Word: aqsa
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...Israel has offered the Palestinians peace. This can only be considered true if you accept a demand for total capitulation as a legitimate peace offer. That "the most generous offer Israel has ever made" calls for Israeli military control over one of Islam's three holiest sites (the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem), the perpetuation of a system of apartheid where Palestinians and Arabs can aspire to be no more than second-class citizenship and the continued defiance of numerous U.N. resolutions says more about Israel's problematic commitment to peace than it does about the Palestinians...
...Gaza brooding on his next move. The U.S. phoned with an assortment of "bridging" proposals--complicated custodial arrangements dividing holy-site sovereignty with the U.N., with Islamic representatives, even with God. According to a Palestinian negotiator, Arafat angrily told Clinton, "If you want to give sovereignty over al-Aqsa to God, then would you accept that the White House be put under God's sovereignty too?" Palestinians resented summitry that they found humiliating, as if the U.S. were ordering them to comply--and anger bubbled up in the streets. Besieged by political troubles, Barak warned that the window...
...thinking of a day two weeks ago, still. It was a special day in my life, a unique one. I was under a special premonition of fear and portent. We had decided to organize a march to protest the entrance of the criminal [Ariel] Sharon to al-Aqsa Mosque. After dawn, I started reading the Koran. The sun's rays were weaving a special dress of martyrdom. The sun's told us, "You have a date with martyrdom." The Muslim believes in fate. God decides death and life. I read the verses that deal with martyrdom. My heart was brimful...
...different kind of march. After I finished my speech, thousands of students left the campus. It was the biggest march I have ever seen at An-Najah University. We walked for five or six kilometers, with strong determination. We swore to sacrifice our life and blood for al-Aqsa. Hundreds of the marchers rushed to the front line to clash with the soldiers. I could not forget these moments. The shooting from the Israeli soldiers was intense. It was like a battlefield. Our faith is our weapon against the soldiers, the occupiers. Two youths standing next to me were wounded...
...martyr. I was unable to attend his funeral in Siris because of the military roadblocks. Many casualties arrived at the hospital. Five were martyrs. Youths shouted, "God is most great!" anytime they saw a martyr. The youths have become more determined to fight for al-Aqsa and Jerusalem. Heaven has opened its gates for martyrs. Honestly, though, I was shocked when Zakariya fell a martyr...