Word: hebron
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...place. But Arafat is not in an accomodating mood. "He can't tell me what to do," he snapped, scoffing at an exortation by foreign policy advisor Dore Gold that he return to Israel to deal with Palestinian extremists. While Arafat was staying out of sight, Palestinian police in Hebron formed a human chain Monday to separate Israeli troops from stone-throwing protestors, even as their counterparts in Bethelem stood idly by as 200 Palestinians battled with Israeli soldiers armed with tear gas and rubber bullets. Seventeen Palestinians were injured in the clash...
...state visit to Moscow. Netanyahu's problem is that he's walking the plank, trying to move forward without alienating eith er his hard right constituency or the swing voters who want progress, but fear conceding too much, reports senior correspondent Johanna McGeary. "Netanyahu pulls out of Hebron, and then he balances that by announcing the construction of settlement s in east Jerusalem. Arafat gets burned every time Netanyahu lurches to the right. Each time something is promised and then pulled away, Arafat loses a little credibility." At times, Netanyahu behaves like the second spouse who resents the legacy...
Past HSI-sponsored events have included a discussion of the Jewish situation in Hebron, led by Eli Horovitz, dean of a Yeshiva in Hebron, and a discussion with Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn, titled "The Also Peace Process...
Second, we do not condemn all Orthodox Jews for the actions of several radical individuals, so why do we condemn all Islamic movements for the actions of isolated groups? Yes, the man who massacred Palestinians in the Hebron mosque was probably violating every important tenet of Orthodox Judaism. It would be unfair to characterize all of Orthodox Judaism based on the actions of this one individual. Likewise, it is unfair to characterize every grass roots Islamic group as terrorists. True, some Islamic groups are fanatical terrorists--the Taliban in Afghanistan, for example. However, that does not preclude the existence...
...HEBRON, West Bank: Just before dawn on Friday, life in Hebron changed forever. As crowds of Hebron residents cheered and set off fireworks, a convoy of Israeli army jeeps pulled out of the military headquarters in Hebron. The Israeli and Palestinian commanders shook hands at the gate, and Palestinian police streamed into the headquarters. Hebron, after 30 years of Israeli occupation, was occupied no longer. "This is the happiest day of my life," one officer shouted, flashing a V-sign from inside a window. Within an hour, some 400 Palestinian police had taken control of the prescribed 80 percent...