Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Palestinian state on the West Bank, while being a very serious possibility for at least some of us, is not a panacea. An overcrowded nation with little economic infrastructure, doubtful democratic traditions, ridiculous geographic boundaries, a radical leadership, and a populace none too kindly disposed towards Israelis is not necessarily a recipe for peace. There are no easy answers...
...angry Palestinian uprising continued to boil over in the West Bank and Gaza last week, the Israeli army tightened press access to the turbulent refugee camps. That did not stop TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Johanna McGeary from crawling through a knee-high hole in the wall to interview residents in a camp. That kind of dogged pursuit is only one of the journalistic skills required to cover the bloody conflict in the Israeli-occupied territories. Besides confronting tear gas, rocks, bullets and Israeli press restrictions, reporters face the daunting logistical problem of following what McGeary describes as a "war without...
Covering the latest round of Palestinian unrest has proved both challenging and painful for everyone in the Jerusalem bureau. "The battle for freedom of the press has been one of the most anguishing parts of the story," says Reporter Robert Slater, who is also head of the Foreign Press Association in Israel. The plight of the nervous young Israeli soldiers who have been sent into the camps to quell the disturbances is another. "I know exactly how they feel," says Reporter Ron Ben-Yishai, a military-affairs expert, who serves in the Israeli army. "Very often I experience a strong...
...ended at the al-Aqsa mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, one of the holiest sites for both Islam and Judaism. As several hundred young men streamed out of the mosque, the shouts began. "There is no God but Allah!" "Allah is great!" The banned red-black-and-green Palestinian flag was raised, and Israeli and American banners burned. A thousand Israeli police, stationed there in case trouble broke out, began firing tear gas to disperse the crowd. But they were driven back by a shower of rocks and broken concrete...
...known to the Israelis that we are strong," Jawad told a visitor. "We are capable of confronting them on all fields. We are not going to run away as the Egyptian army did in 1967." Asked what his goals were, Jawad replied, "Very simple. I want to turn the Palestinian problem into a severe headache in every Israeli head...