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From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) JPOST.COM STAFF | Jerusalem Post | 31 December 2003 A pro-settlement group called the Professors for a Strong Israel petitioned the High Court against evacuation orders of four illegal outposts. The petitioners claim that the orders are illegal and infringe on their basic civil rights. They also claim that settlers have not received sufficient

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Israel National News | 6 January 2004 “Professors for a Strong Israel” has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the orders to uproot unauthorized outposts in Yesha (Judea and Samaria). The orders were decided upon by Prime Minister Sharon and Defense Minister Mofaz, and the petition will be heard this Monday. “Professors

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Professor Arieh Zaritsky | Freeman Center | 23 December 2003 “Academic Freedom” and “Truth” are the most important aspects of life in higher learning institutions, where civilization is preserved and progresses. Indeed, I cherish these values and exercised them during the first 20 years of service at Ben-Gurion University. Then, when the Oslo era

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Joseph Massad | Al-Ahram Weekly | 19-24 February 2004 A crucial goal of Zionism since its inception was to transform European (and later other) Jews into European Christians culturally, while continuing to call them Jews. Joseph Massad* steps into the Benny Morris debate In his recent interview with the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz Benny Morris’s

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Gabriel Ash | YellowTimes | 24 January 2004 Israeli historian Benny Morris crossed a new line of shame when he put his academic credentials and respectability in the service of outlining the “moral” justification for a future genocide against Palestinians. Benny Morris is the Israeli historian most responsible for the vindication of the Palestinian

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Palestinian Child Rights Coalition | Email circular | 17 October 2002 —– Original Message —– From: DCI/PS To: dcipal@palnet.com Cc: jihad@shabaka.net ; pngonet@p-ol.com ; ayed@dci-pal.org Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 1:58 PM Subject: Re: Tel Aviv Conference on Child Protection 17 October 2002 Dear all, We are writing on behalf of the Palestinian Child

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Adi Ophir | Gush Shalom | Not published (see Gush Shalom Comment) Comment in Circular from Gush Shalom (15 January 2004): “Genocide Hides Behind Expulsion” – a response by Philosophy Professor Adi Ophir (Hebrew & English). Ophir offered it to Ha’aretz. It includes a remark against Ha’aretz allowing Morris’ cynicism on its pages. It

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Various (Responses to Benny Morris) | Ha’aretz Daily | 16 January 2003 Last week’s interview with historian Benny Morris (“Survival of the fittest” by Ari Shavit, Haaretz Magazine, January 9, 2004) has generated a deluge of readers’ responses. Here are some selected comments: Squaring the Circle Benny Morris should be congratulated for his candor

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Jonathan Spyer | The Guardian | 14 January 2004 Israeli right-of-centre politics is today turned in on itself. The reason for this derives from the prominence in recent weeks given to proposals for unilateral disengagement by Israel from the Gaza Strip and the greater part of the West Bank, in the event of the

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Benny Morris | The Guardian | 14 January 2004 In 1948, thousands of Palestinians fled their homes in what is now Israel, and became refugees. Both sides have blamed each other ever since. But new documents show neither is entirely innocent, argues Benny Morris First, there were the faces, the old Palestinian women huddled