Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson printed a pair of letters to the editor regarding the recent incident in which a former Israeli military police officer, Noam Friedman, opened fire on Arab shoppers in the marketplace of Hebron. Fortunately, Friedman did not succeed in taking any innocent lives; he was promptly arrested by Israeli military authorities and will likely be charged with assault and attempted murder...
...made it clear that acts like Friedman's would not be tolerated by the vast majority of Jews in Israel and abroad. Despite similar statements issued by the Israeli government and by Jewish organizations around the world, the author of another letter published the same day, presumably representing the Arab point of view, found it necessary to express his dismay at the entire situation, especially as it reflected on the Israeli side...
...Israeli Justice Ministry had acted similarly in response to the crimes committed by Noam Friedman or Baruch Goldstein? No doubt there would have been censures from every side, Security Council resolutions condemning the Jewish state, vitriolic editorials in the Western press and a deafening outcry from all Arab quarters accusing Israel of killing the peace process and trampling on the civil rights of Palestinians. But when the Palestinian Authority decides openly to ignore the Oslo Accords, nary a whisper is heard from anyone outside the Israeli government...
...Interethnic Day of Service should be continued and made into a regular practice. By working together, Hillel, the MSA and other participants, including the South Asian Association, the Black Students Association, the Harvard Phillipine Forum, the Japan Society, the Society of Arab Students, the Chinese Students Association and the Asian American Association have strengthened bonds and communication between groups and helped worthy causes in the Boston area. We endorse this cooperation, and encourage more, since direct interaction with other ethnic groups is the best method of learning about race relations. It would, however, be nice if we did not need...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank: Increased tension between Israel and Palestinians has tempered celebration of the second Christmas in Bethlehem under Palestinian rule. While last year's Christmas Eve turned into a joyous national celebration, Tuesday's atmosphere was more subdued, reflecting recent setbacks and delays in Arab- Israeli peace negotiations. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who failed to reach an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Israel's long-delayed pullout from nearby Hebron, was at the biblical birth place of Jesus to commemorate Christmas. Tourists traveling to Bethlehem were met with a gantlet of Israeli checkpoints, sniper towers...