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| . |
Mideast Op-Eds
March 2002 |
Oped Bar
|
| March 31 |
| PM
trying to win time before int'l intervention - Haaretz |
| Without mercy:
Israelis execute Arafat's elite guards - Observer |
| This Middle East dialogue of hate must be
interrupted - Independent |
| As two weak men
act tough, extremists impose their will - Observer |
| Sharon
must heed his ally - Observer |
| Remember
Vanunu - Richard Ingrams, Observer |
| Let
there be justice for all, Mr Bush -
Ian Gilmour, Observer |
| A good week for pessimism and rejection - World Overview |
| Force
is not enough - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Rolling
to where? - Uzi Benzimanl, Haaretz |
| No
holiday there, no holiday here either - Gideon Levy, Haaretz |
| End
Arafat's rule - Editorial, Jpost |
| Enough
is enough - Daniel Bloch, Jpost |
| Politics
of hypocrisy - David J. Forman,
Jpost |
| When
silence is not golden - Frimet
Roth, Jpost |
| . |
| March 30 |
| Yossi Beilin: More war is not the route to Israeli security - Nytimes |
| 'Compromise'
saved Arafat - Uri Dan, Nypost |
| Robert Fisk: The lies leaders tell when they want to go to war |
| Beware the martyr - Guardian |
| No
sign of settlement - Leading
article, Guardian |
| Death of a Ramallah gunman
- Stephen Farrell, Times |
| Israeli
strategy 'unlikely to be a success' - Chritopher Walker, Times |
| PM locks up Arafat, but what is his endgame? -Peter Hirschberg, Haaretz |
| ‘Seder night massacre’ and the calls of war - Isreali Press Review |
| Observers render verdicts on Arab League summit - Arab Press Review |
| ‘Coup-proof’ Arab regimes must tread
carefully - Ed Blanche |
| Azmi Bishara’s ethical resistance - Rime Allaf |
| Sharon's
stark message to a man he wants dead - Guardian |
| . |
| March 29 |
| On both sides,
the talk is only of war - Graham
Usher, Guardian |
| A
solution is possible now - Guardian |
| Michael
Kustow on Passover - Guardian |
| Washington
is not pushing for restraint -
Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| Talking
peace, funding terror - Editorial,
Jpost |
| What
will deter Saddam Hussein? -
Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz |
| "Nazis!
Nazis!" - Tom Segev, Haaretz |
| A
breaking point - Uzi Benziman,
Haaretz |
| Egypt,
Israel, and the Harpoon missile - Yuval Steinitz, Jpost |
| . |
| March 28 |
| Weighing
the odds - War against Iraq is far from imminent, Times |
| Can Egyptians win ‘war’ on public sector
negligence? - Gamal Ismail |
| Jewish diaspora has clear choice to make - Editorial, Daily Star |
| A peace conference
for Passover - Rabbi Tony Bayfield |
| Commentary: What Sharon
must do - Thomas H. Lipscomb |
| Cards on the table: Arabs should embrace Saudi proposal - Times |
| The
American version of Had Gadya -
Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| . |
| March 27 |
| Analysis: Arabs assess
Saudi peace plan - Dalal Saoud,
UPI |
| Are
we truly free? - David Newman,
Jpost |
| A
hopeful present - Eliahu Salpeter,
Haaretz |
| From
the occupation to incitement - Ari
Shavit, Haaretz |
| Anti-American,
anti-Semitic, immoral - Daniel
Pipes, Jpost |
| From
Khartoum to Beirut - Editorial |
| . |
| March 26 |
| Suicide bombers result of decades of despair - Independent |
| It's
the content that counts - David J.
Forman, Jpost |
| The
vanities fair - Yoel Marcus,
Haaretz |
| Counting
on despair - Avirama Golan,
Haaretz |
| . |
| March 25 |
| Declare
victory and get out - Akiva
Eldar, Haaretz |
| An
explosive blend of hatred and poverty - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| Last
year in rebuilt Jerusalem |
| Who
needs an envoy in Washington? -
Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| The
myth of normalization - Yosef
Goell, Jpost |
| We
are at a fateful crossroads -
David Kimche, Jpost |
| . |
| March 24 |
| Inside the world of the Palestinian suicide
bomber - Sunday Times |
| Iraqis
begin to wonder: Will there be a tomorrow? - Telegraph |
| Torn between two worlds: Israel's one million Arabs - Independent |
| `We
told you so,' they tell us - Uzi
Benziman, Haaretz |
| The
battlefield of the war of succession - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| Talks,
terror and restraint - Editorial,
Haaretz |
| The
cost of terrorism - Editorial,
Jpost |
| Pity
the Palestinians - Daniel Bloch,
Jpost |
| Enough
talking - Isi Leibler, Jpost |
| . |
| March 23 |
| Excerpts from
Sharon's Interview with Washington Post |
| A last chance
- Ibrahim Nafie, Ahram Weekly |
| Palestine or
Iraq? - Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, Ahram
Weekly |
| Talking to tanks
- Azmi Bishara, Ahram Weekly |
| False sense of
satisfaction - Salama Ahmed
Salama, Ahram Weekly |
| The question of
Iraq is also the question of Palestine - Guardian |
| A
‘hologram’ of Palestine: the vision of UN Resolution 1397 - Rim Alaf |
| Kuwait: a country without illusions
- Khairallah Khairallah, Daily Star |
| Bush incapable of ending violence - Ray Hanania, Daily Star |
| How to resolve Palestinian-Israeli conflict - Joy McClellan, Daily Star |
| . |
| March 22 |
| IRAQ IN THE
BALANCE |
| On
the horns of an American dilemma - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| The
danger zones - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| The
Saudi horizon - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Don't
blow it, Yasser - Yoel Marcus,
Haaretz |
| Secrets,
smoke and lies - Gideon Samet,
Haaretz |
| The
operation was a success, but the terror persists - ze'ev Schiff |
| Israel's
moment of truth - Editorial, Jpost |
| Sharon's
strategy of restraint - Gerald M.
Steinberg, Jpost |
| Unblocking
the path to negotiation - Mark A.
Heller, Jpost |
| . |
| March 21 |
| Thomas Friedman: Pull Up a Chair |
| A deadly silence - Mohamed Heikal asks why the Arab world is silent |
| No justification for war
against Iraq - John Casey,Telegraph |
| Selling Abdullah’s initiative to fanatics on
Capitol Hill - Jamal Khashoggi |
| The
sheriff's come and gone - Meron
Benvenisti, Haaretz |
| A
war of no choice - Israel Harel,
Haaretz |
| Civilized
nations of the world, awake -
Ovadia Soffer, Jpost |
| What
cycle of violence? - Raphael
Israeli, Jpost |
| . |
| March 20 |
| Palestinian
terror, truce talk put PM policy to test - Haaretz |
| Focus:
Cheney's surprise - Aluf Benn,
Haaretz |
| Analysis:
But what can Arafat do? - Danny
Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| Play
it differently, Uncle Sam - Gideon
Samet, Haaretz |
| The
army has changed - Amira Hass,
Haaretz |
| Settler
delusion - David Newman, Jpost |
| A
minority of one - Daniel Pipes,
Jpost |
| . |
| March 19 |
| Analysis: The Cheney Tour, a Confrontation
of Fears - Stratfor |
| American Jews take stand against occupation of Arab
land |
| US ignorance cut Syria out of the
loop - Ibrahim Hamidi |
| Algeria’s elections: return of the Islamist
‘monster?’ -Atmane
Tazaghart |
| Arafat’s advantage, Zinni’s mission and a call for
pragmatism |
| Can Arab world make America change its mind about
Iraq? |
| Sharon
preaches war as Cheney arrives for talks - Independent |
| Stephen
Pollard: If you want proof that terrorism works, look at the plight of Israel - Independent |
| Not
by water alone - Yoel Marcus,
Haaretz |
| The
March surprise - Aluf Benn,
Haaretz |
| Arafat's
second army - Ze'ev Schiff,
Haaretz |
| Recipe
for disaster - Moshe Arens,
Haaretz |
| Land
for peace, then and now - Shlomo
Gazit, Jpost |
| Saudi
totalitarianism - Shlomo Avineri,
Jpost |
| . |
| March 18 |
| Analysis:
Region opposes attack on Iraq -
BBC |
| Change
in the Arab world - Danny
Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| Deception
is no longer an option - Akiva
Eldar, Haaretz |
| Cheney's
challenge - Editorial, Jpost |
| The
risks of compromise - Kenneth J.
Bialkin, Jpost |
| It
ain't over till it's over -Yosef
Goell, Jpost |
| Fear
empties shops and popular cafés -
Stephen Farrel, Times |
| Bush
Enters the Fray - Romesh Patnesar,
Times |
| . |
| March 17 |
| Should
we go to war against Saddam? -
Observer |
| Iran should come before
Iraq - Con Coughlin,Telegraph |
| Only a wall will keep them from each other's
throats - Telegraph |
| Innocent
draw breath as dust of war settles -
Observer |
| Why
Gadaffi isn't evil - Richard
Ingram, Observer |
| Exodus
from Israel - Telegraph |
| Sharon
plays into PLO's bloody hands -
Phil Reeves, Independent |
| Battered
Ramallah greets Zinni's return with anger - Telegraph |
| Sanctify
life, not death - Avner Hai Shaki,
Haaretz |
| Arafat's
empty chair - Zvi Bar'el,
Haaretz |
| In
the name of us all - Gideon Levyl,
Haaretz |
| Make
the PA pay - David M. Weinberg,
Jpost |
| 'The Israeli soldiers came in their tanks and put a gun
to my niece's head. It was terrible. How could they do that to us?' - Idependent |
| All I want is my mother, Chaya said, her body peppered
with nails - Idependent |
| . |
| March 16 |
| Great US trade-off: Calm in
Palestine for war on Iraq - A. Adwan |
| Washington is bent on war
with Baghdad - Michael Jansen |
| Who’s Preventing
Normalization? - David Horovitz,
Jrep |
| What Price Oslo? - Edward Said, Aharam Weekly |
| The critical moment
- Ibrahim Nafie, Aharam Weekly |
| The minimum
requirements - Mustafa Barghouthi,
Ahram Weekly |
| Naked imperialism - Ashraf El-Bayoumi, Aharam Weekly |
| Poll stings US-Kuwaiti
relations - Hamza S. Olayan |
| Sharon disappoints 67 percent of Israelis - Israeli Press |
| What have Arab leaders been telling Cheney about Iraq?
- Arab Press |
| . |
| March 15 |
| Iraq:
the myth and the reality -
Guardian |
| Analysis: Merkava Tank
Attack Will Force Israel To Rethink Tactics |
| Mystery of Israeli ‘spies’ in United States - Ed Blanche |
| Washington’s risky nuclear dance - Marc Sirois |
| ID numbers ink may wash off, but humiliation is
everlasting - Rime Allaf |
| No
cutting corners this time - Ze'ev
Schiff, Haaretz |
| A
much more worrisome ambush - Arieh
O'Sullivan, Jpost |
| Time
for new elections - Yossi Olmert,
Jpost |
| Where
do we go from here? - Boaz Ganor,
Jpost |
| Israel
and the Diaspora in the territories - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| Another
100 days of grace - Yoel Marcus,
Haaretz |
| Getting Saddam, Part II - Romesh Ratnesar, Time |
| . |
| March 14 |
| Robert Fisk: America must need Arab support for another war |
| Arafat: ‘How can the world accept this?’ - Interview |
| Tug-of-war among Kuwaiti Shiites - Hamza S. Olayan |
| An
American-imposed peace -Jerome M.
Segal, Haaretz |
| America
is becoming its own worst enemy -
Anatole Kaletsky, Times |
| Implications
of US-led attack on Iraq - Times |
| At last,
the Security Council equates Palestine and Israel - Independent |
| Mo Mowlam: Some lessons for the Middle East - Independent |
| Mark Steel: Don't ask for the evidence, just nuke Baghdad -Independent |
| Come
together, right now - Wayne
Firestone, Jpost |
| Editorial: Zinni, Tenet and Mitchell - Haaretz |
| Pity
the poor soldiers - Meron
Benvenisti, Haaretz |
| . |
| March 13 |
| Instability on Horizon as Arab
Regimes Remain Indecisive - Stratfor |
| Why
war won't work for Israel - Neill
Lochery, UPI |
| Robert Fisk: Arabs don't want war on Iraq |
| Thomas Friedman: Say that again |
| What happens once Arab peace initiative flops? - Abdeljabbar Adwan |
| Once again, US bows to Israelis over arms for Arabs - Ed Blanche |
| An open letter to US Vice-President Dick Cheney - Saad Mehio |
| Why pour fuel on the fire? - Marc Sirois |
| On
the offensive before the cease-fire
- Arieh O'Sullivan, Jpost |
| Retaining
our humanity - David Newman, Jpost |
| Israeli
spy network in the US? - Daniel
Pipes, Jpost |
| Reluctant
cavalry: US returns cautiously to Mideast diplomacy - Times |
| If Saddam would
fall, Bush should push him - Simon
Jenkins, Times |
| Editorial: Humiliation sows hatred -
Haaretz |
| The
terrorist ruined his morning coffee - Roman Bronfman, Haaretz |
| The
occupied protecting the occupier? -
Amira Hass, Haaretz |
| It's
the nation's responsibility -
Hillel schocken, Haaretz |
| . |
| March 12 |
| The
'new' Saudi plan - Yossi
Ben-Aharon, Jpost |
| Long,
hot wait fuels Palestinian anger -
Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian |
| Tough talk on Iraq - Guardian |
| Dear
Mr Cheney... - Afif Emile Safieh,
Guardian |
| It
ain't over until the Marine general sings - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz |
| The
`67 lines or Sharon's? - Aluf
Benn, Haaretz |
| Courage,
character and Zinni - Yoel Marcus,
Haaretz |
| Bush's
capitulation - Shawn Pine,
Jpost |
| . |
| March 11 |
| The
Cheney Challenge - Times |
| Bombing
shatters illusions in an oasis of civility - Guardian |
| Guard
bundled bomber out of café -
Times |
| Analysis:
The attack on Iraq begins in Ramallah - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| Analysis:
All or nothing - Yossi
Verter, Haaretz |
| Opening
the equation - Amir Oren,
Haaretz |
| Cognitive
dissonance among Israel's Arabs - Ori Nir, Haaretz |
| Editorial: Arafat vs the war on terror - Jpost |
| Clear-cut
victory - Efraim Karsh, Jpost |
| New
response to Palestinian terrorism -
Alan M. Dershowitz, Jpost |
| Thomas Friedmen: A
Foul Wind |
| . |
| March 10 |
| A
tactical concession - Ze'ev
Schiff, Haaretz |
| Small
step, big step - Uzi Benziman,
Haaretz |
| A
question of responsibility - Zvi
Bar'el, Haaretz |
| The
king is cleaning out the stables -
Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| Americans are masters of destruction - Abdel Bari Atwan, Observer |
| Journalist sows
the fragile seeds of peace - Ed
Vulliamy, Observer |
| There is the world. And then there is the Middle
East - Independent |
| Bomber
brings death to my bar - Iniglo
Gilmore, Telegraph |
| Editorial: Rewarding Palestinian terrorism - Jpost |
| Sharon's
annus horribilis - Daniel Bloch,
Jpost |
| Saudi
plan: The Last chance for peace - David
Hirst, Guardian |
| Syria: Purges Clear Way for Bashar Era
- Stratfor |
| Robert Fisk: Bush is doing nothing to stop Israel's immoral civil war |
| . |
| March 9 |
| U.S.
Envoy's Return Is a Setback for Sharon - Nytimes |
| Why U.S.
suddenly decided to engage in the Israeli quagmire - Times |
| America
must exert its power to stop the bloodshed - Independent |
| Faint hope
for envoy's Middle-East mission -
Independent |
| Why Sharon is Talking
About Talks - Tony Karon, Time |
| This is the way the world ends - Hani Shukrallah, Ahram Weekly |
| Brooking no dissent - Gamil Mattar, Ahram Weekly |
| The costs of rejection - Ibrahim Nafie, Ahram Weekly |
| . |
| March 8 |
| Aaronovitch:
Israel has the right to exist but also the duty to concede |
| On
the brink of chaos - Ze'ev Schiff,
Haaretz |
| Editorial: Powell's misfire -
Jpost |
| Money
for peace - Mark A. Heller, Jpost |
| Separation
moves nearer - Gerald M.
Steinberg, Jpost |
| How
long, Mr. Sharon? - Naomi
Ragen, Jpost |
| Editorial: Empty promises -
Haaretz |
| Still
a brigade commander - Yoel Marcus,
Haaretz |
| Balata
has fallen - Ze'ev
Sternhell, Haaretz |
| . |
| March 7 |
| Robert Fisk:
America's morality has been distorted by 11 Septembe |
| More force brings more resistance - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| Take
Saddam, give us Sharon - Aluf
Benn, Haaretz |
| Time
for a decisive showdown - Yisrael
Harel, Haaretz |
| Focus/
Kassam 2: Not all rocket science -
Amnon Barzilai, Haaretz |
| Meet
you in the Center - Yossi Olmert,
Jpost |
| . |
| March 6 |
| Israel's
army of peace - Jonathan
Freedland, Guardian |
| Fists
and gloves: Collective Arab diplomacy will lead nowhere
- Times |
| Only when violence subsides will peace have a
chance - Independent |
| What
the Middle East papers say -
Guardian |
| Blair would follow Bush to Baghdad, but then what? - Times |
| 'For
how long must we suffer' - Margot
Dudkevitch, Jpost |
| The
military plan suffers from a lack of clarity - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz |
| Israeli
attacks paralyze PA government -
Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| Editorial: The helpless government - Haaretz |
| Leading
Israel to a needless war - Reuven
Pedatzur, Haaretz |
| Fear
and loathing in Balata - Amira
Hass, Haaretz |
| Editorial: A robust society
- Jpost |
| The
Jewish people will prevail -
Michael Freund, Jpost |
| Not
before more blood flows - Gideon
Samet, Haaretz |
| . |
| March 5 |
| The
Saudi emir or David Grossman - Zvi
Bar'el, Haaretz |
| Middle East Conflict: The Saudi Plan - Stratfor |
| Hugo Young: Why is
Blair banging the drum for an attack on Iraq? |
| Fighting
those who are prepared to die -
Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz |
| Unstable forces: Sharon, Arafat stumble toward the abyss - Ed Blanche |
| An important seat for the Saudis at the table of
Israeli-Arab peace |
| The school run
on a sunny day - Suzanne
Goldenberg, Guardian |
| War
on the third world - George
Monbiot, Guardian |
| In
defence of oppression - Paul Foot,
Guardian |
| Analysis:
The PM's bluster is frustration - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| Editorial: Religious freedom in Nazareth - Jpost |
| Editorial: A hot-headed government - Haaretz |
| Comment:
War and peace in the Middle East -
Neill Lochery, UPI |
| Do Palestinians have an alternative
to resistance? |
| Israeli hard-liner: ‘Bomb Palestinians first, talk
later’ |
| . |
| March 4 |
| A Glimmer of
Hope: The Saudi bid was partly PR, but now is taking on a life of its own - Newsweek |
| Sharon will
shortly face an unattractive political choice - Times |
| Ailing Sharon
sees support eroding fast -
Richard Beeston, Times |
| Bush's should be warned against going to war with
Iraq - Independent |
| A
Palestinian myth is born, an IDF myth is battered - Haaretz |
| IDF
has yet to learn its roadblock lesson - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz |
| Terrorist
leader not found in the Balata camp - Amos Hare, Haaretz |
| Peace
and quiet with the Christian world -
Ori Nir, Haaretz |
| Editorial: Heading for a crash - Haarerz |
| The
Thelma and Louise of the Middle East - Amir Oren, Haaretz |
| Along
with the hatred and anger - Danny
Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| An
Iraqi solution - Yosef Goell,
Jpost |
| Go
east: Strengthen relations with Asia - Efraim Inbar, Jpost |
| Iraeli Press Review: Winning the battle of Balata doesn’t win
the war |
| . |
| March 3 |
| Thomas Friedman: Wall of Ideas |
| Con Coughlin: War with Saddam
is inevitable |
| Sudan's stolen
children - James
Astill, Observer |
| 'Bombing Saddam
is ignorance' - Henry Porter,
Observer |
| Editorial: The IDF in the refugee camps - Haarerz |
| The
war's seventh day - Michael
Ben-Yair, Haarerz |
| Absolutely
unrelated - Doron Rosenblum,
Haarerz |
| Even
if the fantasies were to come true -
Uzi Benziman, Haaretz |
| Jerusalem's
soft underbelly - Shahar Ilan,
Hararetz |
| Another
incident in the war of attrition -
Ze'ev Schiff, Hararetz |
| Editorial: The media and the Middle East - Jpost |
| Give
Jordan the territories - Walter
Reich, Jpost |
| Trouble
in paradise - Stewart Weiss, Jpost |
| . |
| March 2 |
| Thoughts about America - Edward Said, Ahram Weekly |
| A hoax in holy mantle - Galal Amin, Ahram Weekly |
| Resistance is not a symbol - Azmi Bishara, Ahram Weekly |
| Multiple personality disorder - Hani Shukrallah, Ahram Weekly |
| Handling
the Saudi plan with care - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| A Saudi Smokescreen? - Csmonitor |
| Bahrain's Political Reforms Mask
Power Struggle - Stratfor |
| Robert Fisk: Killing of Jordan police wife seen as warning by al-Qa'ida |
| Focus on the
"Axis of Evil": Iraq -
Foreign Report |
| . |
| March 1 |
| Going
for the snake's head - Ze'ev
Schiff, Haaretz |
| Sharon
in the twilight zone -Doron
Rosenblum, Haaretz |
| 'Until
it's over, or we're told to leave' - Amir Oren, Haaretz |
| Last
year's man - Yoel Esteron,
Haaretz |
| Editorial: Bishara's abuse of democracy - Jpost |
| Conquer
or capitulate - Martin Sherman,
Jpost |
| A
betrayal of trust - Shlomo Riskin,
Jpost |
| Thomas Friedman: One country, two futures |
| Phil Reeves: This Saudi prince's blurred vision could solve the crisis |
