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Olive Harvest Campaign Dates: October 15 – November 15, 2002 Training: Orientation and training is mandatory for all who are coming to join the ISM campaign. Even ifyou have been on previous ISM campaigns or otherwise have significant experience in theregion, affinity group building and updates on the situation are important elements of thetraining and … Read more

Who doesn’t remember the picture: a Jew is put on trial in Moscow as a Zionist spy. Familymembers and friends come to observe the trial but are turned away. No place left, they are told,all the seats have already been taken. And indeed, KGB agents have filled the hall early, andwith the entrance of the … Read more

The first Israeli victim of Saddam Hussein is a Zionist myth on which we were brought up. It stated that Israel is a haven for all the Jews in the world. In all the other countries, Jewslive in perpetual fear that a cruel persecutor will arise, as happened in Germany. Israel isthe safe haven, to … Read more

it has been so stressful again here in Ramallah, not only strict curfewand the sounds of bombing and shooting basically all night, but today,emergency has meant that many people, simple ordinary citizens, arein a serious need of assistance: two old people on their own right behind the Muqata’a ( the president’s compound) with all their … Read more

While I am writing this, Yasser Arafat is still alive. But his life is hanging on a thread. When we visited him the last time in his bombed-out Mukata’ah compound in Ramallah, I warnedhim that Sharon is determined to kill him. Everybody acquainted with Sharon knows that he never lets go. When he does not … Read more

And other updates By Paul Larudee By Paul Larudee The young wife of Amer Nabulsi (not his real name) had a special way of coping with his death. Shedecorated their room with pictures of children and young couples, valentine hearts, teddybears, and other irrepressibly cute images. Some were happy, a few sad, and others in … Read more

A person who died 1900 years ago was summoned this week by Ariel Sharon to appear before hisverbal kangaroo court. That, in itself, is not surprising. In Jewish consciousness, there is no clear borderlinebetween past and present, as there is none between history and myth. This may be the result ofliving outside history for thousands … Read more