Articles archives 08-07-02

University Divestment, its Support and Opposition
By Will Youmans, Palestine Chronicle, August 6, 2002
Harvard Law School professor and member of the all-star O.J. Simpson defense team Alan Dershowitz told a journalist from the Financial Times that he would commit himself to the destruction of any university that divests from Israel:
In February of 2002, a national conference centered on divestment as a strategy for pro-Palestinian campus activism convened in Berkeley, California. Over 450 participants discussed focusing on the goal of ending their respective universities' financial connections to Israel by divesting or disinvesting from Israel and corporations that do significant business with Israel. Groups from twenty-two universities signed on to a final document.

How Can the World Witness Such Suffering and Yet Do Nothing?
By Amelia Peltz, Palestine Chronicle, August 6, 2002
I admit it. I'm guilty. Guilty of what, you may ask? Well it might seem strange, but guilty of not writing. Of not doing more to adequately chronicle all that has been taking place in Palestine during the past few weeks. Not just in Ramallah, but throughout the West Bank and Gaza.

Solitary Confinement- No Bread or Water
By Dr. E.A. Richards, Palestine Chronicle, August 6, 2002
That is what Israel’s Ariel Sharon has instituted in order to starve and kill the men, women, and children of Palestine. A strict curfew is in place, and any Palestinian who dares to leave his home to obtain food or water for his family will be shot on sight.

The Lost Lessons of 9/11 and the New UN Jenin Report
By Sherri Muzher, Palestine Chronicle, August 5, 2002
Israel’s war is our war, or so it has repeatedly been said by pro-Israeli analysts on various news shows. When Israel gets out of line and receives the occasional US slap on the hand, the response is that the Israelis are fighting the kind of terror that the Americans are fighting in Afghanistan.

Gaza first, once again
By Ze'ev Schiff, Ha'aretz, August 7, 2002
Throughout the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, plans dubbed "Gaza first" have periodically arisen. Such a plan came up during the negotiations with Egypt, again in talks with the Palestinians, and then during the withdrawal from Gaza as part of the Oslo agreements. Now the Gaza Strip is back at the center of a new plan. Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer presented parts of the plan to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, trying to persuade Mubarak to take part, and to Palestinian Interior Minister Abdel Razek Yehiyeh during a meeting late Monday night. Before those meetings, the plan's details were worked out by the strategic planning devision of the IDF general staff.

The Middle East burns
By Ghazal Shafiei, YellowTimes, August 5, 2002
(YellowTimes.org) – The Holy Land is in trouble. The Middle East has been embroiled in a devastating, hate-filled, and dangerous war for the past 18 months. The Israelis and the Palestinians have been engaged in a vicious cycle of death and destruction, and the situation on the ground has reached crisis proportions. It is a crisis that could boil over into neighboring Arab countries and by extension affect U.S. interests in the region and its war on terrorism.

An Interview with Adam Shapiro
By Mark Levine, Tikkun July/Aug 2002
Adam Shapiro is a volunteer coordinator with the International Solidarity Movement based in Ramallah. He has lived in the West Bank and Jerusalem for the past two and a half years. Shapiro holds an M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and an M.A. in Politics from New York University. He was recently trapped inside Yasir Arafat's presidential headquarters while administering medical aid during Israel's siege of the compound.

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