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...Oasis Of Artistic Freedom," about the cultural revival in the West Bank city of Ramallah [Dec. 19]: Maybe the world will begin to understand that before the so-called Israeli occupation can end, the terrorist occupation of the Palestinian territories must cease. When Hamas, Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa are stopped, then Palestinians will be able to live free. Israel is not preventing the Palestinians from having the freedom to express themselves through art and culture. The real oppressors are the ignorant terrorists who think calling themselves politicians is enough to excuse their acts against their own people. Adam Segal...
...bulk of the West Bank, including some part of East Jerusalem. Arafat refused the deal. Presumably to protest Barak's offer to divide Jerusalem, Sharon, accompanied by dozens of Israeli police, took the unusual step of visiting what Jews call the Temple Mount, the plateau that today hosts al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. The visit provoked rioting and an Israeli response that sparked the second intifadeh, which together with Israel's countermeasures has claimed some 3,000 Palestinian and 1,000 Israeli lives. While some Israelis and Palestinians blamed Sharon for provoking the violence, it soon...
...Then he saw a vision of al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, which he believed meant he would pray there before he died. He realized that the only way to fulfill that dream was to work out a peace with Israel. The realities of the moment left him little choice: Arafat and his organization were in trouble. After losing his Soviet sponsors, he alienated his rich Arab patrons by siding with Iraq in the Gulf War. Strapped for cash, he had to cut back funding for Palestinian schools and hospitals, students' tuition and widows' pensions in the occupied territories, which hurt...
...Similarly, the Palestinian militants of Hamas and the al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade are an integral part of Palestinian society, and the more democratic the politics of the Palestinian Authority become, the greater their representation in it will be. Mahmoud Abbas won January's presidential election precisely because he had the backing of the al-Aqsa Martyr?s Brigade, which persuaded his stronger rival, the imprisoned Marwan Barghouti, to drop out. (The most widely respected Palestinian polling organization, which called the election result to within a percentage point, concluded that had Barghouti run, the imprisoned militant would have beaten Abbas...
...Palestinian police arrested two people in the West Bank; Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered his forces to find out which group was behind it; and Palestinian security officials confirmed that the bomber, Abdullah Badran, was a member of Abbas?s own Fatah faction of the P.L.O. But Fatah?s Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militia denied involvement, as did Hamas. Suspicion fell on Hizballah, the Lebanese fundamentalist group, but on Saturday Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Palestinian observers say Islamic Jihad - which like Hizballah gets backing from Iran - may have been pressured by the Lebanese group to claim the attack. Officials say Hizballah...