Research Guide
to the
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Part 3
A. Palestinian Lives
2. Children under the Occupation
a. Organizations
Al Malha Youth Group (Relatives, descendants, and friends of exiled inhabitants of Palestinian village of Al Malha)
Al Rowwad Center (Aida Camp)
Arab Youth
Children of Palestine (Yahoo! eGroup)
Defence For Children International: Palestine Section
Enlighten -- Enabling Palestinian Children
First Ramallah Group
Middle East Children's Alliance (Berkeley, CA)
Palestinian Child Arts Center (not updated since 2000?)
Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation - PYALARA
Playgrounds for Palestine (Elkins Park, PA)
Spafford Children's Center (Jerusalem)
Teens for Palestine
b. Websites
The Childhood Voices
Pieces for Peace: Palestinian - Israeli Peace Art Mosaic
Unter der Besatzung: Children under the Siege
Operation S.I.C.K - Stop Inciting Children to Kill Anti-Palestinian.
c. Articles
"The Anne Franks of Palestine" (Yusuf Agha; YellowTimes.org; June 20, 2002)
"Teenage Stonethrower Nursed Long Hatred" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; June 11, 2002)
"In Growing Numbers, Palestinian Boys Are Choosing the Brief Life of a 'Martyr'" (Tracy Wilkinson; Los Angeles Times; June 10, 2002)
"Images of War Force Children to Confront Their Nightmares" (Stephen Farrell and Ian Cobain; The Times (London); May 18, 2002)
"When 'Martyrs' Are Not Yet Men" (Edward Cody; Washington Post; May 10, 2002)
"Law Refutes Israeli Claims of Staged Jenin 'Burials'" (LAW; May 8, 2002)
"Israeli Practice Towards Palestinian Children, In Violation of the UN Convention on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment" (Defence for Children International/Palestine Section; submitted on 8 May 2002 to the UN Committee Against Torture)
"When Your Baby's First Word Is 'Shooting'..." (Kristen Schurr; Media Monitors Network; May 1, 2002)
"Forces on Alert as 20 Child Bombers Thwarted" (Nidal Al-Mughrabi in Gaza; The Sun-Herald (Syndey, Aust.); April 28, 2002)
"Children Bear Scars of Mid-East Conflict" (Kathryn Westcott; BBC; April 27, 2002)
"Gaza's Angry Children" (Rachel Harvey; BBC; April 27, 2002)
"Teenagers Shot by Israelis, Then Run over with a Tank" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; April 26, 2002)
'They Took Our Land, So Why Shouldn't I Kill Them?' (Muhammad Muslih; International Herald Tribune; April 26, 2002)
"Children Become the New Martyrs of Gaza" (Ewen MacAskill; The Guardian; April 25, 2002)
"Passions Inflamed, Gaza Teenagers Die in Suicidal Attacks" (David Rohde; New York Times; April 25, 2002)
"Hamas Bans Children's 'Sacrifices'" (Rachel Harvey; BBC; April 24, 2002)
"Gaza City Glorifies Its Dead; Palestinian Parents Mark Children's Final Sacrifice in the Fight against Israel" (Anna Badkhen; San Francisco Chronicle; April 21, 2002)
"Diary of a Young Palestinian Recounts Ten Days of Terror in Jenin (Janine di Giovanni; The Times (London); April 20, 2002)
Violations of Palestinian Children's Rights, 29 March--19 April 2002" (Defence for Children International/Palestine Section; April 19, 2002)
"Young Bombers Nurtured by Despair" (Daniel Williams; Washington Post; March 23, 2002)
"Violations of Palestinian Children's Rights Stemming from the Israeli Occupation" (Defence for Children International/Palestine Section: February 13, 2002)
"Child Deaths, 28 September 2000--28 September 2001" (Defence for Children International/Palestine Section; 2001)
Israel's Spin-Doctors Wage War of Images and Words Against Palestinian Rock Children, by Delinda Curtiss Hanley, Jan/Feb 2001
Violations of Palestinian Children's Rights, 28 September--11 November 2000" (Defence for Children International/Palestine Section; November 13, 2000)
"An Environment of Terror for Palestinian Children" (Defence for Children International/Palestine Section; November 2, 2000)
"The Stories of Palestinian Children: The YMCA Rehabilitation Program Responds" (October 26, 2000)
"DCI/PS Summary Report" Defence for Children International/Palestine Section; October 12, 2000)
"Who Will Protect the Children of Aida Refugee Camp? (Muna Hamzeh-Muhaisen; Palestine Report; November 20, 1997)
"Mary" (The Link; volume 22, issue 5 (December 1989))
"Inciting and Educating Children toward Hate, Anti-Semitism and Violence in the Palestinian Authority" (Israel's Office of the Prime Minister, undated) Anti-Palestinian.
3. Closures and Checkpoints
See also Obstruction of Humanitarian Aid.
For information on the proposal for unilateral separation favored by some Israeli Jews, see Israel's Political Strategy.
a. Websites
Checkpoints images (PRCS)
Closure Reports (Palestinian Centre for Human Rights)
Maps of Checkpoints (PECDAR)
Maps of Checkpoints and Bantustans in Palestine (Palestine Monitor)
Monitoring Israeli Colonizing Activities in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza (joint project of the Applied Research Institute in Jerusalem and the Land Research Center)
-----Eye on Palestine (Applied Research Institute in Jerusalem)
b. Articles
"Long-Term Sieges" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; June 12, 2002)
"At Checkpoint in Gaza, Travelers Wait and Wait" (Tim Golden; New York Times; June 12, 2002)
"Foreign Diplomats Ired by Army's Searches" (Amos Harel; Ha'aretz; June 7, 2002)
"Diary of a Trip to Palestine and Israel: Road Rage" (Judy Rebick; ZNet; June 5, 2002)
Resisting Closure: A Village Demands to be Heard (Richard Johnson; Palestine Chronicle; June 5, 2002)
"Today Was a Really Very Very Long Day" (Nizar Farsakh; June 3, 2002)
"Fenced Off in Gaza" (Caroline Hawley; BBC; June 2, 2002)
"Britain Attacks 'Reoccupation' of West Bank" (Peter Beaumont; The Observer; June 2, 2002)
"Palestinian Daily Life Completely Disrupted and Destroyed by the Unrelenting Closure and Invasions" (Palestine Monitor; May 30, 2002)
"New Barriers Widen Gulf on West Bank" (Phil Reeves; The Independent; May 26, 2002)
"Palestinian Enslavement Enters a New Phase" (Arab News; May 26, 2002)
"Israeli Fire Kills 2 Farm Workers" (AP: May 25, 2002) And another baby dies due to checkpoints.
"Israeli Restrictions Limit Travel by Palestinians" (AP; May 25, 2002)
"Closure and Prevention of Medical Treatment Continues to Kill Palestinians" (Palestine Monitor; May 24, 2002)
"Donors are Funding Cantonization" (Amira Hass; Arab News; May 24, 2002)
"West Bank Gloom Is Deeper Now That Zones Are Replacing Military Siege" (Paul Koring; The Globe and Mail [Toronto]; May 24, 2002)
"Israelis Weigh Response to Attacks" (Ben Lynfield; Christian Science Monitor; May 24, 2002)
| "South Africa's top diplomat in the West Bank, Hanlie Booysen, likened the permit requirement this week to the pass system and segregated ethnic homelands enforced under apartheid. 'A Bantustan situation has been going on for a while in the West Bank, with Palestinian pockets of control,' she said. 'If the West Bank is divided into eight areas, then one thinks in terms of Bantustans.'" |
"Israelis Consider New Limits on West Bank Palestinians" (John Kifner; New York Times; May 23, 2002)
"Israel Strengthens Apartheid Policies" (LAW; May 23, 2002)
"Israel's Pass Laws Will Wreck Peace Hopes: Apartheid in the Territories" (Marwan Bishara; International Herald Tribune; May 22, 2002)
"Israel Cuts Gaza Strip in Half" (AP; May 22, 2002)
"The New Apartheid Regime in Palestine" (Partricia Smith; Palestine Monitor; May 21, 2002)
"Diplomats Condemn West Bank 'Cantons'" (Stephen Farrell; The Times (London); May 20, 2002)
"Israel Forces Internal Movement Permits on Palestinians" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; May 19, 2002)
"Israeli Checks Slow Gaza Traffic" (AP; May 17, 2002)
"Middle East Diary: At the Erez Crossing" (Paul Wood; BBC; May 14, 2002)
"The Chairman of the Irish Red Cross Concerned at Destruction and Health Hazards during Red Cross Visit to Bethlehem" (Michael Jansen; The Irish Times; May 7, 2002)
| "Since the Israeli offensive began at the end of March, 36 women have delivered babies at checkpoints, three died and four infants died, 21 babies have been delivered by telephone." (Dr. Yunis al-Khatib, director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society) |
"Hundreds Held Up At Qalandiyah Checkpoint" (Amira Hass and Jonathan Lis; Ha'aretz; May 6?, 2002)
"Update from the Field: Curfews, Sieges Remain" (B'Tselem; May 2, 2002)
"Food Insecurity and Malnutrition on the Rise in the West Bank and Gaza Strip" (Food and Agriculture Organization (UN); April 15, 2002)
"How Pointless Checkpoints Humiliate the Lions of Palestine, Sending Them on the Road to Vengeance" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; April 14, 2001)
"The Checkpoints of Arrogance" (Meron Benvenisti; Ha'aretz; undated [early April 2002?])
"Analysis: Palestinians' Disrupted Journeys" (Martin Asser; BBC; April 6, 2002)
"Eyewitness: West Bank Commuter Odyssey" (Martin Asser; BBC; April 6, 2002)
"Bite of the Blockade" (Caroline Hawley; BBC; March 20, 2002)
"Fifteen Months: Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment" (World Bank; March 18, 2002)
"Checkpoints of Death" (Palestine Report; March 13, 2002 (Vol 8. No. 37))
"Checkpoint: A Short Story" (Tariq Shadid; Palestine Chronicle; Feb. 26, 2002)
"Siege, Closure and the Palestinian Judiciary" (LAW; February 26, 2001)
"Hated Checkpoints Top List of Palestinian Targets" (Phil Reeves; The Independent; February 22, 2002)
"Paying a Price: Coping with Closure in Jericho, Gaza City, and in Two Palestinian Villages" (UNSCO; Jan. 2002)
"Israel: Committee against Torture Says Israel's Policy of Closures and Demolitions of Palestinian Homes May Amount to Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment" (Amnesty International; Nov. 23, 2001)
"The Impact on the Palestinian Economy of the Recent Confrontations, Mobility Restrictions and Border Closures: 1 October 2000 - 30 September 2001" (UNSCO)
"Israel/Occupied Territories: The International Community Must Act to End Israel's Policy of Closures and House Demolitions" (Amnesty International; July 18, 2001)
"Center of the Storm: A Case Study of Human Rights Abuses in Hebron District" (Human Rights Watch; April 2001)
"Civilians Under Siege: Restrictions on Freedom of Movement as Collective Punishment" (B'Tselem; Jan. 2001)
"When I Tried to Go to the Airport ..." (Mitri Raheb; The Independent; January 12, 2001)
"Paying a Price: Coping with Closure in Gaza City" (Fafo, 2001)
"Paying a Price: Coping with Closure in Jericho" (Fafo, 2001)
"Paying a Price: Coping with Closure in Two Palestinian Villages" (Fafo, 2001)
"Closure and Apartheid: Seven Years of 'Peace' through Separation" (Allegra Pacheco; March 6, 2000)
"The Unsafe Road: A Special Report on the Safe Passage" (Palestinian Centre for Human Rights; December 8, 1999)
"A Palestinian Mother Dies During Labor Because of the Israeli Closure" (The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees; October 12, 1998)
"The Israeli Blockade of Hebron" (LAW; August 27, 1998)
"Divide and Rule: Prohibition on Passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank" (B'Tselem; June 1998)
"Israel's Closure of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" (Human Rights Watch; July 1996)
4. Curfews
For many more accounts of life under curfew, see the articles collected in Accounts of Daily Life.
"An Impossible Occupation" (Scott Anderson; New York Times Magazine; May 12, 2002)
"Update from the Field: Curfews, Sieges Remain" (B'Tselem; May 2, 2002)
"Two Paradises, Two Cemeteries" (Gideon Levy; Ha'aretz; May 1, 2002)
"17 Days of Curfew in Dura & Appeal about Tulkarem Area" (Gush Shalom; April 25, 2002)
"The Curse of the Curfew" (Khalid Amayreh; Media Monitors Network; April 20, 2002)
"Our Life under Curfew" (Tom Kay; BBC; April 16, 2002) (Ramallah)
"'Alive Dead People' Living in a Paralyzed Bethlehem" (Mary Curtius; Los Angeles Times; April 16, 2002)
"Settlers Free to Circulate as Palestinians Confined to Their Homes" (Michael Jansen; Irish Times; April 11, 2002)
"Nablus under Siege: A Visit to a Ghost Town" (Svala Jonsdottir; Alternative Information Center; April 11, 2002)
"'We Won't Give Up': Trapped In Her Own House By Israel's Siege" (Suzanne Abu Tair; Socialist Workers; Apil 11, 2002)
"Ramallah Residents Use Brief Respite to Bury Dead (Stephen Farrell; The Times (London); April 3, 2002)
5. Destruction of Palestinian Civil Society in the March 29 Invasion
"In Jenin, Hospital Officials Recount a Costly Operation: Israeli Troops Accused of Destruction" (John Ward Anderson and Molly Moore; Washington Post; June 21, 2002)
"Brutality in Nablus Defies Reason" (Ayman Aldahleh; Seattle Times; May 31, 2002)
"Ramallah Patches Itself Up, But Frets It May Be in Vain (Daniel Williams; Washington Post; May 30, 2002)
"Unnoticed Nablus May Have Taken West Bank's Worst Hit" (Edward Cody; Washington Post; May 21, 2002)
"The Real Aim of 'Operation Defensive Shield'" (Uri Avnery; Arab News; May 17, 2002)
"West Bank Damages Put at $361 Million" (Joel Greenberg; New York Times; May 16, 2002)
"Rebuilding on W. Bank Rubble to Be Costly, Report Says" (Mark Magnier; Los Angeles Times; May 16, 2002)
"World Bank: IDF Strike Caused $360M in Damages to PA" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; May 15, 2002)
"Analysis: Rebuilding the Palestinian Authority" (Tarik Kafala ; BBC; May 10, 2002)
"The Impact of Israel's Ongoing Military Incursions into Palestinian 'Areas A' - A Naked Assault on the Rule of Law in Palestine" (Gail J. Bolding; Birzeit University Institute of Law; May 9, 2002)
"Targeting the Past" (Nevine El-Aref; Al-Ahram Weekly; May 9-15, 2002)
"The Chairman of the Irish Red Cross Concerned at Destruction And Health Hazards during Red Cross Visit to Bethlehem" (Michael Jansen; The Irish Times; May 7, 2002)
"West Bank's City of Broken Dreams: Incursion Took Physical and Psychological Toll on Ramallah" (John Lancaster; Washington Post; May 7, 2002)
"Palestinian Websites Knocked Offline" (Alfred Hermida; BBC; May 6, 2002)
"Someone Even Managed to Defecate into the Photocopier" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; May 6, 2002)
"UN Says Israel Caused $300M in Damage" (AP; May 6, 2002)
"Army Units Fight for Land Rovers Captured in Ramallah" (Amos Harel; Ha'aretz; early May?, 2002)
"IDF Admits `Ugly Vandalism' against Palestinian Property" (Amos Harel; Ha'aretz; May 1?, 2002)
"Dishonorable Conduct in War" (Ha'aretz; May 1?, 2002)
"The Bulldozer War" (Christian Salmon; Le Monde diplomatique; May 2002) Incredible piece.
"The Morning After: Nablus and Jenin Residents Talk about Their Devastation in the Wake of Israeli Incursions March-April 2002" (United Civilians for Peace and Christian Accompaniment Team; May 2002)
Reports of Damage and Vandalism (collection by Gush Shalom; late April, 2002)
Israel's War of Terror in March/April 2002 (Electronic Intifada)
"Palestinians Calculating Cost of War" (Charles A. Radin; Boston Globe; April 30, 2002)
"A Changed Landscape Lies Outside Arafat's Door" (Tracy Wilkinson; Los Angeles Times; April 29, 2002)
"A Scarred Nablus (Mohammed Daraghmeh; Media Monitors Network; April 29, 2002)
"Schools, Banks and a Puppet Theatre Trashed" (Ewen MacAskill; The Guardian; April 26, 2002)
"Mustafa Barghouti: Attacks on Health System, Destruction of Palestinian Areas" (Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute; April 26, 2002)
"'Operation Defensive Shield' Devastates the West Bank" (Lucy Mair; Palestine Now; April 26, 2002)
"After the Assault" (The Economist; April 26, 2002)
"Ramallah Without Law, Order" (Peter Hermann; Baltimore Sun; April 25, 2002)
"Palestinians See Cruelty, Pettiness in Damage" (Paul Wiseman; USA Today; April 25, 2002)
"Cultural Genocide: The Destruction and Vandalism of the Offices of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees" (William J. Thomson; April 24, 2002)
"Operation Destroy the Data" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; April 24?, 2002)
---- Also available here.
"In All Corners of Ramallah, Big Footprints of Israel Army" (Joel Greenberg; New York Times; April 23, 2002)
"Palestinian Schools Hit Hard by Conflict" (Catherine Taylor; Christian Science Monitor; April 23, 2002)
"Ramallah Sweeps Away Rubble of Israeli Reoccupation" (Reuters; April 23, 2002)
"Ransacked Ministries, Fears of Chaos in Ramallah" (Reuters; April 23, 2002) Same as above?
"Sharon 'Aimed to Destroy Palestinian Rule'" (Stephen Farrell and Janine Di Giovanni; The Times (London); April 23, 2002)
"Ramallah Diary: 'So Much Damage in Just One Hour'" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; April 23, 2002)
"Devastating Damage and Vandalism by Israeli soldiers in HDIP and the Palestine Monitor" (Palestine Monitor; April 22, 2002)
"Destruction Cripples Palestinian Ministries" (T. Christopher Miller; Los Angeles Times; April 22, 2002)
"Destruction to Palestinian Governmental Institutions in Ramallah" (Palestine Emergency NGO Initiative; April 22, 2002)
"Report on the Destruction to Palestinian Institutions in Nablus and Other Cities" (Palestine Emergency NGO Initiative; April 22, 2002)
"Lives in Ruins" (Zakaria Mohammed; The Guardian; April 22, 2002)
"Ramallah Emerges to Assess Damage" (Bill Glauber; Baltimore Sun; April 22, 2002)
"Ramallah's Misery: Residents Assess Damage, Trauma as Israelis Quit Most of West Bank" (Anna Badkhen; San Francisco Chronicle; April 22, 2002)
"Dazed Palestinians Emerge After Israeli Pullback" (Reuters; April 21, 2002)
"Israel Takes Inventory of Spoils of Incursions" (Bill Glauber; Baltimore Sun; April 21, 2002)
"Jenin Survivors Mine Ruins for Traces of Former Lives" (Peter Hermann; Baltimore Sun; April 21, 2002)
"A School System Without Memory: Palestinian Records, Computer Gear Seized in Israeli Raids" (Doug Struck; Washington Post; April 20, 2002)
"Wanton, Indiscriminate Destruction in Nablus" (Paul Larudee; Jordan Times; April 18, 2002)
"Trail of Destruction: Palestinians: Israel Trying to Undermine Our Society" (Gillian Findlay; ABC News; April 17, 2002)
"What's Happening to Palestinian Society" (Gershon Baskin and Zakaria al Qaq; Media Monitors Network; April 17, 2002)
"Israeli Army Deliberately Destroying State Structures Built by Palestinians" (Michael Jansen; Irish Times; April 16, 2002)
"Palestinians Say Israeli Aim Was to Destroy Framework" (Serge Schmemann; The New York Times; April 16, 2002)
"Ramallah's Struggle for Survival" (Barbara Plett; BBC; April 16, 2002)
Ramallah Under Siege (about the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah; through April 15, 2002)
"A Trail of Destruction Scars Nablus' Old City" (Tracy Wilkinson; Los Angeles Times; April 14, 2002)
"Counting The Dead In Nablus (Daniel Williams; Washington Post; April 14, 2002)
"Asphalt Turned into Dust" (Amanda White; Media Monitors Network: April 13, 2002)
Destruction of Palestinian Public Institutions: First Preliminary Report (Palestine Emergency Committee; April 13, 2002)
---- Also available here.
"Palestinian Society Lies in Ruins" (Barbara Plett; BBC; April 12, 2002)
"Emergency Briefing On Palestinian Education" (Palestinian NGO Emergency Initiative in Jerusalem; April 12, 2002)
"Nablus under Siege: A Visit to a Ghost Town" (Svala Jonsdottir; Alternative Information Center; April 11, 2002)
"'We Won't Give Up': Trapped In Her Own House By Israel's Siege" (Suzanne Abu Tair; Socialist Workers; April 11, 2002)
"Crimes against Culture" (Palestinian National Committee of ICOMOS in Palestine; April 11, 2002)
"Attacks Turn Palestinian Dream Into Bent Metal and Piles of Dust" (Serge Schmemann; New York Times; April 11, 2002)
"Troops and Terror Among the Ancients" (Edward A. Gargan; Newsday; April 9, 2002)
"Israel Destroys Palestinian Infrastructure" (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions; April 9, 2002)
"Israeli Forces Inflict Widespread Damage in Bethlehem: Residents Describe Operation As Driven by Hatred, Revenge" (Keith B. Richburg; Washington Post; April 8, 2002)
"Institutions Targeted in Israeli Incursions" (Peter Hermann; Baltimore Sun; April 7, 2002)
"Sharon Tries to Destroy All Traces of Arafat Rule" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; April 6, 2002)
"Attacks Strip Away Foundation of Palestinian Rule" (Daniel Williams; Washington Post; April 5, 2002)
"Israeli Operations Bring 'Wanton Destruction'" (Tarik Kafala; BBC; April 5, 2002)
"Joint Statement by Terje Roed Larsen, UN Special Coordinator and Nigel Roberts, the World Bank Director, West Bank & Gaza" (April 4, 2002)
6. -----Assault on Jenin
a. Human Rights Agencies' Reports
"Jenin: IDF Military Operations" (Human Rights Watch; May 2, 2002)
"Physicians for Human Rights Forensic Team Preliminary Assessment" (Physicians for Human Rights--USA; April 30, 2002)
"Jenin: Serious Breaches of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law" (Amnesty International; April 22, 2002)
b. Newspaper and Magazine Reports and Commentary
See also Accounts of daily life for daily newspaper stories.
For the attempted U.N. investigations of Jenin, see Israel and the U.N.
"Prosecute Israeli War Crimes at Jenin" (Francis Boyle; CounterPunch; June 6, 2002)
"I Made Them a Stadium in the Middle of the Camp" (originally published in Hebrew in Yediot Aharonot on May 31, 2002) The story of a bulldozer driver in Jenin. Important.
"How Do You Define a Massacre?" (Ramzy Baroud; Arab News; May 19, 2002)
"Inside the Battle of Jenin" (Time; May 13, 2002)
"My Team Should Have Investigated Jenin" (William Nash; Washinton Post; May 12, 2002)
"What Happened in Jenin?" (FAIR; May 10, 2002)
"Massacre Or Not? It Depends On Which Side Of Washington's Ledger You're On (Stephen Gowans; Swans; May 6, 2002)
"Jenin 2002: Don't say you didn't know!" (Arab News; May 3, 2002)
"Human Rights Group Finds Evidence of War Crimes in Jenin" (Justin Huggler and Phil Reeves; Independent; May 3, 2002)
Massacre at Jenin Doubted" (T. Christian Miller; Los Angeles Times; May 3, 2002)
"Rights Group Doubts Mass Deaths in Jenin, but Sees Signs of War Crimes" (David Rohde; New York Times; May 3, 2002)
"US Group Says Israelis Guilty of War Crimes in Jenin Camp" (James Bone; The Times (London); May 3, 2002)
"No Jenin Massacre, but Possibly Warcrimes-Watchdog" (Reuters; May 2, 2002)
"'No Jenin Massacre' Says Rights Group" (BBC; May 2, 2002)
"Facts in Dispute: What Really Happened at Jenin?" (John Yang; ABC News; May 1, 2002)
'No Massacre in Jenin' (Radio Netherlands; April 30, 2002)
"Expert Weighs up Jenin 'Massacre'" (BBC; April 29, 2002)
"What Happened in the Jenin Refugee Camp?" (David Chandler; April 27, 2002)
"Did Israel Perpetrate a 'Massacre' in the Jenin Refugee Camp?" (Mouin Rabbani; ZNet; April 26, 2002)
"Excavating the Crimes of War: What Really Happened in Jenin?" (Charmaine Seitz; In These Times; April 26, 2002)
"Israeli Order: 'Shoot at Each House'" (John Lancaster; Washington Post; April 26, 2002)
"Once Upon a Time in Jenin" (Justin Huggler and Phil Reeves; The Independent; April 25, 2002)
"Just Get Out" (Gabriel Ash; YellowTimes.org; April 25, 2002)
"Word Games and Body Bags" (Irit Katriel; AlterNet; April 23, 2002)
"Perspectives Vary After Jenin Raid" (AP; April 22, 2002)
"Brutal, Yes. Massacre, No" (Peter Beaumont; The Guardian/Observer Worldview; April 21, 2002)
"Jenin: The Bloody Truth" (Marie Colvin; The Sunday Times (London); April 21, 2002)
"Jenin--The Propaganda War" (Tanya Reinhart; Yediot Aharonot; April 21, 2002)
"From the Ruins of Jenin, the Truth about an Atrocity" (Pil Reeves and Justin Huggler; The Independent; April 20, 2002)
"What Really Happened in Jenin?" (Cameron Barr; Christian Science Monitor; April 19, 2002)
"What Kind of War is This? It Is Still Impossible to Know How Many People Are Buried under the Ruins in the Jenin Refugee Camp, Where the Smell of Decomposing Bodies Mingles with the Stench of Garbage and the Scent of Geraniums and Mint" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; April 19, 2002)
"Practical Measures Are Required - Words Are Not Enough" (Amnesty International; April 19, 2002)
"Commissioner-General of UNRWA Declares Jenin Camp a Disaster Area, Describes Damage as 'Colossal'" (UNRWA; April 18, 2002)
"ICRC Calls on Israeli Authorities to Allow Foreign Rescue Teams into Jenin Camp" (ICRC; April 18, 2002)
"What Happened at Jenin?" (The Economist; April 18, 2002)
"The Battle for the Truth: What Really Happened in Jenin Camp?" (The Guardian; April 17, 2002)
"Jenin Refugee Camp: Amnesty International Calls for Immediate International Humanitarian Assistance" (Amnesty International; April 17, 2002)
"Amnesty International Calls on the UN Security Council to Immediately Deploy an Independent Investigation into Human Rights Abuses in Jenin" (Amnesty International; April 16, 2002)
"Jenin: Access Denied to Amnesty International Forensic Expert - Legal Action Considered" (Amnesty International; April 16, 2002)
"UN Relief Mission to Jenin Camp Reveals Monumental Destruction" (UN; Aug. 16, 2002)
"Destruction Everywhere, No Signs of a Massacre" (Amos Harel; Ha'aretz; April 15, 2002)
"After Granting UN Access to Jenin Camp, Israel Blocks Delivery of Aid" (UN; April 15, 2002)
"Amnesty International Delegates in Jenin" (Amnesty International; April 15, 2002)
"Israel: Allow Access to Jenin Camp" (Human Rights Watch; April 15, 2002)
"A Leading Forensic Expert to Visit Palestinian Refugee Camps" (Amnesty International; April 12, 2002)
"Catastrophic Conditions in Jenin Camp" (UNRWA; April 10, 2002)
Photographs from Jenin Warning: Corpses; very graphic.
c. Commentary Denying or Diminishing the Atrocities
"Analysis: Winners and Losers in Jenin" (Martin Sieff; UPI; May 23, 2002)
"Analysis: Why Europeans Bought Jenin Myth" (Martin Sieff; UPI; May 21, 2002)
"Part One: Documenting the Myth" (Martin Sieff; UPI; May 20, 2002)
"The Jenin Offensive: Beyond the TV Images" (Ruth Etzioni; Seattle Times; May 10, 2002)
"The Brutal Afghan Winter Hits Jenin: Announcing the First British Press Award For Total Fantasy" (Mark Steyn; National Post (Canada); May 6, 2002)
"How Jenin Battle Became a 'Massacre'" (Sharon Sadeh; The Guardian; May 6, 2002)
"Jack Kelly: The Non-Massacre" (Pittsburgh Post Gazette; April 29, 2002)
"There Was No Massacre in Jenin" (Ha'aretz; April 19, 2002)
"How the British Fought Terror in Jenin" (Rafael Medoff; Jerusalem Post; April 18, 2002)
"Israel Trashed with Jenin Rubble" (Chicago Sun-Times; April 18, 2002)
"The New Blood Libel" (The Washington Times; April 18, 2002)
See also:
"Law in the Fog of War: On Urban Battlefields, Principles Can Be Elusive" (Ruth Wedgwood; Time; May 13, 2002)
"When Letter of the Law Does Not Spell 'Clarity'" (Adam Liptak; New York Times; May 1, 2002)
7. Economy
For economic organizations, see Palestinian organizations.
See also Closures and Checkpoints, above, for more on the economic effects of those barriers.
"Push to Rebuild Palestinian Economy" (Charles Radin; Boston Globe; June 17, 2002)
"The Real Disaster Is the Closure: Half the Palestinians in the West Bank Are Unemployed, Half Are in Dire Poverty, and the Economy Is Sliding into Barter" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; June 12?, 2002)
"Palestinian Jobless Rate Soars" (BC; May 31, 2002)
"The Palestinian Economy: In the Red" (Samir Abdullah; Palestine Report; May 22, 2002)
"Palestinian Stock Market Triumphs by Staying Alive" (Peter Hermann; Baltimore Sun; May 16, 2002)
"Both Economies Drained. Palestinians' Is Worse" (David Rohde; New York Times; April 30, 2002)
"Israeli Conflict Destroys Dreams of Riches" (Emma Clark; BBC; April 5, 2002)
"Fifteen Months: Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment" (World Bank; March 18, 2002)
"Impact on the Palestinian Economy of Confrontation, Border Closures and Mobility Restrictions: 1 October 2000 to 30 June 2001" (UNSCO; 2001)
"Human Rights Accountability for Israel's Economic Policies in the Occupied Territories" (Roger Normand; The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies; February 5, 2001)
8. Education
See also Colleges and Universities.
a. Websites and Organizations
Amjad Al-Masri's e-mail group
Human Rights Action Project, Birzeit University
b. Articles
"West Bank Students Fear for Their Future" (Peter Hermann; Baltimore Sun; June 4, 2002)
Bir-Zeit University Press Release (June 2, 2002)
"A Challenging Education" (Joharah Baker; Palestine Report; May 15, 2002)
"Emergency Briefing On Palestinian Education" (Palestinian NGO Emergency Initiative in Jerusalem; April 12, 2002)
Israel: Palestinian Academic Rights Violated (Human Rights Watch; July 14, 2001)
"A Human Rights Odyssey: In Search of Academic Freedom" (Michael C. Griffin; The Link; volume 14, issue 3 (April-May 1981))
9. Health Care
See also Obstruction of Medical Care Providers.
See also Health and Medical Organizations.
"UN Official Says Recent Violence Could Overwhelm Palestinian Health System" (UN; May 15, 2002)
Note: This section is forthcoming.
10. Judiciary
"Ruling over the Law" (Sherine Bahaa; Al-Ahram; June 20-29, 2002)
"PA Won't Free PFLP Leader Due to 'Israeli Threats'" (Amos Harel, Daniel Sobelman, and Gideon Alon; Ha'aretz; June 4, 2002)
"Court Orders Militant Freed; Palestinian Leaders Balk" (John Kifner; New York Times; June 4, 2002)
"Palestinians Ignore Court Call to Free Faction Leader" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; June 4, 2002)
"Palestinian Cabinet Blocks Release" (BBC; June 4, 2002)
"Palestinian Court Orders Release Of Top Militant Wanted by Israel" (Joel Greenberg with Terence Neilan; New York Times; June 3, 2002)
11. Resistance Movements
For Hizbollah, see Israel in Lebanon.
See also Palestinian Leadership.
See also Suicide bombers, just below.
a. Generally
Resource collections:
Yahoo! category: Palestinian Movements
Individual resources:
"Palestinian Chief: Let's End Militias" (AP; June 14, 2002)
"Origins and Aims of Groups Targeting Israel" (The Guardian; June 12, 2002)
"Palestinian Hardline Meets in Iran" (Jim Muir; BBC; June 2, 2002)
"In on the Tide, the Guns and Rockets That Fuel this Fight; As the Methods of Drug Smugglers Are Used to Bring Weapons to Gaza, Mystery Still Surrounds the 'Karin A' Arms Shipment" (Robert Fisk in Gaza City; The Independent; April 29, 2002)
"New Recruits Plot in Bedroom Bomb Factories" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; April 26, 2002)
"Inside a Palestinian Terror Factory" (Olivia Ward; Toronto Star; April 25, 2002)
"Analysts Say Mililants Will Heal, Regroup" (Charles A. Radin; Boston Globe; April 22, 2002)
"Palestine Militias Rising" (Graham Usher; The Nation; dated April 29 but posted prior to April 21, 2002)
"Returning to the Underground: Palestinian Militants Regroup to Resume Guerrilla Warfare" (Daniel Williams; Washington Post; April 21, 2002)
"The 'engineer'" (Jonathan Cook; Al-Ahram Weekly; April 18-24, 2002)
"Potent Explosives Fortify Palestinian Arsenal" (Douglas Frantz; New York Times; April 7, 2002)
"Inside the 'Organization'" (Charmaine Seitz; Media Monitors Network; November 24, 2000)
b. al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade
"Fatah Military Wing Claims Bombing in Israel" (Reuters; June 13, 2002)
"For Al-Aqsa Brigades, a Change of Tactics" (Daniel Williams; Washington Post; June 13, 2002)
Martyrs Brigades Member Mourned as Hero (C.J. Chivers; New York Tiems; April 28, 2002)
"Palestinian Militant Group Says It Will Limit Bombings" (C.J. Chivers; New York Times; April 23, 2002)
Designating the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (Matthew Levitt; Institute for Counter-Terrorism; March 26, 2002)
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades: A Political Tool with an Edge (Yael Shahar; Institute for Counter-Terrorism; March 24, 2002)
"Israel Cheers Palestinian Killer's Death" (St. Petersburg Times; Jan. 15, 2002)
"Israel's 'Opened Doors of Hell' - Radicals" (Jan. 14, 2002)
c. Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Al-Hourriah (official weekly magazine; in Arabic) Down 7/14/02
Description by the Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Description by the U.S. State Department
Yahoo Category: DFLP
d. Fatah; Tanzim
Official resources:
FatehMovement.org
Fateh.net
Other resources:
"Fatah Group Urges End to Suicide Attacks in Israel" (Reuters; May 29, 2002)
"Calling the Shots" (Khaled Abu Toameh and Isabel Kershner; The Jerusalem Report; April 8, 2002)
"Marwan Barghouti, Fatah-Tanzim, and the Escalation of the Intifada" (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; Jan. 24, 2002)
Palestinian Militia Leader Killed in Explosion (Jan. 14, 2002)
"Enemies of Israel" (The Guardian; Dec. 5, 2001)
"Fatah: Cornerstone of Arafat's Power" (BBC; July 30, 2001)
"Fatah's Tanzim: Origins and Politics" (Graham Usher; Middle East Report 217; Winter 2000)
"Tanzim: Shock Troops of the Uprising" (Nick Childs; BBC; Oct. 17, 2000)
"The Tanzim: Fatah's Fighters on the Ground" (Ronni Shaked; Yediot Ahronot newspaper; Oct 3, 2000)
"Fatah Rules--Through the Tanzim (Danny Rubinstein; Ha'aretz newspaper; December 22, 1998)
Fatah Tanzim (Institute for Counter-Terrorism; undated)
Tanzim (Israel Defense Forces; undated)
Sidebar: The "Ramallah Six"
"PA Won't Free PFLP Leader Due to 'Israeli Threats'" (Amos Harel, Daniel Sobelman, and Gideon Alon; Ha'aretz; June 4, 2002)
"Court Orders Militant Freed; Palestinian Leaders Balk" (John Kifner; New York Times; June 4, 2002)
"Palestinians Ignore Court Call to Free Faction Leader" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; June 4, 2002)
"Palestinian Court Orders Release Of Top Militant Wanted by Israel" (Joel Greenberg with Terence Neilan; New York Times; June 3, 2002)
"Palestinian Cabinet Blocks Release" (BBC; June 4, 2002)
"Many Palestinians Angered by Jailings in Jericho" (Rebecca Trounson; Los Angeles Times; May 3, 2002)
"Palestinians Want 2 Detainees Freed" (AP; May 3, 2002)
"Ramallah Deal Hinges on Prisoners" (BBC; April 30, 2002)
"British 'Wardens' to Guard Killers in Jericho Jail" (Phil Reeves and Ben Russell; The Independent; April 30, 2002)
"Jericho's Courteous Jailer Prepares for Inmates" (Stephen Farrell; The Times (London); April 30, 2002)
"Profile: Israel's Six Wanted" (BBC; April 30, 2002)
"UK 'Wardens' in New Bush Deal to End Arafat Siege" (Phil Reeves and David Usborne; The Independent; April 29, 2002)
e. Hamas
Official and semi-official resources; resource collections:
Islamic Resistance Support Association
The Palestinian Information Center (affiliated with Hamas) Site down 4/25
Palestine Times (London monthly affiliated with Hamas) Site down 4/25
Yahoo! category: Hamas
Other resources:
"Militants Mull Role Offered by Arafat" (Dan Ephron; Boston Globe; June 3, 2002)
"Fear and Rage in Gaza, and Threats by Hamas" (Tim Golden; New York Times; May 20, 2002)
"Hamas Vows More Suicide Attacks" (Reuters; May 11, 2002)
"Invasion Will Let Us Get at Israel, Says Hamas" (Ian Cobain; The Times (London); May 10, 2002)
"Atrocities Against Israelis Seem Also Aimed at Arafat" (Steve Erlanger; New York Times; May 10, 2002)
"Bomb Delivered Hamas Message: No Peace while Israel Exists" (Brian Whitaker; The Guardian; May 9, 2002)
'For Us, the Preferred Way of Ending Our Lives Would Be Martyrdom' (Robert Fisk; The Independent; April 28; 2002)
"Hamas Would Accept Saudi Peace Plan, Spokesman Says; Group Would Stop Attacks on Israelis if Occupation Ends" (Robert Plotkin; San Francisco Chronicle; April 28, 2002)
"Hamas Bans Children's 'Sacrifices'" (Rachel Harvey; BBC; April 24, 2002)
"Hamas Uses Website to Fund Suicide Bombings" (Said Ghazali; The Independent; April 19, 2002)
"Hamas Threatens Deadlier Attacks" (AP; April 19, 2002)
"Hamas" (Susan Taylor Martin; St. Petersburg Times; April 14, 2002)
"Enemies of Israel" (The Guardian; Dec. 5, 2001)
"Hamas Attempts to Take Control" (Ehud Ya’ari; The Jerusalem Report; August 27. 2001)
Hamas' Terrorism Strategy: Operational Limitations and Political Constraints (Ely Karmon; MERIA Journal; vol. 4, number 1 (March 2000))
Hamas Backgrounder from CBC News
The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (August 18, 1988)
f. Islamic Jihad
"Militant's Claim that Arafat Can't End Attacks" (Tim Golden; New York Times; June 6, 2002)
"Enemies of Israel" (The Guardian; Dec. 5, 2001)
Islamic Jihad (the BBC)
Islamic Jihad (Institute for Counter-Terrorism)
g. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (official site)
Democratic Palestine (official newsletter)
Democratic Palestine (by individual supporter of PFLP)
Description by the Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Description by the U.S. State Department
Yahoo Category: PFLP
"'Inviting Hell to Break Loose:'PFLP Leader Assassinated Today" (several articles collected at Mid-East Realities; Aug. 27, 2001)
h. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--General Command
"Ahmed Jibril's Son Kiled in Beirut Blast" (Arieh O'Sullivan; Jerusalem Post; May 21, 2002)
"Car Bomb Kills Son of Palestinian Militant in Beirut" (Howard Schneider; Washington Post; May 21, 2002)
"Israel Accused of Assassinating Palestinian Activist in Beirut" (David Horovitz; Irish Times; May 21, 2002)
Description by the Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Other organizations represented on the Palestine National Council:
Al-Sai'qa Movement
Arab Liberation Front
Democratic Union (FEDA)
Hizb Al Sha'ab (People's Party)
Palestine Liberation Front
Palestinian Arab Liberation Front
Popular Struggle Front
12. Suicide Bombers
See also Palestinian resistance, just above.
See also Resistance operations against settlements.
a. News and Analysis
"Mounting Violence Isolates Moderates" (Rebecca Trounson; Sydney Morning Herald; June 21, 2002)
"The New Suicide Bombers: Larger and More Varied Pool" (James Bennet; New York Times; June 21, 2002)
"More Palestinians Sign Anti-Terror Ad" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; June 21, 2002)
"Israelis Threaten to Drop CNN after Turner Comment" (Ewen MacAskill and Oliver Burkeman; The Guardian; June 21, 2002)
"Palestinian Intellectuals Decry Attacks in Israel" (Reuters; June 20, 2002)
"Arafat Appeals for an End of Suicide Attacks" (AP; June 20, 2002)
"In a Maze of Truths: What Matters Most in the Middle East" (The Guardian editorial; June 20, 2002)
"'It Is Nice to Be Killed while Killing': Palestinian Family Wonder Why Their Quiet Son Turned to Murder" (Peter Beaumont; The Guardian; June 20, 2002)
"What a Pity That Cherie Isn't PM: She Is only Saying What Most of Us Think about the Middle East" (David Clark; The Guardian; June 20, 2002)
"Turner's Terrorism Comments Criticized" (Howard Kurtz; Washington Post; June 19, 2002)
"UK's Straw Voices 'Compassion' for Suicide Bombers" (Ha'aretz; June 19, 2002)
"Cherie Blair's Suicide Bomb Blunder" (Phillip Webster, David Charter and Michael Gove; The Times (London); June 19, 2002)
"The Attacker's Final Note: 'How Beautiful It Is to Kill and to Be Killed" (AP; June 19, 2002)
"Cherie Blair Apologises in Row over Suicide Killers Comment" (Paul Waugh; The Independent; June 19, 2002)
"55 Palestinian Public Figures Appeal for Halt to Suicide Bombings" (Ha'aretz; June 19, 2002)
"CNN Chief Accuses Israel of Terror" (Oliver Burkeman and Peter Beaumont; The Guardian; June 18, 2002)
"Cherie Blair Forced to Apologise over Suicide Bombing Comments" (The Independent; Jon Smith and Rob Catherall; June 18, 2002)
"Saudi Official Defends Suicide Bombers" (Ewen MacAskill; The Guardian; June 15, 2002)
"Fatah Military Wing Claims Bombing in Israel" (Reuters; June 13, 2002)
"Suicide Bombers' Driver Meets the Press" (Amos Harel and Daniel Sobelman; Ha'aretz; June 12, 2002)
"Guide for Bombers Maps His Methods" (Tracy Wilkinson; Los Angeles Times; June 12, 2002)
"The Men Behind the Suicide Bombers" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; June 12, 2002)
"A Mission to Murder: Inside the Minds of the Suicide Bombers" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; June 11, 2002)
"Social Pressures to Kill" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; June 11, 2002)
"Teenage Stonethrower Nursed Long Hatred" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; June 11, 2002)
"Violent Death Visited on Everyday Life" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; June 11, 2002)
"In Growing Numbers, Palestinian Boys Are Choosing the Brief Life of a 'Martyr'" (Tracy Wilkinson; Los Angeles Times; June 10, 2002)
"Not What the Prophet Would Want" (Sohail H. Hashmi; Washington Post; June 9, 2002)
"Militant's Claim that Arafat Can't End Attacks" (Tim Golden; New York Times; June 6, 2002)
"Jewish Woman Falsely Accused of Terror" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; June 3, 2002)
"Israel Accused of Staging Bombing" (AP; June 3, 2002)
"Suspect Was Misidentified As Jewish, Israel Says" (AP; June 2, 2002)
"Jewish Woman Accused of Aiding Suicide Bomb Attack" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; June 1, 2002)
"Jewish Woman Suspected of Aiding Rishon Suicide Bomber" (Ha'aretz; May 31, 2002)
"Israeli Report Finds Link in Lebanon to Terror Attacks" (Mark Matthews; Baltimore Sun; May 30, 2002)
"Where Israelis Grieve, Some Arabs Are Proud" (Joel Greenberg; New York Times; May 29, 2002)
"Fatah Group Urges End to Suicide Attacks in Israel" (Reuters; May 29, 2002)
"The Re-Occupation Routine: Vandalism at Beit Jalla and the Victim's Words" (Abdel Fatah Abu Srour; May 28, 2002)
"16-Year-Old Rishon Bomber Was Youngest to Strike in Israel" (Ha'aretz; May 26, 2002)
"Palestinian Attacks Signal Failure of Military Offensive" (Phil Reeves; The Independent; May 25, 2002)
"Looking Inwards" (Khaled Amayreh; Al-Ahram Weekly; May 23-29, 2002)
| "'If you can guarantee that Israel will not target Palestinian civilians, I guarantee that suicide bombings inside Israel will come to an end,' Hamas founder and spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, told reporters early this week. Once justified by Hamas as a legitimate form of resistance against the Israeli occupation, martyrdom is now used by the militant group on a tit-for-tat basis to avenge Israeli killing of Palestinian civilians. 'If they [the Israelis] give themselves the right to attack and kill our civilians in Nablus, Ramallah and Jenin, I see no reason why our fighters can't operate in Netanya, Haifa and Tel Aviv. The blood of their civilians is not more precious than the blood of our civilians,' argued Al-Rantisi." |
"Terror Groups Keep Mum about Names of Suicide Strikers" (Amos Harel; Ha'aretz; May 22, 2002)
"It’s Time Israelis Woke Up & Faced Facts" (Kinda Balkhair; Arab News; May 22, 2002)
"Mubarak's `Secret Letter' to Arafat May Call for Halt to Terror" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; May 15, 2002)
"Suicide Bomber Elicits Sorrow, Pride" (Gwen Florio; Denver Post; May 14, 2002)
"Palestinians Sow Confusion and Doubt on Bombing" (C.J. Chivers; New York Times; May 13, 2002)
"Two Israeli Arab Sisters Held for Abetting Would-Be Bombers" (Uri Ash and Jalal Bana; Ha'aretz; May 13, 2002)
"Saudi Says Arabs Are Pressuring Palestinians" (Howard Schneider; Washington Post; May 11, 2002)
"Suicide Planner Expresses Joy Over His Missions" (Joel Greenberg; New York Times; May 9, 2002)
| "'The indiscriminate killing of Palestinian women and children led people to think about martyrdom operations inside Israel that would have an impact on the Israeli public,' Mr. Aweis [Abdel Karim Aweis, 31, a leader of Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades] said. 'We would respond by killing more people, pressuring the Israelis to take to the streets to demand a withdrawal' from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. ... 'I asked him where he was going, and he said, 'To Paradise,'' Mr. Aweis said. 'He was not afraid.' 'People are walking to their deaths with their own two feet. Without freedom, this is not a life.'" |
"'Suicide Bombing' / Martyrdom Operations a Potent Weapon" (Firoz Osman; Media Monitors Network; May 8, 2002)
"Are Israelis Innocent While Palestinian Suicide Bombers Are Terrorists? - Some Uncomfortable Facts" (Falsafay Ghaalib; Media Monitors Network; May 1, 2002)
"Suicide Bombings: Morality in the Palestinian Struggle (Hisham al- Zoubeir; Media Monitors Network; April 29, 2002)
"Female Suicide Bombers: The New Factor in Mideast's Deadly Equation" (Libby Copeland; Washington Post; April 27, 2002)
"Teenagers Shot by Israelis, Then Run over with a Tank" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; April 26, 2002)
| "'When we got his body back yesterday, it was in a terrible state. Dogs had been at it in the night and his face was unrecognisable because it had been crushed by a heavy vehicle driving over it.' Adel Hamdona's 14-year-old son Anwar was returned to him in a similar condition. The father's description was cold, emotionless. 'He didn't have a face. His legs had been severed. He had been driven over several times and had been pretty well disembowelled.'" |
'They Took Our Land, So Why Shouldn't I Kill Them?' (Muhammad Muslih; International Herald Tribune; April 26, 2002)
"Young Egyptians Hearing Call of 'Martyrdom'" (Tim Golden; New York Times; April 26, 2002)
"Passions Inflamed, Gaza Teenagers Die in Suicidal Attacks" (David Rohde; New York Times; April 25, 2002)
"Crossing to Martyrdom" (Amira Howeidy; Al-Ahram; April 25-May 1, 2002)
"Children Become the New Martyrs of Gaza" (Ewen MacAskill; The Guardian; April 25, 2002)
| "Tawfiq Salman, a psychiatrist in Bethlehem who works with children and carried out a survey, said: 'Ninety per cent of Palestinian children suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome as a result of the Israeli closures and the shootings.' Fadel Abu Heen, a psychologist, said many children were severely traumatised by seeing and hearing of Palestinians, especially children their own age, being killed by the Israelis. 'It is despair, despair and more despair. Children are unable to cope with the sad reality,' he said, adding that child suicide attackers were motivated more by an overwhelming sense of hopelessness than surging nationalism. ... Zaqout's mother, asked if she understood his motives, said: 'Children are tormented by what they see on television. Israel has left all Palestinians, including children, with no choice but to die.'" |
"Hamas Bans Children's 'Sacrifices'" (Rachel Harvey; BBC; April 24, 2002)
"Where Rage Resides: For the Ordinary People Of Gaza City, Death Is a Way of Life" (Richard Leiby; Washington Post; April 24, 2002)
"Palestinian Militant Group Says It Will Limit Bombings" (C.J. Chivers; New York Times; April 23, 2002)
"Gaza City Glorifies Its Dead; Palestinian Parents Mark Children's Final Sacrifice in the Fight against Israel" (Anna Badkhen; San Francisco Chronicle; April 21, 2002)
"Martyrs on This Side of Paradise" (Amnon Barzila; Ha'aretz; April 21, 2002)
"Egypt Blames Israel for Suicide Bombing" (AFP; April 21, 2002)
"Claire Rayner: Jews Have No Right to Middle East Land" (Robert Mendick; The Independent; April 21, 2002)
"The Faces of Martyrs as a Calling in Demand" (Joel Brinkley; NY Times; April 20, 2002)
"The Link between Suicide Bombers and Israeli Policy" (James O. Goldsborough; San Diego Union; April 18, 2002) Excellent analysis.
"In Defense of Suicide Bombers" (Andy Martin; Media Monitors Network; April 18, 2002)
"Seamstress and Student Met in Accident of Hate" (Stephen Farrell; The Times (London); April 17, 2002)
"Death Wish: Suicide Bombers Have Historic Links and Tactical Advantages" (Leela Jacinto; ABC News; April 16, 2002)
"Letter from a Palestinian to an Israeli" (Hakam Kanafani; The Independent; April 16, 2002)
"Inside Suicide, Inc." (Christopher Dickey; Newsweek; April 15, 2002)
"How Two Lives Met In Death" (Joshua Hammer; Newsweek; April 15, 2002)
"In Interview, Arafat's Wife Praises Suicide Bombings" (Judith Miller; New York Times; April 15, 2002)
"Homicide Bombers" (James T. Philips; CounterPunch; April 14, 2002)
"A Woman, a Bomb and a Beautiful Spring Day" (David Lamb; Los Angeles Times; April 14, 2002)
"A Gruesome Break From the Ordinary" (David Lamb; Los Angeles Times; April 14, 2002)
"The Soldier and the Bomber: The Tale of Two Grieving Families" (Paul Kelbie; The Independent; April 14, 2002)
"Counting The Dead In Nablus: Resistance Is Seen As Matter of History" (Daniel Williams; Washington Post; April 14, 2002)
| "Like many Palestinians, Hinno [Arafat Hinno (affiliation not described)] recoils at the killing of civilians but justifies it nonetheless. 'For 35 years, no matter what we do, the Palestinians get no satisfaction. The world is disgusted with us, but we are on our own and the tools we have are limited,' he said. 'We have been suicidal for a long time. In the intifada we threw stones and hundreds were shot dead. No one cried over our dead. We don't cry either.'" |
"Bomber Unleashed Secret Rage (Daniel Williams; Washington Post; April 14, 2002)
| "'The more the Israelis try to hold onto us, the more people feel they have no option except to kill and be killed,' said Mahmoud Eliam, a neighbor of the Takafkas." |
"Neighbours Divided by Walls Are United in Bitterness" (Janine di Giovanni; The Times (London); April 11, 2002)
"Palestinians Say Israelis Sow Hatred in the Raids" (David Rohde; New York Times; April 10, 2002)
"Blaming the Victims: Hating the Palestinians" (M. Junaid Alam; CounterPunch; April 10, 2002)
"America's Phoniest Liberal? Thomas Friedman's Fabrications" (John Chuckman; CounterPunch; April 10, 2001)
"Arafat Has Condemned Terror in Arabic; Bush Must Condemn Israeli Actions" (Daoud Kuttab; Arabic Media Internet Network; April 9, 2002)
----Another copy of this analysis.
"Teenage Girl 'Willing to Die for My People'" (Rory Macmillan; The Scotsman; April 9, 2002)
"Detained and Humiliated, Palestinian Now Wants a Gun" (Peter Hermann; Baltimore Sun; April 9, 2002)
"Thomas Friedman, Another Wasted Pulitzer" (Matt Vidal; CounterPunch; April 9, 2002)
"Mission of Suicide Bombers Is Martyrdom, Retribution" (Joyce M. Davis; Detroit Free Press; April 8, 2002)
"2 Girls, Divided by War, Joined in Carnage" (Joel Greenberg; New York Times; April 5, 2002)
'They are Nazis, Nazis, Nazis' (Khaled Amayreh; Al-Ahram Weekly; April 4-10, 2002)
| "Ahmed Hassan, a Hamas spokesman in Bethlehem, explained why, despite reservations from many Muslims and condemnation from the West, suicide bombs were increasingly necessary. 'We don't have an army, we don't have an air force, we don't have tanks. The Arab world is impotent, and the United States is urging Israel to kill more Palestinians. If you were in this situation, what would you do?' Hassan said. 'Martyr-bombings are not our strategy; they are not our goal. Our strategy is freedom from this diabolic military occupation. No nation on the face of earth can accept perpetual rape and domination by another nation... people fight and die for freedom, don't they?'" |
"The Suicide Bombers Lie" (Elijah Wald; AlterNet; April 3, 2002)
"Cleric Lauds Bombings by Women (Reuters; April 2, 2002)
"Girl Suicide Bombers" (Anne Applebaum; Slate; April 2, 2002)
"Palestinians Have Found a Weapon Israel Can't Counter" (Peter Preson; The Independent; April 1, 2002)
"Relatives and Neighbors Proud of Suicide Bomber" (Joel Brinkley; New York Times; April 1, 2002)
"Why a Palestinian Girl Now Wants to Be a Suicide Bomber" (Cameron Barr; Christian Science Monitor; April 1, 2002)
"Daughter's Hidden Truth: An Angry Martyr's Soul" (Joel Greenberg; New York Times; March 31, 2002)
"At 18, Bomber became Martyr and Murderer" (Graham Usher; The Guardian; March 30, 2002)
" When Palestinians Have No Hope" (James Goldsbrough; Palestine Chronicle; March, 30; 2002)
"Student in the Morning, Then Suicide Bomber" (Serge Schmemann; New York Times; March 30, 2002)
"Rage Doesn't Obey Orders" (Khaled Amayreh; Al Ahram; March 29, 2002)
"Palestinian Group Says It Will Increase Bombings" (Joel Brinkley; New York Times; March 23, 2002)
| "Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, today condemned the l |