Word: jerusalemã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...pictures. Several journalists have had their lives threatened by militia groups for covering the story, and the Palestinian Authority has confiscated some pictures and equipment to back up Chairman Yasser Arafat’s claim that the celebrations included “less than 10 children in East Jerusalem??—which only makes the hoax more disturbing. Of course, I didn’t watch the two clips side by side, and maybe CNN, against every institutional interest it possesses, used the old footage anyway—but I wouldn’t put money...
...JERUSALEM??I came to Jerusalem because I was lucky enough to get the money out of Harvard’s senior thesis grant machine, and because it seemed like such an obvious destination. It is a place where my fields of study—religion, history and international affairs—present glaringly important and intriguing questions. And yet I would wake up every morning in my small room off of Zion Square gripped by the same desperate question: What on earth am I doing here? Really, what am I going to accomplish...
...flattered but not exactly reassured by his assessment. My project is vaguely about a religious site in Jerusalem??s Old City that has taken on an increased political significance in the Middle East peace process. Known as the Temple Mount in Judaism and as the Noble Sanctuary in Islam, the site has a tremendous importance in all three of the world’s monotheistic religions, although contemporary arguments about sovereignty over the site mainly involve the Israelis and the Palestinians. The story of the site is a mess of competing religious claims, conflicting historical narratives and violent...
...closure was in place, Israeli authorities apprehended a terrorist cell in Ramallah led by a member of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat’s personal guard, which admitted responsibility for eight separate lethal attacks and confessed that they had been on their way to lay several bombs in Jerusalem??s civilian centers. Then another cell of four Palestinian terrorists, including a Palestinian policeman, were apprehended trying to leave Hebron, also on their way to carry out an attack. The IDF termed the closure a success and it was lifted. The following day a Palestinian walked...