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...United States stands alone (together with El Salvador, Zaire and Costa Rica) in recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. All the other countries who have diplomatic ties with Israel have refused to do so, and have their embassies based in Tel-Aviv rather than Jerusalem. (Currently, the U.S. has its embassy in Tel-Aviv, but that is likely to change given the change in policy towards Jerusalem...
...Harvard/Radcliffe Society of Arab students would like to express its deep regret for the loss of innocent civilian lives during the latest attacks in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv. We sincerely hope that the Palestinians and Israelis will continue their quest for for a just and lasting peace. --Ramy M. Tadros '97, President Harvard/Radcliffe Society of Arab Students
...when Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin deported 400 Hamas activists, the world reacted with disgust and indignation. Rabin had to revoke this action and allow the Hamas terrorists to return to Israeli soil. In stark contrast, following the recent killing of 23 civilians in a bus explosion in Tel-Aviv, Israel has been granted full international support for its declaration of an all-out assault on Hamas...
Preceding the deportation, on November 21, 1992, a Hamas car bomb that was set to go off in a crowded site in Or Yehuda (a suburb of Tel-Aviv) was foiled by the Israeli security forces. On December 7, 1992, Hamas activists killed three Israeli reserve soldiers. On December 13, 1992, Hamas kidnapped and murdered border policeman Nissim Toledano. These are but a few of the terrorist attacks that precipitated Rabin's deportation order...
...deported the Hamas members, Israel was in a strong position. True, there were the terrorist attacks that prompted the deportation, but they were not considered severe enough to render the Israelis weak or vulnerable. Suddenly, an attack in the center of Jerusalem and an attack in the center of Tel-Aviv made Israelis vulnerable and the fickle pendulum of justice shifted to Israel's side...