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...Southern pattern of white authority and black subservience. "We've still got a lot of people working in white folks' kitchens or driving tractors," says Mayor Brown. "They're afraid to speak up for themselves because they're afraid of losing their jobs. They still have to say, 'Yassir, whatever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Poorest Place In America | 8/15/1994 | See Source »

After the Hebron massacre, Jibril Rajoub, an aide to P.L.O. chairman Yassir Arafat, announced that "This crazy man who murdered in Hebron today killed all possibilities of continuing the peace process." Arafat himself asked, "What kind of peace are you talking about if the crimes and killings against our people do not stop...

Author: By Roy Astrachan, | Title: A Patriotic Peace | 3/16/1994 | See Source »

...reaction to the surreal sight of Rabin shaking hands with PLO leader Yassir Arafat that day was very different. We, like most Israelis, knew of Arafat's murderous history of terrorism, and his tactics of choosing children as targets and shopping malls as battlefields...

Author: By Martin Lebwohl, | Title: Israel's Security Is Paramount | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...past few months, peace is never made with friends, only with enemies. Israel can't choose its negotiating partners--the ineffectiveness of the non-PLO Palestinian delegation to Madrid proved this point. For a negotiating partner with authority and legitimacy in the territories, Israel was forced to turn to Yassir Arafat...

Author: By Martin Lebwohl, | Title: Israel's Security Is Paramount | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...know the supposed reasons for what happened, First, Jackson, in 1984, referred to New York as "hymietown." Second, although he clearly repudiates the anti-Semitic remarks of Louis Farrakhan, Jackson refuses to condemn Farrakhan outright. Third, Jackson has met with Yassir Arafat and other Arab leaders, and urged the U.S. government to follow a Middle East policy that recognizes both Israel's right to peace and security and the rights of Palestinians to dignity and justice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jews' Condemnation of Jesse Jackson Is Racist, Unfair | 4/21/1992 | See Source »

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