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Oct 31 2006
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006
Former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, finding himself in a bind during sensitive negotiations with the Palestinians in 1996, put forth a new condition: Israel – reputed to be “the only democracy in the Middle East” – would trade land for peace only when the Palestinians practiced real democracy. Continue Reading »
Oct 21 2006
October 19, 2006 Edition 39 Volume 4
The Arab League’s peace initiative came some time after the eruption of the Aqsa intifada and followed a plan conceived of by then Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The plan was actually leaked to the NY Times’ Tom Friedman in advance over a private dinner with the crown prince and was then adopted as an Arab peace plan at the Arab League Summit in Beirut in March 2002. Continue Reading »
Oct 19 2006
Next was the security check in. I tried to explain to the low level security woman checking my passport that I am a professional journalist.
Oct 06 2006
Palestinians living in the occupied territories are clutching at straws these days. The one-month public servants strike which crippled all public institutions and kept hundreds of thousands of Palestinian students in the streets does not seem any closer to a resolution. Continue Reading »
Oct 05 2006
Oct 04 2006
By Daoud Kuttab
An editorial note before I answer this question, I need to make a note that the word terrorist is put within inverted comas signifying that this is not my description.
To begin with I have to tell you the story of Haroon Abu Arra. I met Haroon in 1996. He was a student at Al Quds University’s nursing college.* The nursing school was chosen as the location of Al Quds Educational TV because it was within ,what was thought then- sovereign Palestinian territory.Haroon originally from the Jenin area, would hang around the studio and when we needed someone to man the nightly broadcasting of our educational station, he volunteered. Continue Reading »