E-mail: Jonathan Cook @ Jericho
By Jonathan Cook, The Guardian, August 26, 2002
A huge, modern glass edifice dominates the entrance to the West Bank city of Jericho. Two years ago, before the outbreak of the intifada, it was a magnet for thousands of Israelis, who were drawn each weekend to its gaming tables. They were waited on by more than a thousand Palestinians, who staffed the bars and roulette wheels, while hundreds more pampered the Israelis staying at the neighbouring five-star Inter-Continental hotel.

What Catastrophe Can Reveal
By Shafeeq Ghabra, New York Times, August 26, 2002
BEIRUT, Lebanon - I was in Washington last Sept. 11, directing Kuwait's public-information center; I could not escape the heaviness in my soul as I saw people disappear in final silence under the rubble. And soon I had to face the fact that those who committed this catastrophic crime were Arabs from my part of the world.

A white flag of surrender is not enough
By Akiva Eldar, Ha'aretz, August 26, 2002
It would be interesting to know what was going through Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's mind when he "calmed down" the rejectionist front in his government by saying "all we did was move a couple of jeeps in Bethlehem." In other words, the agreement with the Palestinians for a cease-fire is worthless.

Letter To A Pilot
By Uri Avnery, Palestine Chronicle, August 25, 2002
"If you really want to know what I feel when I release a bomb, I will tell you: I feel a slight bump to the plane as a result of the bomb’s release. A second later it’s gone, and that’s all. That’s what I feel."  I have read the interview given by your commander, Major General Dan Halutz, and, like many others in Israel and abroad, I was shocked. On July 23, one of your comrades (or perhaps you yourself?) dropped a one-ton bomb on a house in a dense residential neighborhood in Gaza. The aim was to execute, without trial, Salah Shehadeh, a Hamas activist. Apart from him, 16 neighbors, including 11 children, were killed. Tens of other men, women and children were wounded.  In school you certainly learned the words of the famous poem by Bialik, the national poet, "Even Satan has not invented the revenge of a little child." I assumed that you are torn by doubt after this act, that you look at your children and tell yourself: "Children are children. How are their children responsible for the situation?"

What is Israel Hiding?
by Joshua Ruebner & Khalid Turaani, Media Monitors, August 25, 2002
With extremism gaining adherents in both communities, the notion that Muslims and Jews can work together for a similar vision of peace between Palestinians and Israelis may surprise many.  The idea certainly piqued the interest of U.S. Congressional staff members who were invited to participate in the first joint American Jewish-Muslim staff delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, sponsored by American Muslims for Jerusalem (AMJ) and Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel (JPPI).

Fighting for Right of Dissent and Due Process
By Prof. Sami Al-Arian, Palestine Chronicle, August 25, 2002
It was the summer of 1976 when I took my first civics course, along with four other courses. I was 18 and determined to graduate in three years with an engineering degree. Class discussion on the first day centered on the Watergate scandal and the separation of powers.