red-Handed

June 28, 2001

Israel has arrested two more Palestinians it said were involved in the brutal lynching of two Israeli soldiers by a Palestinian mob in October, bringing the total arrests up to 15.

The front-page photos in the Hebrew dailies couldn\’t have told the story more graphically: There was Abed al-Aziz Tzalha, 20, grinning in triumph, raising his bloody hands to the lynch mob in Ramallah. and there he was again, raising his handcuffed hands on command for the camera, expressionless, now in the custody of the Shin Bet.

Arabs Against Arafat

June 21, 2001

With a slight break in the action and a flurry of would-be peacemaking since the Tel Aviv discotheque bombing, a reality check on the Palestinians — the regular people, not the politicians — shows that a pall has come over them. They are deeply ensnared by a Catch-22.

Israel’s Wagner Taboo

May 17, 2001

After strenuous protests by Holocaust survivor groups, backed by virtually the entire Israeli political spectrum, the decision was taken last week to look for an alternative to the Wagner concert that had been scheduled for this summer\’s Israel Festival, the country\’s annual international cultural showcase.

An Intifada Casualty Named Atarot

March 22, 2001

The Atarot Industrial Park, located at the edge of a Jerusalem Arab village and right on the border of the Palestinian Authority, was meant as a forerunner of the \”New Middle East\”: Arabs and Jews making money together, not war.

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