Category: Legacy Site

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Uzi Benziman | Ha’aretz Daily | 4 August 2003 When Ariel Sharon formed his second government, he announced that he personally would head a single ministerial committee: the one that deals with the non-Jewish population. The prime minister, it was understood, intended to attend personally to the advancement of the population’s Arab sector. Five

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Uri Avnery | Avnery’s News | 22 December 2003 He read out the written text of his speech, word for word, without raising his eyes from the page. It was vital for him to stick to the exact wording, since it was an encoded text. It is impossible to decipher it without breaking the

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ran HaCohen | Antiwar.com | September 29, 2003 The eve of the Jewish New Year is an excellent occasion for what Jewish tradition calls Kheshbon Nefesh, or soul-searching on so-called “anti-semitism”, which has now become the single most important element of Jewish identity. Jews may believe in God or not, eat pork or not,

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ibrahim Nafie | Al-Ahram Weekly | 20 – 26 November 2003 The Israeli right stands guilty of more than hypocrisy when they accuse others of being anti-Semitic, writes Ibrahim Nafie ——————————————————————————– Israel and Zionist organisations are becoming increasingly dependent upon the charge of “anti- Semitism” as a political weapon. Individuals and organisations, indeed entire

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Cihan News Agency | Cihan News Agency | 13 November 2003 ISTANBUL – The Turkish government will take precautions against an increase in banking activities and the purchase of land in northern Iraq. The Turkish government plans to respond to activities of “Kurdish Credit Bank” which grants loans to Kurdish people to purchase land

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ghada Karmi | Al-Ahram Weekly | 29 May-4 June 2003 Skillful manipulation by Israel of allegations of anti-Semitism has resulted in a culture of silence and intellectual intimidation with regard to Israel, writes Ghada Karmi* The Palestinian Intifada has been raging for over two years now. The death toll amongst Palestinians, which keeps rising

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Amiram Barkat | Ha’aretz | May 2003 Most of the new immigrants who joined the Israel Defense Forces over the past year were not registered as Jews, Chief Education Officer Brigadier Elazar Stern said yesterday at a conference in Jerusalem’s Heichal Shlomo, headquarters of the Chief Rabbinate. “Last year 51 percent of the immigrants