Archive for August, 2001
WHEN THE MILITARY PERCEPTION PREVAILS
Hichem Karoui, August 30, 2001 (MMN) The first question aroused by the Israeli assassination of the PFLP leader, Abu Ali Mustapha, is certainly a Palestinian security concern: How could that happen? In a context of violence and continued bloodshed, and after the Israeli [Read More]
A Second Wall in Berlin?
Hichem Karoui, August 24, 2001 (MMN) Evoking the last Egyptian peacemaking attempt led by presidential adviser Osama el-Baz in Washington as lining up with the US- Israeli stance about international observers, a recent editorial of the Jerusalem Post (August 21) quoted [Read More]
WHAT’S WRONG WITH BUSH ADMINISTRATION?
Hichem Karoui, August 20, 2001 (MMN) The numbers speak for themselves: an overwhelming majority in four European countries – at least 73 percent of the public – believe that President Bush makes decisions based entirely on U.S interests without any consideration [Read More]
WHAT ROLE FOR AMERICA IN ARAFAT’S KITCHEN?
Hichem Karoui, August 10, 2001 (MMN) If the suicide bombing that killed 14 people and injured more than a hundred in downtown Jerusalem, and other similar operations, would not force Israel to withdrawing from the occupied territories, it is unlikely that the Israeli [Read More]
