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Distortions and mistakes in the LAT
In reporting on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the LAT is quick
to believe Palestinian claims, consistently refuses to deem even
the most heinous Palestinian acts of violence as "terrorism,"
and maintains a video news clip library on its website worthy of
a Palestinian Authority library. Read
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Revisiting CNN - May 21, 2002
The intensity of CNN's coverage dropped considerably as "Operation
Defensive Shield" came to an end. There was a flurry of press
coverage when the siege of Arafat was lifted in Ramallah and at
the end of the Church of the Nativity standoff. Today, CNN returned
to its "normal" activity Read
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Yasser Arafat The Terrorist Reemerged
When Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin shook Yasser Arafat's hand at
the White House on September 13, 1993, a new era in the history
of the Middle East conflict appeared to be dawning. A Declaration
of Principles was signed. On May 4, 1994, Arafat and Rabin signed
the Cairo Agreement, and Israel began the withdrawal from Gaza and
Jericho. Read
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The Palestinian Authority and the Press: A History of Distortion
and Intimidation
Why does Israel seem to always win on the military battlefield,
but lose the media war? Ineptitude by Israeli spokesmen? Probably
not. Lack of effort? Usually not. A weaker moral and historical
case? Certainly not. Read
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Who Is Israel's New Prime Minister? The Life and Times of Ariel
Sharon
Ariel "Arik" Sharon was born in Moshav Kfar M'lal in 1928.
Already as a youth he witnessed the turmoil of the Arab revolt (1936-1939)
when marauding Arab bands attacked British positions and Jewish
communities. In 1942, Sharon joined the Haganah, then a home guard
force designed to protect against Arab attacks and the threat of
a German invasion of Palestine. Read
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Palestinian Children in Danger: The Use and Abuse of Palestinian
Children by Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority
The death of innocent civilians during combat - an all-too frequent
occurrence -- is a true tragedy. The death of innocent children,
however, transcends the realm of tragedy and can be described in
terms of cosmic and criminal catastrophes. Human hearts ache at
the pictures of a Palestinian boy cut down by bullets or the Israeli
school children severely maimed by a terrorist bomb. Read
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Campaign to Rescue Three Israeli Soldiers and One Citizen Abducted
to Lebanon
On October 7, 2000, three Israeli soldiers were on routine patrol
along the Lebanese border when Hizbullah terrorists ambushed them.
It is believed that they were injured by a roadside bomb and then
abducted by the terrorists who took them back to Lebanon. Investigations
carried out at the scene of the abduction indicate that the Hizbullah
men disguised themselves as UN personnel, using uniforms and vehicles
carrying the UNIFIL insignia. Read
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