Islam Is the Answer
Reuven Firestone
December 13, 2001
I was visiting a dear Palestinian Muslim friend in Jerusalem some years ago during the first intifada.
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One Last Chance
David Landau
December 6, 2001
Yasser Arafat faces what may be his final chance to draw back from the brink of all-out war.
Arafat’s Lack of Leadership
James Prince
December 6, 2001
The recent resurgence in anti-Israel terror brings the issue of international support for Yasser Arafat\’s Palestinian Authority to the fore.
Revenge or Restraint?
David Landau
October 18, 2001
As the week began, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon resolved to confront his old friend Rechavam Ze\’evi, minister of tourism and leader of the National Unity faction, who had been urging the premier to get much tougher with the Palestinians.
Sharon had just ordered the army out of Palestinian sections of the West Bank city of Hebron, occupied a week earlier to prevent gunmen from shooting at Jewish residents. In response, Ze\’evi and his seven-member National Unity-Israel, Our Home bloc threatened to secede from the government.
Bush Backed — Finally
Michael J. Jordan
October 11, 2001
With the launch of the U.S.-led war on terrorism, American Jewish leaders are rallying behind Washington.
Muted Response
Eric Silver
October 11, 2001
Israel is on high alert to meet any reprisal attacks by Palestinian or Lebanese supporters of Osama bin Laden.
Linkage, Redux
James D. Besser
September 27, 2001
Despite aggressive spin control by Jewish leaders in the United States, the battle against the worldwide terror network of Osama bin Laden is already churning U.S.-Israel relations and resulting in intensified pressure on Jerusalem to work out a cease-fire with the Palestinians.
World Briefs
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
September 27, 2001
Isaac Stern, considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, died Saturday in New York at 81.
Back on Track?
David Landau
September 27, 2001
It is too early to tell whether the long-awaited and controversial meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat will produce a true cease-fire and a resumption of peace negotiations between the two sides.
Islam Hijacked
Reuven Firestone
September 27, 2001
The queries have come in steadily since the great increase in suicide bombings by Muslim Palestinians during the past year, but since Sept. 11, they have come virtually non-stop.
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