From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Michael Kinsley | msn.com | March 12, 2003 Rep. James P. Moran of Virginia, already a locally famous foot-in-mouther, went national last week by declaring at an anti-war rally that "if it was not for the strong support of the Jewish community," the war against Iraq would not be happening. He said that Jewish "leaders" are "influential enough" to reverse the policy "and I think they should.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Matthew E. Berger | Jewish Telegraphic Agency | March 11, 2003 WASHINGTON, March 11 (JTA) — Rep. James Moran (D-Va.) says he understands why Jewish leaders are furious with him over a history of comments against Israel and the Jewish community, and predicts the Jewish community will mount a fierce opposition to replace him in the next congressional primary. Moran, 57, told JTA on Monday that he felt “hurt” and would not heed the call for his resignation by six local rabbis.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Shulamit Aloni |Gush Shalom | March 8, 2003 We do not have gas chambers and crematoria, but there is no one fixed method for genocide. Dr. Ya'akov Lazovik writes ("Academic Genocide", "Ha'Aretz", 4 March) that in the State of Israel it is impossible that the regime and the nation will plan and commit a genocide. It is difficult to determine if this is naivety or self-righteousness.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) International Women's Peace Service | IWPS | February 14, 2003 Note: This is an important document because it suggests that the Israelis are now targeting highly successful technical students--not because of their political activity or for 'security' reasons, but because they promise self-reliance and development in the Palestinian community. Thanks to Haidar Eid for passing this along. Date February, 14 , 2003 Muhammad Amin Ahmad Yunis, arrested on Wednesday, 12, 2003.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Alison Weir | CounterPunch | February 8, 2003 It's not every day that you get the chance to prevent a crime against humanity. This is one of those times. For several months now, those of us following events in Israel-Palestine closely have been hearing increasingly disturbing reports. Americans returning from the Palestinian Occupied Territories reported that the Israeli government appeared to be preparing to "
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Regional Council for the Unrecognized Villages of the Palestinian Bedouin | Electronic Intifada | 6 February 2003 The Regional Council for the Unrecognized Villages of the Palestinian Bedouin in the Negev-Israel [1] condemns the demolition of a mosque in the unrecognized village of Tel Al-Mileh, and views this operation as the beginning of the implementation of Sharon's new 5-year plan for the Negev. Officials from the Israeli Interior Ministry, guarded by a large force from the police and special units, destroyed a mosque today in the unrecognized village of Tel Al-Mileh.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Neve Gordon & Catherine Rottenberg | CounterPunch | February 3, 2003 Nine Palestinian farmers were taken to the nearby military base. When they arrived soldiers jumped on them, tied their hands behind their backs and fixed a piece of cloth around their eyes. They were led to a deserted area in the base and told to sit on the ground, while the soldiers threatened, and cursed them, hour after hour.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Mazin B. Qumsiyeh | Yale Herald | January 24, 2003 In Israel, the coalition government of Labor and Likud fell temporarily. While the upcoming Israeli elections promise a split between doves and hawks, the reality is that the partnership of Labor and Likud goes back 55 years and neither party can help extricate Israel from the mess it created. The forerunners of these two political groups competed with one another as early as the 1930s but also collaborated and covered for one another.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Edward Herman |Znet | November 25, 2002 Palestinians are "Semites," but the word antisemitism is never applied to prejudice against them, only to Jews. The restriction on the application to Jews, and failure to use it in reference to Palestinians, continues in the face of the fact that prejudice against Jews has sharply diminished in the West from the era of Hitler, and that the Arabs have displaced them as target of anti-"
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Robert Fisk |The Independent | October 23, 2002 Thank God, I often say, for the Israeli press. For where else will you find the sort of courageous condemnation of Israel's cruel and brutal treatment of the Palestinians? Where else can we read that Moshe Ya'alon, Ariel Sharon's new chief of staff, described the "Palestinian threat" as "like a cancer -- there are all sorts of solutions to cancerous manifestations.