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After the militant organization Hamas won a clear majority in the Palestinian parliament [Feb. 6], its critics denounced the election results. The Israeli Cabinet said it will not negotiate with a Palestinian administration that calls for the destruction of the state of Israel. But Hamas won on not only its political agenda but also its social and welfare programs. It is counterproductive and unrealistic for the U.S. not to continue financial assistance to the Palestinians who voted for a change...
...above the bustling West Bank town of Nablus. Al-Bitawi sits on the Islamic appeals court in the West Bank, the top court for all family-law matters in the region. Running as a Hamas candidate in legislative elections last month, he won a seat in the 132-member Palestinian parliament, part of a landslide victory for the militant Islamic group. Now religious conservatives like al-Bitawi find themselves in a position to promote social strictures that were only fitfully observed under the rule of the secular Fatah party. As he offers visitors a bowl of fruit, al-Bitawi recalls...
Instead of admitting their desire to join this oppressive boycott, the signatories to the petition blamed Jews for oppressing and displacing the Palestinian Arabs. The petitioners’ offense was thus three-fold: they joined the war against Israel, they absolved Arab leaders of their historical and ongoing role in ensuring that Palestinian Arabs remain “refugees,” and they tried to hold Israel responsible for what the Arab League had wrought. Since then, British professors have taken this process a giant step forward by trying to bar Israeli academics from academic journals. And just...
...capture a territory and then negotiate with an Arab country to recognize its existence,” he said. But according to Oren, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has “changed the paradigm.”“Yes, we are willing to negotiate with a Palestinian leadership if it wants a stable and permanent two state solution. If not, we will withdraw unilaterally,” Oren said.Oren’s account of the Gaza disengagement prompted questions and criticisms from Arab students in the audience. “I wish I could hear...
...wider international community, he knows, is concerned that a crisis involving Iran could spike oil prices even higher. And he surely calculates a certain advantage to Tehran in relation to Washington right now, created by the foreign policy challenges the Bush Administration faces in Iraq and in the Palestinian territories, where Iran now enjoys influence with key local players...