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...Palestinians convicted of petty crimes. Israel has freed more than 7,000 prisoners since making peace with the PLO in September 1993. Israel and the PLO will decide the fate of the more than 2,800 that remain in custody during talks on final status of the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem scheduled to begin...
...GAZA STRIP: Palestinians are blaming Israelis for the death of Yehiya Ayyash, a Palestinian terrorist known as "The Engineer," who was killed today by explosives concealed in a mobile phone. "Israel is behind this attack. It carried it out through its agents in the area," a spokesman for the radical Islamic group Hamas declared. While not admitting responsibility, Israeli officials didn't mince words. "I think he deserves it," Police Minister Moshe Shala commented. "He injured many innocent people, children, young people, civilians, the elderly." Ayyash has topped the Israeli police most wanted list following a wave of suicide bombings...
...beginning of Western history has occupied these lands, or fought over them, or at least passed through - Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, Turks, Crusaders - leaving behind buildings or burial places or artifacts. Which is why there were about 300 active digs this year in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza - an area no bigger than New Jersey. (See 10 surprising facts about the world's oldest Bible...
...series of crucial discoveries suggests that some of the Bible's more ancient tales are also based firmly on real people and events. In 1990, Harvard researchers working in the ancient city of Ashkelon, north of the Gaza Strip, unearthed a small silver-plated bronze calf figurine reminiscent of the huge golden calf mentioned in the Book of Exodus. In 1986, archaeologists found the earliest known text of the Bible, dated to about 600 B.C. It suggests that at least part of the Old Testament was written soon after some of the events it describes. Also in 1986, scholars identified...
...current Israeli government. We are not responsible for the extremist rhetoric on both sides of the political spectrum. If rhetoric of this sort provoked this deed of violence, similar rhetoric or even coolly calculated policies are equally responsible for neglecting and weakening the security of many Jews in Gaza and elsewhere. Despite Rabin's apparent sincerity in believing the Oslo accords to be Israel's long-awaited chance to establish a lasting peace with its Arab population and neighbors, we have seen not only the potential dangers of this position but also the actual losses of hundreds of lives...