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Poll: College Kids Back Israel

Joe Berkofsky August 22, 2002

U.S. college students back Israel over the Palestinians by a 4-1 margin, according to a new survey.

The mid-July survey of 300 students found that 43 percent of respondents called themselves supporters of Israel, while only 11 percent backed the Palestinians. Another 29 percent did not take either side in the conflict, however, and 10 percent said the United States should stand behind both sides equally, according to the poll taken by Washington pollster Stanley Greenberg.

Iraq Attack

Amy Klein August 15, 2002

I don\’t want to give away any secrets here, but guess what? America may be planning a surprise attack on Iraq — in fact, even as you read this, the "secret" war plans might have gone into effect.

Happiness Turns to Grief

Tom Tugend July 11, 2002

Last Friday was to have been one of Victoria \”Vicky\” Hen\’s happiest days. As a surprise, her boyfriend, Yaron Cohen, had planned to formally propose marriage to the 25-year-old Israeli American.\n\nInstead, her parents, Avinoam and Rachel Hen, and her younger brothers, Nimrod and Udi, spent the day planning her funeral service, which took place Sunday afternoon.

Community Briefs

Jewish Journal June 27, 2002

Dr. Moshe Gottlieb, a chiropractor who moved to Israel from Los Angeles in 1978, was among the 19 people killed in the June 18 bus bombing in the neighborhood of Beit Safafa, near Gottlieb\’s home in Gilo.

Arafat’s Choice

Rep. Henry Waxman April 4, 2002

Last week, as a Palestinian terrorist murdered 22 Israelis sitting down to their Passover seder, the Al Aqsa Martyr\’s Brigade became the first group affiliated with Yasser Arafat\’s Fatah movement to be added to the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organization since the United States normalized relations with the Palestinian Liberation Organization after the signing of the Oslo accords in 1993.

Composed of Arafat loyalists, funded by Fatah through the Tanzim militias, and assisted in coordination of their attacks by members of Arafat\’s Force 17 security services, the Al Aqsa Martyr\’s Brigade has dramatically outpaced Islamic extremist organizations like Hamas and Islamic Jihad in attacks on Israelis.

In the Name of Love

Orit Arfa March 28, 2002

I was looking through my closet this morning for a spring outfit to match the warmer weather, and I found his T-shirt. It\’s a red T-shirt with the Fox label — Israel\’s closest version of the Gap.

Goodbye, Shoshana

Julie Gruenbaum Fax August 16, 2001

When Marni (Balter) Benuck heard about the bombing at Sbarro\’s in Jerusalem, she immediately thought of her best friend Shoshana.

Straws in the Wind

Eric Silver April 26, 2001

Israelis have learned the hard way not to invest too many hopes in Yasser Arafat. Yet this week, despite the suicide bombing in Kfar Saba, the booby-trapped car in Or Yehuda, the renewed sniping at the Jerusalem suburb of Gilo, straws are wafting in the diplomatic wind.

Coordinating Terrorism

Gil Sedan April 26, 2001

As the United States and other Western powers try to reduce Israeli-Palestinian tensions, Iran moved this week to fan the flames.

Showing Strength

David Landau April 19, 2001

For those worried about the credibility of Israeli deterrence, the Israel Defense Force this week delivered an unmistakable message to Syria that it is willing to fight.

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