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Arab progressives cannot act as the non-violent protest wings of Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. Arabs for peace must engage these militant groups, enemies as real as the Israeli occupying force. Hamas and Islamic Jihad do not advocate a two-state solution. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade pretends to do so while targeting innocent Israelis. Palestinians must recognize these groups as obstacles to peace...
Palestinians must also recognize the obstacle their government poses for peace, just as the Israeli left finds faults in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s policies. After all, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade are a branch of Fatah, Arafat’s own political movement. Palestinians need less manipulation and more participation. They must oppose a government that supports terror...
...years, Shamas has headed the Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling. Two years ago, the powerful sheik of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque condemned her in his Friday sermon for demanding that Palestinian courts stand up against tribal traditions that favor husbands and trample women's rights. Since the latest conflict with Israel began in the fall of 2000, the Women's Center has registered an increase in reports of family violence. With Palestinian men facing new financial pressures from the loss of jobs in Israel and suffering constant humiliation at the hands of Israeli soldiers, Shamas explains...
...surrender of Palestinian militants believed to be holed up there. And even after Israeli troops leave, they may go back into West Bank towns to stage "pinpoint operations" against terrorists trying to regroup. But the Israeli offensive may only invite a more savage Palestinian response. Militants belonging to al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades told TIME they are preparing to avenge last week's arrest of top Arafat deputy Marwan Barghouti. And they believe the U.S. should share the pain. "Now," says a senior Brigades leader in the West Bank, "American targets are the same as Israeli targets...
...surrender of Palestinian militants believed to be holed up there. And even after Israeli troops leave, they may go back into West Bank towns to stage "pinpoint operations" against terrorists trying to regroup. But the Israeli offensive may only invite a more savage Palestinian response. Militants belonging to al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades told TIME they are preparing to avenge last week's arrest of top Arafat deputy Marwan Barghouti. And they believe the U.S. should share the pain. "Now," says a senior Brigades leader in the West Bank, "American targets are the same as Israeli targets...