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Three years after his death, Yasser Arafat still has the capacity to conjure up violence. At a huge memorial rally in Gaza on Monday, at least six people were killed and 80 wounded when supporters of the Palestinian chairman's successor, Mahmoud Abbas, clashed with Islamic militants of Hamas. Arafat's Fatah organization, now headed by Abbas, has been in the middle of a virtual civil war with Hamas since June. Indeed, they have divided up the two Palestinian enclaves between them, with Hamas dominating the Gaza Strip and Fatah controlling the West Bank...
...rally deaths will complicate the task of Arab moderates, such as Saudi Arabia, who are trying to reunite the two warring Palestinian factions. Hamas opposes Abbas's plans to attend a U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Arab summit in Annapolis, Maryland, later this month. Ahmed Qurie, chief Palestinian negotiator with the Israelis, compared Hamas's reign in Gaza to the Israeli occupation inside the Palestinian territories. "The policy of silencing the other side will not win," he said. Meanwhile, a Hamas spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri blamed Fatah for provoking the latest Gaza shooting. With reporting by Jamil Hamad/Bethlehem
Director Hilla Medalia’s first feature documentary, “To Die in Jerusalem,” contributes to the ongoing dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis by capturing the political and emotional reality of the Middle East peace process: People discuss, but they do not really listen to each other. Since a true solution has yet to be found, the film is an achievement, simply for exploring the significant roadblocks on the path to peace. The film outwardly focuses on a suicide bombing that took place in Kiryat HaYovel, Israel in 2002. One September morning, an 18-year...
...reliance on oil from Sudan is similar to our reliance on oil from Saudi Arabia. Just as China has ignored the displacement of people in Sudan, the U.S. has done little about the refugees that Arab states have created, whether they are in Sudan, Syria, Lebanon or the Palestinian territories. But neither China nor the U.S. is responsible for the refugees. Only Arabs can stop this human tragedy. Albert Reingewirtz, Narberth...
CORRECTION: The Oct. 26, 2007 news article "Profs Protest Tenure Interference" incorrectly stated that Palestinian intellectual Wadie Said was up for tenure at Wayne State University. In fact, Said was never on the school's faculty—he was under consideration as an outside candidate for an appointment. In addition, due to an editing error, the article gave the wrong school affiliation for Joan W. Scott. She is a professor at the Princeton, N.J.-based Institute for Advanced Study, not Princeton University...