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  Militancy against Israel before 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
October 30: Five Israelis were wounded by terrorist gunfire directed at a bus three kilometers from the Tarkumiya Checkpoint in the Hevron Hills area.
April 19: Dov Driben, an American-Israeli farmer, 28, was murdered by Arab terrorists near the Israeli town of Maon in the Hevron Hills.
May 15: 22 children and several adults were killed (66 children were wounded) in the Maalot Massacre, perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Partial_list_of_Palestinian_terrorist_acts   (1127 words)

  
 Palestine Liberation Organization - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, with an intent to replace Israel.
At the Palestinian National Congress in Cairo on February 3, 1969 Arafat was appointed PLO leader.
Successive Israeli governments have also considered the PLO to be a terrorist organization in the past — and perhaps still do — because of its violent acts against the Israeli military and security forces, and against civilians.
open-encyclopedia.com /PLO   (2513 words)

  
 Terrorism against Israel in 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 27: Efrat Lesser, a 17-year-old female resident of Elon Moreh was shot by terrorists and suffered a head wound.
October 2: Vitslav Zasslevsky, 24, of Ashdod, was shot to death by terrorists.
October 19: Rabbi Binyamin Herling was murdered by terrorist gunfire on Mount Eval in Samaria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terrorism_against_Israel_in_2000   (737 words)

  
 Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In both communities, there are individuals and groups who advocate total territorial removal of the other community, those who advocate a two-state solution, and those who advocate a binational solution of a single secular state encompassing present-day Israel and the Gaza strip and the West Bank.
Those sympathetic to Israel tend to view the conflict as a campaign of terrorism perpetrated by Palestinian groups such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and others, and supported by other states in the region and the majority of the Palestinians.
A specific concern is that Palestinian militant groups such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, or the PFLP may emerge from the power vacuum of a post-disengagement Gaza as the political powers in the Gaza Strip.
hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Israeli-Palestinian_conflict   (1112 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Palestinian terrorism Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The term Palestinian terrorism is commonly used for terrorist acts committed by Palestinian citizens and Palestinian organizations against Israeli Jews, and occasionally against nationals of other countries.
The attacks on Palestinian Jews by Palestinian Arabs predating the establishment of the state of Israel have culminated in the Jerusalem pogrom of April, 1920, the riots in Palestine of May, 1921, the 1929 Hebron massacre and the Great Uprising of 1936-1939.
Palestinian terrorists have also exploited children in the aid of terror, mainly as human shields and bomb-transporters but also as suicide bombers.
www.ipedia.com /palestinian_terrorism.html   (914 words)

  
 Terrorist Acts Terrorism Attacks Committed Worldwide 1993-2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Terrorists detonated a car bomb in front of the Chilean Embassy in Lima at the end of a strike called by the Sendero Luminoso terrorist group.
Terrorists kidnapped a Peruvian, a Filipino, and a Colombian from the cafeteria of an Italian construction firm in Tiaret.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for bombing the IC Bedesten, the old bazaar at the center of the bazaar complex, in Istanbul.
www.fattyboombatty.com /moreterroristacts.htm   (11643 words)

  
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In the end, she had the child, with the result that “my health has seriously deteriorated and doctors say I will be blind within months.” The Polish government lists the number of official abortions in 1999 as 151, a figure Nowicka hotly disputes, saying it was more like the pre-communist 200,000.
However terrible terrorists may be, if indeed they exist, it is hard to make us, sane people, believe that from now on everything rides on whether or not Bin Laden is apprehended.
If you measure it as removing big groups of bandit groups or terrorist groups, which are combined in thousands sometimes or march in the roads, well, in a paramilitary way, then, of course, United States have achieved definite progress.
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/6142.txt   (9614 words)

  
 The Mossad's Analysis / Palestinian Democratisation
There were terror acts in New York that brought about arrests and convictions, but only on September 11, was the die cast, and the true character of the new war was revealed to the eyes of all.
Indeed, while the Palestinians share many societal traits with other Arabs, they have been regarded as the exception to the "Arab exception," due to their higher level of education and greater exposure to western cultural influences.
Palestinian society itself has undergone a process of militarisation with the establishment of nine different security forces that functioned as a major employers as well as instruments to repress domestic opponents and prosecute the conflict with Israel.
www.aijac.org.au /updates/Jul-02/080702.html   (4082 words)

  
 Life under the Palestinian Authority - Middle East Quarterly - September 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Palestinian political dissidents are getting the message: dissent is not tolerated in the PA. The fact that, lately, fewer newspapers are being closed results not from greater PA toleration of dissent but from strict self-censorship by the press.
The Palestinian population appears less upset by lack of progress in the peace process than by his domestic policies: suppression of the press, the abuse of human rights by the PA police, and corruption.
Although the council's acts of defiance have not led to any governmental changes and although its defiance of Arafat does not in itself make the Palestinian Authority a democracy, it has kept the "urge for democracy" alive and could provide an institutional basis to move toward democracy in the future.
www.meforum.org /article/406   (4264 words)

  
 Israeli-Palestinian conflict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a part of the greater Arab-Israeli conflict, is an ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinians.
Chomsky, Noam,The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, ISBN 0896081877.
Palestinian Maps Omitting Israel and Maps of "Palestine" as a means to instill fundamentally negative messages regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Israeli-Palestinian-conflict.htm   (1041 words)

  
 Israel's War on Terrorism
These terrorist acts must be considered in the context of America's war on terrorism, the inclusion of the radical Islamic organizations Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hizbullah on the updated US list of terrorist organizations and US special envoy Anthony Zinni's mission in the region.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat cannot claim now that he is, at last, honest in his decision to clamp down on those who endanger the "superior interests of the Palestinian people" and therefore must be given the necessary time to arrest them (in a friendly manner, if possible).
Arafat is responsible for launching the intifada, the liberation of all Hamas detainees, the cooption of its leadership in the National-Islamic Front for the coordination of the Intifada, the permission given for suicide bombings inside Israel and mortar attacks from the Gaza Strip.
www.ict.org.il /articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=418   (782 words)

  
 Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In both communities, there are individuals and groups who advocate total territorial removal of the other community, those who advocate a two-state solution, and those who advocate a binational solution of a single secular state encompassing present-day Israel and the Gaza strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The emblems of major Palestinian organizations include a map of present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Many tend to believe that the control of part or all of the territory is necessary for the security of Israel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Israeli-Palestinian_conflict   (1060 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of terrorist incidents
Massacres more generally are listed chronologically at List of massacres; assassinations are listed by location at List of assassinated people.
The Savoy Operation was a terrorist act masterminded by Abu Jihad On the night of March 4th, 1975, at 11:00 PM eight terrorists in two teams landed by boat on the Tel-Aviv beach.
The Kataeb Party, better known in English-speaking countries as the Phalange, is a Lebanese political party that was first established as a Maronite nationalist youth movement in 1936 by Pierre Gemayel.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-terrorist-incidents   (9665 words)

  
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Incitement and the Perpetuation of Hatred Since the Palestinian leadership continued to look upon the current situation as transitory, no systematic effort was made to re-educate Palestinian youth, or the public at large, as to the need to accept Israel as a neighbor and peace as a value.
On a broad range of other questions, the Palestinians either knowingly ignored or at least failed to implement the commitments it has undertook; and its conduct further undermined the very bridges of trust and cooperation which the interim period was supposed to build.
Local Palestinian commanders openly stated that no Israeli would set foot there again; and indeed, one man who apparently wanted to visit the site was brutally murdered, and a group of hikers (including women and children) "suspected" of coming too near to the Tomb, were shot at, wounded and one was killed.
www.tzemach.org /fyi/whitebook.htm   (7405 words)

  
 Palestine Media Watch
As a result of the closures, Muslim Palestinians in the West Bank are not allowed to worship at Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem and Christian Palestinians are denied access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Sharon is particularly reviled by Arabs for his long history of terrorist acts against Arab civilians.
Ron Forthofer lives in Longmont, Colorado and was the Green Party candidate for the U.S. Congress seat in Colorado's 2nd District.
www.pmwatch.org /pmw/db/alerts/display_message.asp?mid=50   (956 words)

  
 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Discussion
Modern suicide bombing was introduced by the Shi’ite terrorist organization Hizballah in 1983 in Lebanon, and it was in Lebanon that this modus operandi was refined throughout the 1980’s.
The Palestinian moderates have NO voice under the murderer Arafat and by continuing to deal with him as someone that could bring peace to the Palestinians, the world is squashing the ONLY voice that could, in reality, bring about that peace.
It's understandable that average Palestinians in the Land would be reluctant to voice dissatisfaction with their totalitarian Arab leaders or speak favorably of peace with Jews.
www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/investing/76688/628236   (4836 words)

  
 anti-war issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The parties are to cooperate in criminal investigation and prosecution of terrorism fundraising and in extraditing suspects.
Brian is listed as a friend on his partner's notification form, and Brian doubts that he would be treated like a mourning spouse if his airman partner were to fall in battle.
Palestinian flags were used as shrouds for Bilal and Ashraf Khalil, ages 8 and 10, the brothers who were killed Tuesday.
webnetarts.com /socialjustice/peace.html   (16719 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Former Chechen leader points out positive dynamics in Chechnya's developments
Two Chechens suspected of complicity in terrorist acts against federal officers were caught Friday in the Oktyabrsky District of Chechnya's capital, Grozny.
As the regional operations headquarters reports, head of a terrorist group, Chechen Arbi Barayev killed last winter, ordered the terrorist act, which was carried out by former chairman of the Sharia court of the Kurchaloi district in Chechnya Movladi Taimaskhanov.
Four terrorists were killed last Friday during a skirmish outside the Chechen-Aul village, the Grozny district.
english.pravda.ru /hotspots/2002/06/20/30822.html   (1897 words)

  
 "The Rest Of The Story"
Though this two-stage pattern characterizes the recent history of this conflict, Western media focus almost exclusively upon the dramatic and painful first stage, ignoring its fruits in stage two.
Tens of thousands of illegal Palestinian workers would cross through here every year; in the past five months, you've got it, zero.
Media outlets, therefore, are presenting a skewed and partial picture: 'Israeli aggression, Palestinian suffering', end of story.
www.hvk.org /articles/0604/16.html   (572 words)

  
 Perspective, Harvard-Radcliffe's Liberal Monthly
On the Right, the rhetoric of Palestinian terrorist groups is similar; just exchange "Zionist" for "capitalist".
Of course, some of our criticism of revolutionary movements committing terrorist acts lies with the absurdity of arguments about false consciousness.
To the Palestinian terrorist, we cry, "But it just isn't a Zionist conspiracy," and to the Marxist terrorist we cry, "It just isn't economic determinism, human rights just can't be reduced to a liberal apology for capitalism".
www.digitas.harvard.edu /~perspy/issues/2003/nov/backpage.html   (1299 words)

  
 CNN.com - Ashcroft defends crackdown on suspected terrorists - December 4, 2001
The Bush administration Tuesday froze the U.S. assets of a Texas-based Islamic, saying the organization acts as a front to finance the militant wing of the Palestinian group Hamas.
Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Tuesday the latest warning of the possibility of another terrorist attack was precipitated by a "convergence of information" received over the past several days.
Laura Bush: First lady of the United States, she has become more visible since the terrorist attacks, making public appearances urging parents and teachers to help reassure children that everything is being done to try to keep them safe.
archives.cnn.com /2001/US/12/04/rec.athome.facts   (725 words)

  
 Jihad Watch: Score one for Al-Arian and Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Even if this imaginary terrorist group really does have an accounting system that allows the big supporter's money to be used only for its soup kitchen, that frees up other money to buy bombs.
This judge & all others like him that continually provide the terrorists with cover & protection while innocent people continue to die needlessly should be removed from the bench immediately & disbarred for life.
Here is a partial list of some of the Islamic terrorist groups listed by the state department that can be found all over the world and in many sovereign countries trying to force their lesser jihad fantasies on them with terrorism.
www.jihadwatch.org /archives/002764.php   (3319 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Israel and the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip are at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Those sympathetic to Israel tend to view the conflict as a campaign of terrorism perpetrated by Palestinian groups such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and others, and supported by other states in the region and the majority of the Palestinian people.
Many tend to believe that the occupation is necessary for the security of Israel.
www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Israeli-Palestinian_conflict   (757 words)

  
 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a part of the greater Arab-Israeli conflict, is an ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian s.
(See definitions of Palestinian.) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is by no means a simple two-sided...
(See definitions of Palestinian.) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is by no means a simple two-sided conflict with all Israelis (or even all Israeli Jews) sharing one point of view and all Palestinians another.
33beat.com /Israeli-Palestinian_Conflict.html   (668 words)

  
 UNODC - Counter-Terrorism Measures
This list is simply meant to identify possible counter-terrorist measures, regardless of their efficacy or rate of success.
Invite terrorists to participate in mass-based movements aiming at political change (e.g.
Encourage the formation of opposition group that reduces the constituency of terrorist movements
www.unodc.org /unodc/terrorism_measures.html   (821 words)

  
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Residents of Tulkarm are no longer willing to provide refuge for the armed men in their houses, local sources say, for fear of ending up on the army's demolition list.
The growing dissatisfaction within the Palestinian population over the rampant corruption and incompetence of the PA has infiltrated its security services, some of which have begun to mutiny...
The media, therefore, is presenting a skewed and partial picture: 'Israeli aggression, Palestinian suffering', end of story.
www.honestreporting.com /storyends.html   (790 words)

  
 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Discussion
There is no conceivable American diplomacy on the Palestinian question that could still the furies of the jihadists.
The sad truth of history is that the Palestinians opted for pragmatism just once -- when they broke with Arab legends and made peace at Oslo.
An American "Balfour Declaration" was granted the Palestinians by President Clinton, but the anti-American terror paid that diplomacy no heed.
www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/investing/76688/628353   (5681 words)

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