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Conspiracy of Censorship

Eric Silver October 16, 1997

Israeli reporters are no slouches. They have better sources and tend to understand more than their foreign brethren.

\”Israel has 5 million inhabitants and China has 1.2 billion,\” Kaveh said during a visit to Los Angeles last week. \”However, we are both ancient civilizations, which have survived much suffering and mighty empires.\”

An Uncomfortable Line

Eric Silver September 25, 1997

Earlier in the week, Irving Moskowitz had stood in that gritty, neglected urban village on the flank of the Mount of Olives, hammering a mezuzah on a door post and telling the world\’s TV cameras that this was where \”we\” are making \”our\” home. Yet the truth was that as soon as he had signed a face-saving deal with the government of Israel, he was on the plane back to Florida in time for Shabbat.

Zionism 101

Ruth Stroud September 18, 1997

Zionism 101

A Push for Peace: Behind the Scenes

Jewish Journal September 18, 1997

How did it come about that, just prior to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright\’s visit to the Middle East, the government of Israel released some funds it was withholding from the Palestinian Authority? And then after her departure, it transferred 50 percent of the moneys owed to the Palestinians?