One Saturday Night in Ramallah
Eric Silver
November 27, 1997
The bad news is that the peace process is going nowhere. The good news is that the Palestinians are learning all over again how to enjoy themselves.
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MideastTwo Years After
Larry Derfner
November 6, 1997
On Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 4, about 100 people stood around the black stone sculpture. Some knelt and lit candles. The memorial was covered with flowers and wreaths. One was inscribed, \”Remember, and sound a warning.\”
This Week’s Burst of Mideast Diplomacy
Diane Arieff
October 30, 1997
With the May 4, 1999, deadline for the end of the Oslo process looming, the Clinton administration is now pushing hard for incremental agreements intended to buy more time for the faltering negotiations to get back on track.
Power Over
Eric Silver
October 2, 1997
Manasreh\’s tale is part of a pattern of official intimidation, physical and financial, that has silenced almost all criticism of Arafat\’s regime in the mainstream Palestinian television, radio and newspapers.
Open Door Policy to China
Tom Tugend
September 25, 1997
\”Israel has 5 million inhabitants and China has 1.2 billion,\” Kaveh said during a visit to Los Angeles last week. \”However, we are both ancient civilizations, which have survived much suffering and mighty empires.\”
A Push for Peace: Behind the Scenes
Jewish Journal
September 18, 1997
How did it come about that, just prior to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright\’s visit to the Middle East, the government of Israel released some funds it was withholding from the Palestinian Authority? And then after her departure, it transferred 50 percent of the moneys owed to the Palestinians?
In
Naomi Pfefferman
September 18, 1997
More than a century ago, Theodor Herzl was a prominent Europeanjournalist who lived in Vienna and was essentially a Jewish assimilationist. He wasn\’t much concerned about Jewish life or identity. As an intellectual, he considered himself a citizen of Europe.\n\nThen came the assignment that would change his life, and world Jewry, forever.
Yom Ha Shoah
Jewish Journal
August 7, 1997
In truth, though, many other Orthodox Jews — including most of Agudath Israel\’s constituency — do not consider Yom Ha Shoah to be the appropriate time for focusing on the destruction of Jewish Europe.
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