Date of source: Thursday, October 21, 1999
Hamas, the main Palestinian opposition movement, recently reaffirmed its opposition to the Middle East peace process on the grounds that it would neither enable the Palestinian people to recover their minimum legitimate rights nor realize their national aspirations.
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 1999
Hamas received a serious and surprising blow in Jordan when plainclothes intelligence officers stormed and closed down the offices of four Amman-based Hamas representatives on Monday [August 30, 1999]. They arrested 15 activists. In addition, a summons warrant was issued for the four top-ranking...
Date of source: Thursday, April 1, 1999 to Wednesday, April 7, 1999
Fat-h, the backbone of the Palestinian Authority (PA), suffered a significant setback in recent student elections in universities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in what some observers say reflects plummeting support among ordinary Palestinians for the policies of the PA led by President Yasser...
Date of source: Thursday, February 18, 1999 to Wednesday, February 24, 1999
250.000 Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem held prayers in unison and attentively listened to rabbis who lashed out at the high court, accusing it of "corroding the Jewish character of our society". Demonstrators in a smaller demonstration of some 50,000 secular-minded Israelis chanted slogans in defense...