Word: hebron
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Although there is passing mention in the body of the statement about violence in London, France, and a Hebron mosque, the statement is written specifically in response to the suicide bombings in Israel and calls for a United Nations condemnation of the terrorist bombings in Israel. While it is true that these tragedies against Israelis should be condemned, the statement ignores the subsequent violence that ensued against innocent Palestinians...
...thing, however, to condemn an act. It is quite another to disown an ideology. Peres is correct to forestall Israeli withdrawal from Hebron until the Palestinian National Covenant is amended. Though the Covenant is symbolic, it is an important symbol. If Arafat and other Palestinian leaders do not have the courage to expunge that record of hate from their past, they surely will not have the nerve to push on for peace in the months ahead...
...will not be easy. When Baruch Goldstein savagely murdered Islamic worshippers in Hebron a few years ago, those of us with any ethical sense severed our connection to him. For me, he is not my brother; he is not of my people. Palestinians must do the same...
Yesterday's bombing was reportedly in retaliation for the murder of Ayyash, "the Engineer," that occurred in early January; it was also supposedly in commemoration of the second-year anniversary of the Baruch Goldstein massacre in Hebron. But is this what awaits Israel--annual bombings in commemoration of events such as the Goldstein massacre (which was so widely deplored among the Israeli people and government) or the murder of Ayyash...
...parliamentary voting are spreading, as charges of manipulated results, disappearing ballot boxes, and intimidation at the polls are being levelled against administrators of the elections. TIME's Jamil Hamad reports from the West Bank: "The cheating will be the big issue. The story is growing by the hour. In Hebron, ballot boxes were missing and then found. One candidate in Gaza was told she won, then told later she lost. It is not just one person or one candidate; it appears to be wholesale cheating. The general feeling is that the observers were ill-equipped to monitor the elections...