Word: fundamentalistism
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...their cases after their lawyers were not permitted to see evidence against them. The quartet was whisked out of the country within 24 hours, with no notification to their families, and was last reported to be in Syrian hands in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. The other five, including three fundamentalist leaders, are continuing to appeal...
Ironically, the Israelis, far from cracking down on fundamentalist activity, had until recently raised no objection to it, hoping it would turn the youth of the territories away from the P.L.O. In Gaza the military allowed the fundamentalists to establish kindergartens, youth clubs, sports organizations and, in 1978, an Islamic college. They also permitted the building of mosques, whose number in Gaza rose from 70 in 1967 to nearly 180 today. They even allowed the Islamic sheiks to bring in money from abroad, mostly from Saudi Arabia, to support their activities...
After allowing the seeds to be sown, Israel is now reaping the harvest of fundamentalist hatred. Islamic teachers have been some of the main cheerleaders of the rioting, blaring their call to resistance from loudspeakers attached to mosques in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. They substitute Islamic slogans for the old P.L.O. themes, chanting "Allah helps those who help themselves" or "Palestine is our Holy Land." Their call to the barricades is made more effective by Islam's reverence for martyrdom. For now, the voice of Islam speaks from a small base, with the various local groups like...
...West Bank woman shot in the chest -- mistakenly, according to the Israeli military -- while she was hanging out her wash. Some of the worst violence erupted in the Gaza refugee camp of Khan Yunis, where hundreds poured into the streets after they learned that an Islamic fundamentalist leader, Hassan Ghanayem Abu Shakra, 27, would be among those expelled. Soldiers at first held off the crowds with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons. But soon they resorted to live ammunition to ward off the protesters' hail of stones and debris...
...Robertson are likely to arrive at their respective conventions with committed blocs of delegates, ready to bargain over the identity of the nominee or the content of the party platform. Come November, the Democrats will need high black turnout and Republicans will want to win over Robertson's Fundamentalist followers, many of whom have tenuous ties to the G.O.P.. As a Bush adviser says about Robertson, "We're going to need his folks next fall. Why alienate them if you don't have...