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In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

  
  Ronni Gordon Stillman & Alexander T. Stillman on Mideast & polling on National Review Online
The polls were published in November 2000 (1,234 Palestinians polled) and December 2001 (1,357 Palestinians polled).
In the November 2000 poll, a whopping 92 percent said that peace is not possible between Palestinians and Israelis if East Jerusalem is not the capital of a Palestinian state.
In polls taken since November 2000, between 50 percent and 60 percent of Palestinian respondents asked if Palestinians and Israelis could coexist after an independent Palestinian state had been established next to the Israeli state answered that there is no chance for peaceful coexistence between the two peoples.
www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-stillman040802.asp   (958 words)

  
  Terrorist attacks against Israelis in 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
October 2: an Israeli civilian and a soldier are killed in separate attacks by gunfire in West Bank.
November 11: an Israeli soldier killed in a shooting attack in the Gaza strip.
December 8: An Israeli teacher travelling in a van and the van's driver killed in a drive-by attack in the West Bank.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terrorist_attacks_against_Israelis_in_2000   (586 words)

  
 Al-Aqsa Intifada
Israeli and Palestinian violence associated with the Intifada had claimed 1,782 Palestinian lives, 649 Israeli lives, and the lives of 41 foreign nationals by the end of March 2003.
The conflict was marked by increased Israeli military operations and armed attacks and terrorism by Palestinians against Israeli targets--including civilians within Israel, settlers, and soldiers in the occupied territories and Israel.
Israeli security services reported that they were investigating between 40 and 60 planned terrorist attacks at any given time.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/intifada2.htm   (1108 words)

  
 IsraelBehindTheNews.com
Kamel, a resident of Bethlehem, was born in 1980 and is an active armed Tanzim was one of the primary terrorists behind the shooting attacks and mortar fire directed against civilian residents of the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.
Ahmed Hemamreh, born in 1971, is a Tanzim terrorist operative.
Nawareh, born in 1978, resident of Bethlehem, is a Tanzim terrorist operative.
israelvisit.co.il /cgi-bin/friendly.pl?url=May-13-02!culprits   (1916 words)

  
 JAFFE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES - STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT
The era of suicide attacks was thus born - a tactic as lethal as it was simple to execute, and difficult to prevent.
In the context of suicide attacks against Israel, it is worth recalling a sermon delivered in March 1996 by one of Sunni Islam's most prominent religious arbiters, Sheikh Yussuf Al-Kardawi, and broadcast live on Qatari television.
The attacks serve, in no small measure, as an outlet for the frustrations and tensions to which the Palestinians are subject in their daily lives.
www.tau.ac.il /jcss/sa/v5n1p6Tal.html   (3618 words)

  
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Feeling the Palestinians were ultimately unwilling to compromise for peace, the Israeli populace, including those on the left, shifted dramatically to the right, with security issues and the specter of war looming large in the Israeli psyche.
Israelis were noticeably alarmed by the discovery, fearing that Israel's Arab citizens may represent a fifth column.
In November 2000, the Israeli Supreme Court lowered the standard by which public speech or publications can be deemed inciteful and harmful to the "values of public order," including "social cohesion." Previously, only public statements found to be threatening to the foundations of democratic rule were considered tantamount to sedition and subject to punishment.
www.freedomhouse.org /inc/content/pubs/fiw/inc_country_detail.cfm?country=1435&pf   (2208 words)

  
 Hamas
Hamas is particularly strident and racist in its attacks on Jews.
The Israelis and the United States adopted the latter stance, foreshadowing an escalation of military conflict which is likely to embroil the rest of the region in short order.
Israeli F-16s dropped a several-ton bomb on his house in Rimal, in Gaza City, killing his son Khaled and his bodyguard and injuring him, his wife, and one of their daughters.
www.rotten.com /library/history/terrorist-organizations/hamas   (1812 words)

  
 Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It has been suggested that Terrorist attacks against Israelis in 2000 be merged into this article or section.
Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006
The same day, 5 Palestinians in Temple Mount and a sixth in Ramallah were killed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terrorism_against_Israel_in_2000   (573 words)

  
 Whose Promised Land?: Suicide Blasts Harm Peace Hopes, by Arie Kacowicz; Notre Dame Magazine Online - University of ...
Unlike the Israeli settlements in the West Bank that crisscross the Palestinian villages and towns and impede their economic and future development, the 200,000 Israeli Jews who live in East Jerusalem are a vibrant and integral part of the city and of the State of Israel.
These heinous attacks have targeted buses, nightclubs, restaurants, malls and bus stations, and have affected the daily life and the deep psyche of the Israelis, not only in the occupied territories but mainly within the pre-1967 borders ("the green line") of Israel itself.
First, many Israelis today are hawkish in their short-term views, agreeing to "crush" the Palestinian resistance by military means, while they remain dovish in their long-term views, aware of the inevitability of a Palestinian state.
www.nd.edu /%7Endmag/su2003/kacowicz.html   (2217 words)

  
 IsraelActivism.com -- The Website of Hasbara Fellowships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This fence is being erected as a response to terrorist activity and it is illogical to assume that it was cause of the very situation which it is attempting to eliminate.
Palestinian terrorists routinely attack the Israeli civilian population.
The intention in Israeli military operations is to hunt down terrorists and remove their stranglehold on both the Palestinian and Israeli communities.
www.israelactivism.com /resources/factsheets/factsheets/moral_equiv_Factsheet.asp   (655 words)

  
 CNN.com - Details of Tenet plan - March 19, 2002
The government is required to take action against Israelis, such as settlers, who have committed illegal acts against Palestinians.
Israeli forces are to redeploy to positions they were in before the violence began in September 2000, and the military is to reduce the number of checkpoints and border closings.
They are directed to stop incitement against Israelis, including preventing the media from engaging in such incitement.
edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/03/19/tenet.plan   (195 words)

  
 Worldandnation: U.S. vetoes Mideast resolution condemning acts of terror against Israelis and Palestinians
U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said the Palestinian-backed resolution was aimed at isolating Israel politically and failed to mention the recent suicide bombings and attacks against the Jewish state, or name the terrorist organizations responsible, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
This followed new suicide attacks against Israelis, which Jerusalem blames on the Palestinian failure to crack down on militants.
"Terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are deliberately _ and brutally _ seeking to sabotage any potential there may be for Israelis to conclude a negotiated peace," he said.
www.sptimes.com /News/121501/news_pf/Worldandnation/US_vetoes_Mideast_res.shtml   (616 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Israeli strike kills Hamas leader, at least 14 others   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In response to the White House criticism, the Israeli Embassy in Washington defended the attack.
The air strike came as Palestinian and Israeli political leaders had been discussing ways to relieve tensions, and there was talk of Israel troops withdrawing from two of the seven West Bank towns they have occupied for more than a month in response to earlier attacks.
Palestinian officials say they can't prevent attacks against Israelis as long as the Israeli army is in West Bank towns.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002-07-22-israel-strike2_x.htm   (1077 words)

  
 The Israeli Government's Official Website, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Palesitnian Authority is led by a terrorist government committed to a radical and militant Islamic ideology, and continues to engage in terrorism.
Syria as strategic support for Hamas: The Hamas leadership in Damascus dictates terrorist attack policy to the Hamas infrastructures in the PA. Thus it plays a central role in the terms for the release of the abducted soldier by maintaining direct contact with Hamas’s terrorist-operative infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli researchers from the Institute of Evolution of the University of Haifa, have succeeded in isolating a gene that withstands salinity.
www.mfa.gov.il /mfa   (798 words)

  
 Archives | March 21-27 2004 | Yourish.com
The reason there have been less terrorist attacks lately is not because Yassin was a “moderating element” (I nearly fell off my chair with mirth, when I heard that one on the two o’clock news, on the day of the killing.
Synagogue attacks in France give vent to the feeling expressed with gentility by the French diplomat who termed Israel "that sh—-y little state." All three major political parties in Germany vie to lead their nation in condemning Israel.
However, many Israelis dismiss the argument that the killing feeds a vicious cycle of death and violence that might not be to Israel's benefit.
www.yourish.com /archives/2004/mar21-27_2004.html   (8970 words)

  
 Is the United States a "Terrorist Magnet"?
The Palestinians are terrorists even when they attack Israeli tanks and armor, even when their only weapons are stones.
The terrorist attacks are motivated by the ontological rage of an inferior and flawed civilization – Islam – against the superior, dynamic, Christian civilization of the West.
We should have known that Mujahideen (“terrorists” for their enemies) from all corners of the world would soon be entering Iraq to fight the foreign occupation, as they had done in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Kashmir, and Palestine.
www.dissidentvoice.org /Articles7/Alam_Terrorist-Magnet.htm   (1212 words)

  
 Answers to Questions on Israel's Anti-Terrorist Fence - Israel's War Against Terror - Palestinian Forces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Statistical data indicates a 30% drop in the number of terrorist attacks that took place in 2003 compared to 2002.
The Berlin Wall was built during the height of the Cold War by a totalitarian regime in its struggle against the democracy that thrived in the western sections of the city and in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Arabs and their backers in the UN General Assembly initiated the move to submit the subject of the anti-terrorist fence to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, in spite of the fact that the General Assembly had already discussed the issue and adopted a position on it.
www.israel-wat.com /fence_eng.htm   (3698 words)

  
 CNN.com - Israel pulling troops out of Palestinian areas - March 19, 2002
The Palestinians stipulated that before a cease-fire could take place, Israelis must withdraw from areas of the West Bank and Gaza that under the 1993 Oslo peace accords are supposed to be under Palestinian civil and security control.
The Mitchell report, based on agreements made at Sharm el-Sheikh in October 2000, calls for a resumption of security cooperation, a halt to the construction of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories, a denunciation of terrorism and resumption of peace talks.(More on the Mitchell report)
Monday evening, the Israel Defense Forces said an armed terrorist was killed by Israeli troops in the Kissufim area.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/03/18/mideast   (685 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Pollard: Israel groomed jailed terrorist to head PA
Israeli officials said last week they may release several jailed Palestinians as a "goodwill gesture" toward the future PA leadership.
Israeli security sources also tell WorldNetDaily Barghouti was one of the architects of the current intifada, the terrorist war waged on Israel after Arafat, at Camp David in 2000, turned down an offer of a Palestinian State in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
But Israel says he continued to plot several Palestinian attacks, and was instrumental in the founding and supporting of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a terrorist group that carried out several suicide bombings against Israeli civilians.
worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41570   (1583 words)

  
 My Account
The U.S. embassy in Lebanon, Beirut, is attacked by rocket-propelled grenades.
August 12, 2000 4 U.S. citizens are taken hostage in Kara-Su Valley by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; the hostages later escape.
The attacks are blamed on Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the Hezb-e-Islami.
www.conservativecrusader.com /authors/viewaccount   (4679 words)

  
 CNN.com - Palestinian groups may call for halt to terror attacks - Dec. 4, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Such Israeli operations have been directed against members of Palestinian terrorist groups -- who have claimed responsibility for attacks on Israeli civilians -- but have sometimes killed bystanders as well.
The factions at the Cairo talks also are expected to affirm Palestinian rights to resist Israelis through a variety of means, including continuing armed attacks on Israeli soldiers and settlers inside the 1967 borders, a Palestinian delegate said.
In the past, Israel has repeatedly said Palestinian terrorist attacks must end as a precondition for any peace agreement, not as "flmail" in exchange for demands being met.
edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/12/03/mideast   (906 words)

  
 Palestinian Violence and Terrorism
Terror attacks bring fear to everyday life for Israelis, who know that a suicide terrorist attack can happen anywhere to anybody — to children on the way to school on a city bus, to teens gathering at a nightclub or shopping mall, or for people socializing at a cafe.
Following such attacks, grief and fear are often joined by anger towards the terrorists and to the Palestinians who condone, celebrate or incite terrorism.
However, the willingness of the Israeli public to accept substantial concessions depends on their belief that the Palestinians are truly interested in peace and reconciliation, and resolutely reject terrorism and violence.
www.adl.org /israel/advocacy/how_to_respond/palestinian_violence.asp?xflag=1   (661 words)

  
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The terrorist, Abu Yousuf, hinted the weapons already were used in two shooting attacks the past few days that killed one Israeli civilian and wounded another.
Yousuf himself previously participated in anti-Israel terrorism, including recent shootings, attacks last month against Israeli forces operating in Ramallah and a shooting attack in northern Samaria in December 2000 that killed Benyamin Kahane, leader of the ultranationalist Kahane Chai organization.
Israeli security officials say that since September 2000, Damra has led a terror cell based in Ramallah that has carried out deadly attacks, including shootings at Israeli vehicles, attacks against Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and the planting of roadside bombs.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3263652,00.html   (680 words)

  
 A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Israeli leadership issues unequivocal statement affirming its commitment to the two-state vision of an independent, viable, sovereign Palestinian state living in peace and security alongside Israel, as expressed by President Bush, and calling for an immediate end to violence against Palestinians everywhere.
GOI takes no actions undermining trust, including deportations, attacks on civilians; confiscation and/or demolition of Palestinian homes and property, as a punitive measure or to facilitate Israeli construction; destruction of Palestinian institutions and infrastructure; and other measures specified in the Tenet work plan.
In the second phase, efforts are focused on the option of creating an independent Palestinian state with provisional borders and attributes of sovereignty, based on the new constitution, as a way station to a permanent status settlement.
www.state.gov /r/pa/prs/ps/2003/20062.htm   (1831 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - U.S. warns against travel to Djibouti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tommy Franks, who is overseeing the fight against terrorism, has said they are there to help in that effort.
Three suicide bombers killed 10 Kenyans and three Israelis in an attack against an Israeli-owned hotel.
Yemen was the site of an attack in October 2000 against the destroyer USS Cole, which killed 17 sailors and caused tens of millions of dollars damage to the ship.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002-12-01-travel-warning_x.htm   (451 words)

  
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Since Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah's attacks have been relatively limited in scope, but the organization has increased its presence in the West Bank and Gaza, providing weapons, training and funds to Palestinian terrorist groups.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage testified before Congress in September 2002 that Hezbollah's capability to organize an attack against U.S. targets was similar to that of Al Qaeda.
On June 25, 1996 Hezbollah terrorists filled a tanker truck with explosives and detonated it outside the Khobar Towers housing complex in Dahrahn, Saudi Arabia.
www.adl.org /terrorism/symbols/hezbollah.asp   (583 words)

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