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19. Israel calls for the building of a synagogue and a Wailing Wall in Cairo
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 1999
The Israeli government has officially requested Egypt that it [be allowed to] build in Cairo the largest synagogue in the Middle East together with a Wailing Wall. Israel said in its request that was sent via diplomatic channels, that Egypt’s acceptance to this request will assure and strengthen...
4. Hamas leader remains defiant
Date of source: Thursday, March 4, 1999 to Wednesday, March 10, 1999
Since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by the Israeli intelligence service, the Mossad, in September 1997, the Amman-based chief of Hamas’ political bureau, Khalid Misha’al, has been living under tight security. Misha’al knows all too well that he is still likely to be targeted by the...
15. Israel at war over its ’Jewish character’
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...
2. A Jihad against time
Date of source: Thursday, February 4, 1999 to Wednesday, February 10, 1999
Fundamentalists, in particular the Islamist variety, relate to religious concepts, including the concept of Jihad, in an instrumentalist approach which is nearly always absolutist, that is, it entails an absolute assertion of one, generally de-contextualized, aspect of religion and a total...
10. The town of Nazareth denies the existence of struggle between the Christians and the Muslims among the inhabitants of the city
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 1999
The Township of Nazareth denied that there is a struggle between the Christians and the Muslims on a piece of land.

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