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...Jamil Hamad: Faisal Husseini was a symbol of the Palestinian national movement's determination to keep Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state. He represented a tradition and a history of Palestinian pride and struggle. His father was killed in a battle between Israelis and Palestinians in 1948, west of Jerusalem, and had always been hailed as a national hero. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem is also his cousin...
...With reporting by Jamil Hamad/Bethlehem
...Jamil Hamad: Neither Ariel Sharon nor the Palestinians can afford to say no to the U.S. or to the Mitchell Report. In his cease-fire speech today Sharon did his best to show that there was harmony between the U.S. and Israeli positions, at the same time as reassuring the right-wingers and settlers that he was not going to accept a settlement freeze...
...Jamil Hamad: The outburst we saw yesterday was not about "Al Nakbah," (the day Palestinians commemorate the founding of the State of Israel and the expulsion of Palestinian refugees as "The Catastrophe"). It was a direct response to the killing of five Palestinian policemen by Israeli forces on Monday. Yasser Arafat's orders for Nakbah day were simple: Let's observe the day peacefully with marches and speeches. He expressly said Palestinians should avoid confronting the Israelis along the Green Line that separates the West Bank from Israel...
...With reporting by Jamil Hamad/Bethlehem