Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 1999
What are the appropriate criteria by which to evaluate enterprises of conquest and settlement? What is the role of the Bible?...The obvious contradiction between what some claim to be God’s will and ordinary civilized, decent behavior poses the question as to whether God is a chauvinistic,...
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 1999
Two weeks after the government closure of Hamas offices in Amman, the Muslim Brotherhood and the government have yet to reach a mutually-agreeable solution to the tension that has arisen over the crackdown on the Palestinian movement.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 1999
Jordan’s clampdown on the activities of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, is bound to put an end to complaints by the Palestine National Authority and Israel, diplomats and political analysts said on Tuesday.
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 1999
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, says it plans to establish a new "national body" before year’s end to replace the Palestine Liberation Organization, which it describes as obsolete.
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 1999 to Wednesday, September 1, 1999
Palestinian police have detained 90 Hamas activists in the last few days in response to attempts by the Islamic militant group to carry out attacks on Israelis, a Hamas leader and Palestinian officials said on Thursday.
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999
The Holy City of Bethlehem will launch a 16-month extravaganza of religious, artistic, and cultural events on November 28 1999 to help reestablish the sacred town on the world tourism map.
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999 to Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Cypriots are obsessed by centuries-old animosities and who remain loyal to religious and ethnic lines drawn as far back as the Middle Ages, just like the peoples of the Balkans. The apparent obsession with religion as the ultimate decider of who is friend, and who foe.
It places Cyprus on a par...
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, 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...
Date of source: Monday, January 11, 1999
Maximus Hakim is Patriarch of the Greek Catholic Church in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and the rest of the Arab countries. Patriarch Hakim was born in Egypt and then went to Palestine where he stayed until the 1967 war. He says he does not think the Israelis would be committed to...