From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Laila El-Haddad in Gaza | Aljazeera Net | 4 November 2003 At first glance, al-Siyafah may seem like nothing more than a lifeless desert worthy of just passing attention. Dry sandy hills stretch out for several kilometres in all directions, interrupted only by the occasional obstinate bush of wildflowers. Most people in Gaza, let alone the rest of Palestine probably do not know of this obscure place.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom | 1 November 2003 In the Six-Day War, hundreds of Israeli soldiers were murdered while storming the Sinai desert, the West Bank and the Golan heights. In the Yom-Kippur War, more than 2000 Israeli soldiers were murdered in the defense of the conquered territories. In the 18 year long Lebanon War, more than a thousand Israeli soldiers were murdered while conquering and occupying South Lebanon.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) JUSTICE MARCUS EINFELD | Australian Jewish News | 31 October 2003 NO-ONE in Australia has had more contact with Dr Hanan Ashrawi than I. In the 1990s, as president of Australian Legal Resources International (ALRI), a non-government corporation of judges and lawyers assisting countries in transition to democracy, I instituted a program in the Palestinian territories in support of the rule of law. Known as the Rule of Law Assistance Program for the Palestinians (ROLAP), it lasted almost five years and would still be in place were it not for the impossible security situation.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Antony Loeweinstein | zmag | 23 October 2003 Hanan Ashrawi is currently finding herself in similar straits in Australia. The Sydney Peace Foundation, associated with the University of Sydney, recently decided to award Dr Ashrawi its annual peace prize. Previous winners have included the East Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao in 2000 and Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1999. What originally appeared to be an uncontroversial choice has developed into a full-blown battle between the Peace Foundation, elements of the Jewish lobby, the New South Wales premier, Bob Carr and the Jewish press.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Gideon Levy | Haaretz | 26 October 2003 Who told the director of Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon Ze'evi (Farkash) to declare, "Better Palestinian mothers should cry and not Jewish mothers"? Is the head of army intelligence now also to be in charge of setting Israel's moral priorities? And what prompted the commander of the Ground Forces, Major General Yiftah Ron-Tal, to decide that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has to be liquidated?
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Daniel Lazare | The Nation | 16 October 2003 Is Zionism a failed ideology? This question will strike many people as absurd on its face. Israel, after all, is a nation with an advanced standard of living, a high-tech economy and one of the most formidable militaries on earth. In a little over half a century, it has taken in millions of people from far-flung corners of the globe, taught them a new language and incorporated them into a political culture that is nothing if not vigorous.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) ALISON WEIR | 18 October 2003 Left on our office voicemail at 2 a.m. on Oct. 3, 2003: "Hi. I heard your speech today in UC Berkeley; the debate. I'm telling you this right now. On Monday, at 2 PM, you better not be in your office. Because me and my buddies, who were trained in the Israeli Army, will come and kill every single one of you son-of-a-bitches for what you are doing to destroy Israel.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Amira Hass | Hareetz | 14 October 2003 The Israeli Army has issued a military order, signed and effective as of October 2, 2003, declaring all Occupied West Bank land between the "security" wall and Israel's pre-occupation 1967 border as "closed" (the "Closed Zone"). The Order states that "No person will enter the [Closed Zone] and no one will remain there." (Section 3a) Free access to the Closed Zone will only be granted to "
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Edward Said | Counterpunch | 1999 Given the approach of the final status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians it seems worthwhile to record here the lengths to which the Israeli right-wing (Jabotinsky and Netanhayu's Revisionists) will go to further its claims on all of Palestine against those of the country's native Palestinian inhabitants who were dispossessed as an entire nation in 1948. To this very end, an article has appeared in the September issue of Commentary, a small conservative Jewish monthly, which attacks my life and story as a Palestinian by pretending to show that I am neither really Palestinian, nor ever lived in Palestine, nor that my family was evicted from Palestine in 1948.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Interview with Jeff Halper by John Elmer | FromOccupiedPalestine.org | 20 September 2003 Jon Elmer, FromOccupiedPalestine.org: You use the term 'matrix of control' to describe the Israeli occupation. Can you explain exactly what that is and how it functions? Jeff Halper: The Israel-Palestine conflict is often framed in terms of territory: ending the occupation, a viable Palestinian state, and what that means in terms of territory.