Word: palestinians
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...case of Djamila Bohired, the anti-colonial bomber of cafés. After he won her freedom, they married and had two children. He then vanished for eight years, returning to become the lawyer of choice for terrorists - or freedom fighters? - from Europe and the Middle East. ("Today's Palestinian," he says, "is yesterday's Algerian.") Some of these participants speak fondly onscreen of their advocate and their mutual ideology. Asked if he would defend Hitler, Vergès replies, "I would even defend Bush! Of course, first he'd have to admit his guilt...
That's no Mickey Mouse. Farfur, a Hamas creation that resembles the popular Disney icon, preaches worldwide Islamic supremacy and fierce anti-Semitism to children each week on Palestinian television. Although the Palestinian Information Minister suspended Farfur's show, which debuted in April, a Hamas-run station that airs the program has defied the order. One lesson from the show, Tomorrow's Pioneers: after Farfur fails a test, he says, "I'm calling on all children to read more and more to prepare for exams because the Jews don't want us to learn...
...unusual alliance of big-state Democrats and Iraq war hawks is coalescing around a campaign to force European and Asian multinational corporations to stop doing business with Iran, in order to pressure Tehran over its nuclear program and its support for militants in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories...
...government doesn't appear to have an answer. Since Israel unilaterally left Gaza in 2005, the territory has teetered on the brink of civil war between Palestinian factions. Fatah, which oversaw the creation of the Palestinian Authority in negotiation with Israel and the United States, lost its monopoly on power when Hamas decided to contest the January 2006 elections and won a dramatic victory - one which neither Washington, alarmed by Hamas's hostility to Israel's very existence, nor many of the Fatah activists whose power of patronage required holding onto the machinery of government, were prepared to accept. After...
...part, Moyal - whose offices contain a memorial to the 15 Sderot residents who have been killed in terror attacks over the years, including six killed by Qassams - knows what should be done. "The government needs to tell Palestinian terrorists, 'If another Qassem falls, we will do this and this and this,' " he said. The government has made a mistake by showing restraint against in order to avoid killing innocent Palestinians, he said. "There only two options: Do you want innocent people killed on this side, or do you want innocent people killed on that side?" Unfortunately, that's just...