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...criminal behavior of the U.S. government. Roberto Hollnagel São Paulo, Brazil A King's Vision for Peace In time's Sept. 18 interview, King Abdullah II of Jordan claimed that "the Lebanese war dramatically opened all eyes to the fact that if we don't solve the Palestinian issue, the future looks pretty bleak for the Middle East." The Lebanese war had nothing to do with the Palestinian issue. Hizballah's leaders, and their masters in Iran, are seeking to destroy Israel. Any solution of the Palestinian issue that falls short of Israel's destruction will leave many...
Just a week ago, the main Palestinian political parties, Fatah and Hamas, were talking about forging a national unity government. Now, their supporters are fighting each other in running street battles in the West Bank and Gaza, in what may be the opening salvos in a Palestinian civil...
...been steadily rising in recent weeks between Fatah gunmen loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas militants backing Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh. Both sides were anxious to work out a formula that would end Western sanctions, which had choked off foreign aid and tax money to the struggling Palestinian Authority and prevented the payment of salaries to 160,000 government workers over the past five months. The embargo had been imposed after Hamas, which won the January elections, took office in March. Israel, the U.S. and Europe all consider Hamas a terrorist organization, and made ending the financial blockade conditional...
...teaching position that visa was intended[an error occurred while processing this directive] for, Ramadan has repeatedly appealed to the U.S. authorities for temporary entry permits to deliver lectures there. A rejection letter from U.S. officials Ramadan made public last week cites a new offense: donating j600 to two Palestinian aid organizations purportedly linked to a group on U.S. and European terror lists - Hamas. Ramadan retorts that the charities' ties to Hamas remain to be proved, while his last donation to them dates to April 2002 - a year before the E.U. designated Hamas a terror organization. "When he stopped [making...
...demands for its disarmament are not backed up by active international support of Lebanon.Just as the disarmament of Hezbollah is a primary necessity for any long-lasting agreement, certain preconditions must be met before the pursuit of dialogue with Hamas and Iran can be fruitful. Before the Israelis and Palestinians reenter peace negotiations and much-needed aid flows into the Palestinian areas, Hamas must recognize Israel’s right to exist and denounce the terrorist actions emanating from Gaza and the West Bank. It must also be understood that mere dialogue with Iran will be futile as long...