The Sham(s) Movement at Harvard

By Orit Arfa
Published on March 15, 2013

So you want to know if a ‘Third Intifada’ is coming…

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on February 25, 2013

Yasser Arafat planned the second intifada, his widow says

Published on December 31, 2012

Yasser Arafat planned the second intifada, his widow said in a television interview.

Jailed in Israel, Marwan Barghouti says he’ll be president of Palestine

Published on December 27, 2012

Marwan Barghouti, a convicted terrorist jailed in Israel, said he will be the president of a Palestinian state.

Hamas leader calls for third intifada

Published on December 26, 2012

A senior Hamas leader called for a third intifada, including suicide bus bombings in Israel.

Palestinian PM responds to unrest with economic program

Published on September 11, 2012

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the key target of nine days of socio-economic protests throughout the West Bank, responded on Tuesday to some of the demands that have been prominent during the course of demonstrations that have become increasingly violent in recent days.

Prof. Jones’ ‘tear down this wall’ debate

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on August 28, 2012

The true story behind the most famous story of the second intifada, and the media war

Published on February 17, 2012

On September 30th, 2000, during the Al-Aqsa Intifada, one photo was all over the news. The photo showed a little boy, crying, leaning against a wall, with his father sitting in front of him, crying as well and trying to protect his son.

Facebook removes Third Intifada page

Published on March 29, 2011

Facebook has removed a page calling for a third Palestinian uprising against Israel, but a new one quickly took its place. Nearly 350,000 people had registered for the "Third Palestinian Intifada" page, established on Facebook earlier this month. The page, which calls for a third Palestinian uprising to begin May 15, included quotes and film clips calling for killing Jews and Israelis, and for "liberating" Jerusalem and Palestine using violence. It also directs users to related content on Twitter, YouTube and elsewhere on the internet.

Facebook to monitor intifada page, won’t remove it

Published on March 28, 2011

Facebook will monitor a page calling for a third Palestinian uprising against Israel but will not remove it. "Third Palestinian Intifada," established on Facebook less than a month ago, calls for a third Palestinian uprising to begin May 15. The page, which as of March 27 had more than 330,000 friends, includes quotes and film clips calling for killing Jews and Israelis, and for "liberating" Jerusalem and Palestine using violence. It also directs users to related content on Twitter, YouTube and elsewhere.

Analysis: Unchecked settler violence sparks fears of new intifada

By Leslie Susser
Published on December 11, 2008

The violent settler response to the evacuation of the building, dubbed the House of Contention by Israeli media and called the Peace House by settlers, was symptomatic of a relatively new phenomenon: growing numbers of radical settlers who feel alienated from the state, don't accept its authority and are ready to use violence to prevent it from taking action against settler interests.

Akko riots expose Israel’s Arab-Jewish tinderbox

By Leslie Susser
Published on October 13, 2008

With the Jews mistrustful and the Arabs resentful, violence has the potential to set ethnic tensions aflame and shatter the uneasy coexistence that prevails.

History Behind What Makes Hamas Tick

By Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Published on February 2, 2006

Hamas, which will form the next Palestinian Authority government, has an ideology that is based on the destruction of Israel through jihad, or Muslim "holy war." The group's 1988 charter states that "Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it."

Letters

Published on September 29, 2005

I support Rabbi David Wolpe's position entirely ("We Must Condemn Heartless Bilge," Sept. 16). Rav Ovadiah Yosef has made Israel look very bad.

Spectator - Music First,

By Tom Tugend
Published on June 23, 2005

Even during the tensest days of the intifada, the four Jewish and four Arab musicians of the SheshBesh ensemble performed before mixed -- and appreciative -- audiences.

The ensemble's fusion of western and Asian music and instruments can be heard Sunday, June 26, at Temple Israel of Hollywood, as part of the temple's Nimoy Concert Series.

Jerusalem Becomes Queen of ‘Kingdom’

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on May 5, 2005

In 1986, Oscar-nominated production designer Arthur Max ("Gladiator") visited Jerusalem in the midst of the intifada.

"People told me not to go almost everywhere, but I went everywhere," said Max, who is Jewish. "Of course, some of the Old City was closed off for security reasons, but I went to the Western Wall and into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. And I stood on top of the Jaffa Gate and I looked out over what to me always had been a name, and suddenly I felt connected to my heritage, a close connection to all the Jewish history I had studied as a bar mitzvah.

Max drew on those feelings to recreate medieval Jerusalem for "Kingdom of Heaven," in which the protagonists also journey to Jerusalem to connect to their religious roots. The Ridley Scott film revolves around a crusader (Orlando Bloom) swept up in the 12th-century battle between Christian King Balian and Muslim leader Saladin.

Is It Good for Them?

By Rob Eshman
Published on April 28, 2005

Earlier this week, an official in the ruling Palestinian leadership sat down for dinner at the Beverly Hills estate of a wealthy Jewish businessman and listened to a plan to save Palestine.

Briefs

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on March 17, 2005

This year, the People of the Book will miss out on the largest book festival in town, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Sharon, Abbas Meet in ‘Summit of Hope’

By Dina Kraft
Published on February 10, 2005

Israelis are calling the Sharm el Sheik summit, held next to the sparkling waves of the Red Sea, the "Summit of Hope" -- hope that the speeches and handshakes really will signify the end of four and a half years of bloodletting and despair.

Is France Hopeless?

By Rob Eshman
Published on February 3, 2005

One morning in April 2002, CNN Frankfurt bureau chief Chris Burns stepped into Emanuel Weintraub's Paris apartment near the Eiffel Tower, took a look around, and said, "We thought you'd be packing. Where are the suitcases?"

Rabin’s Daughter Seeks Aid for Center

By Tom Tugend
Published on January 6, 2005

Nearly a decade after the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, his daughter fears that Israeli society has not yet faced up to the underlying causes of the horrifying crime by a Jewish extremist.

International Left Rooting for Barghouti

By Larry Derfner
Published on December 30, 2004

Progressives of the world, including those in Israel, have a thing about Marwan Barghouti and with good reason: He's so cool. He's the coolest

Palestinian since Yasser Arafat first turned up in a keffiyeh and Ray Bans.

Journalist Patrick Bishop put it just right recently in England's Daily Telegraph, writing Barghouti up as a celebrity revolutionary:

Israelis Question Army Morality

By Leslie Susser
Published on December 16, 2004

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says the IDF remains the most moral army he knows, but critics suggest that the relentless terrorist war has brutalized young soldiers who frequently vent their frustrations on Palestinian civilians.

Barghouti Release Would Reward Terror

By Amira Schiff
Published on December 2, 2004

Barghouti rose to public attention as a leader of the first Palestinian intifada (1987-1993) and an alternative leadership to Arafat's Tunis-based elite. In the 1990s, Barghouti was considered to be a pragmatist, and some even considered him a supporter of the peace process with Israel.

The Occupier

By Rob Eshman
Published on November 18, 2004

Yasser, it's not like we hardly knew ye. We knew ye all too well.

Cheney’s Israel-Iraq Comment Misleads

By Janine Zacharia
Published on October 14, 2004

Israel has received scant attention in the run-up to the Nov. 2 presidential election. Iraq and the war against Al Qaeda have dominated the foreign policy discussions. And with neither candidate sketching out an approach to resuming the peace process, both sides prefer instead to simply affirm support for Israel's right to defend itself, a mutual stance that requires little dialogue.

The subject, however, has not been overlooked altogether. In the first presidential debate on Sept. 30, both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry said success was necessary in Iraq to ensure Israel's safety. And in last Friday's second debate, Bush used a question on how he planned to repair broken relations with other countries to reflect on unpopular decisions he has made, including rejecting P.A. Chairman Yasser Arafat as a negotiating partner.

Bloody Cycle Marks 4th Year of Intifada

By Gil Sedan
Published on September 30, 2004

Four years ago this week, all hell broke loose in Israel.

From Durban to Beersheba

By Harold Brackman
Published on September 30, 2004

The horrid bus bombings in Beersheba on Tuesday, which claimed the lives of 16 Israelis, including a 3-year-old boy, are grim reminders that the war on terror continues to rage in Israel.

Madonna, Marla Do Tashlich in Tel Aviv

By Dina Kraft
Published on September 23, 2004

Pop diva Madonna was among the praying, swaying and singing masses of kabbalah enthusiasts who made the pilgrimage to Israel for the High Holidays, seeking spiritual transformation through a brand of Jewish mysticism.

Turmoil Could Bring Chance for Progress

By Leslie Susser
Published on July 22, 2004

Few doubt that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan has the potential to become a watershed event in Middle Eastern politics, and it already is causing major upheavals in both internal Israeli and Palestinian politics.

Letter to Jason Alexander: OneVoice Off Key

By Frimet Roth
Published on March 11, 2004

OneVoice's sound-bite version of this conflict is misleading. Enticing, no doubt, but grossly inaccurate. Crucial facts have been omitted, and it's easy to see why. They punch holes in the attractive solution your minders have sold you -- the solution you are peddling to us.

U.S. Must Move Embassy to Jerusalem

By Nathan D. Wirtschafter
Published on January 29, 2004

As part of the war on terror, it's time for the United States to move its embassy to Jerusalem and effectively end the dispute over Israel's capital. More than three years ago, Yasser Arafat branded the Palestinian Authority's terror campaign against Israel the "Al Aqsa Intifada."

L.A. Music Man Is Homeward Bound

By Ellen Jaffe-Gill
Published on November 27, 2003

Zubin Mehta, one of Southern California's favorite musicmakers, will return to his old stomping grounds Dec. 10 to conduct the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's (IPO) first Los Angeles concert in three years.

Hispanic Tourists Top Israel Wish List

By David Finnigan
Published on November 6, 2003

Israel's Ministry of Tourism, facing a 50 percent drop in tourism since the intifada began three years ago, is making an aggressive push into a fresh territory of potential new tourists: Hispanic Evangelical Christians.

Life With A Terror Twist

By Gregory Rodriguez
Published on September 18, 2003

I was drinking a martini on the terrace of the King David Hotel when I started counting sirens. An ultra-Orthodox social worker had told me earlier in the week that that is what people often do here, count sirens. One siren is probably a heart attack. Two might be a fire. If you hear three, you had best turn on the news.

Bombings Damage Peace Plan Further

By Dan Baron
Published on September 11, 2003

Two suicide bombings struck the Jewish State Tuesday, killing at least 15 victims and wounding dozens. The two attacks left the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan in tatters and marked a new surge of deadly violence in the nearly 3-year-old intifada.

State of Siege

By Rob Eshman
Published on August 21, 2003

‘Terrorist’ Helped Israeli Heal

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on May 29, 2003

The straightforward but intensely personal piece stands out amid the flurry of third-person documentaries emerging on the Middle East crisis, including Ilan Ziv's 2002 suicide bombing expose, "Human Weapon," and Oliver Stone's "Persona Non Grata".

Labor Sinks to New Low as Mitzna Quits

By Leslie Susser
Published on May 8, 2003

Amram Mitzna's decision to abdicate the leadership of the Labor Party after just months on the job seems to signal the lowest ebb for a party that dominated Israeli life for decades.

StandWithUs Hosts Second Conference

By Rachel Brand
Published on April 24, 2003

When 14-year-olds Kobi Mandel and Yosef Ishran were found brutally stoned to death by Palestinian terrorists on May 9, 2001, Jews around the world mourned.

by Eric Silver Jerusalem Correspondent

Published on March 27, 2003

If there is one thing Israelis have learned -- from the two and a half years of the present intifada and from all the battles that preceded it over 54 years -- it is that there are no surgical wars.

Beware of a ‘Farhoud’

By Ehud Ya’ari
Published on February 20, 2003

Is the United States going to fight for that New Babylon, a democratic, peace-loving, malice-free Iraq that will serve as a model for the whole Arab re-gion? The answer is probably "yes."

Intifada Put Aside in Slaying of Two Girls

By Helen Schary Motro
Published on December 19, 2002

Two child murders in Israel pushed all else off the Israeli news. The intifada, next month's elections, the souring economy and soaring poverty levels, all were forgotten by a country obsessed with the almost simultaneous disappearance of two girls in Jerusalem -- one Jewish, the other Arab.

DeLay’s Dilemma

By James D. Besser
Published on November 21, 2002

Pitched partisan battles are what's in store for the upcoming 108th Congress.

Cal Keeps Class, Yanks Description

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on October 3, 2002

"Since the inception of the Intifada in September of 2000, Palestinians have been fighting for their right to exist.

Intifada Fruits: A Palestinian Perspective

By Muhammed El-Hasan
Published on October 3, 2002

What were the Palestinians thinking when they revolted against Israel two years ago?

Intifada Gains Palestinians Nothing

By Leslie Susser
Published on September 19, 2002

Israeli society has been bruised and brutalized by two years of Palestinian terror and violence, but as the intifada enters its third year, it has brought the Palestinians no political gain whatsoever.

Intifada at a Turning Point?

By Naomi Segal
Published on September 12, 2002

Could Israel and the Palestinians be reaching a turning point in their violent conflict?

The Palestinians’ Yom Kippur

By Eric Silver
Published on September 12, 2002

It's as if the Palestinians are having their own Yom Kippur this year.

Terrorists in Old City

By Gil Sedan
Published on August 29, 2002

Since the intifada began two years ago, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert had boasted that Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem had opted to stay out of the violence for fear of losing Israeli social service benefits.

The Irrelevance of Arab Hatred

By Larry Derfner
Published on August 22, 2002

The consensus view of the intifada among Israelis, Diaspora Jews and American conservatives -- that it's caused by Arab hatred and rejection of Israel -- is nothing but a lousy excuse.

Labor’s New Favorite

By Eric Silver
Published on August 22, 2002

At times of crisis, Israelis reach for a general. Public anxiety brought Moshe Dayan to the Defense Ministry on the eve of the 1967 Six-Day War, Yitzhak Rabin to the premiership after the traumatic near-defeat in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the aging Ariel Sharon to power in the midst of the intifada in 2001.

Sharon’s Fine Line

By Leslie Susser
Published on August 8, 2002

As Palestinian terrorism takes an ever-increasing toll, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is seeking to walk a fine line: taking tougher measures to deter terrorists without escalating the situation further.

Slam Dunk Bat Mitzvah

By Julie G Fax
Published on August 8, 2002

A couple of months before her bat mitzvah last year, Atara Rush, a seventh-grader at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, attended the Israel Solidarity Rally in front of The Jewish Federation headquarters on Wilshire Boulevard. Someone handed her a poster to hold up. It was from the Israel Emergency Solidarity Fund (IESF), and on it were the faces of more than 100 Israelis killed in the current intifada. She spent the entire rally memorizing those faces.

Mother, Let’s Talk

By Jenna Ziman
Published on June 27, 2002

There is nothing easy about telling your mom you are moving to Israel. It might have been easy two years ago, but not now.

Rallying

By Rob Eshman
Published on April 11, 2002

Not showing up for rallies is not just a Jewish phenomenon. All community organizers complain about the difficulty of mobilizing the masses in a city that lacks good public transportation, a central square, cheap parking. When the Police Commission voted on Tuesday against a second season for Chief Bernard Parks, where was the march on downtown from his many vocal supporters? According to KPCC, one angry woman showed up at City Hall. Urban sprawl dampens urban activism.

Strength in Numbers

By Michael Aushenker
Published on April 11, 2002

"A-RA-FAT! TER-ROR-IST!"

The message was loud and clear: Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, with terrorist backing by Iran and Iraq, was considered no less a monster than Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Ladin. That was the message backed by thousands of Southland residents who lined Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood with signs, balloons and Israeli and American flags last Sunday to show their support for the state of Israel and their disgust with the escalation of Arab-backed terrorism that has taken scores of innocent civilian lives since the second Intifada began in the fall of 2000.

A Letter to Tom Friedman

By Rabbi David Eliezrie
Published on March 14, 2002

Dear Tom,

I heard you had a great trip to Saudi Arabia. In the privacy of their homes people removed their veils and expressed their true feelings. Even the crown prince, the guy who really runs Saudi Arabia, spent some time with you.

Cycle of Bloodshed

By Larry Derfner
Published on March 7, 2002

There is a new rhythm to the terror attacks against Israelis: They are coming in one-two punches, leaving the country staggering.

In or Out?

By Larry Derfner
Published on February 14, 2002

"We have no intention of reconquering the Palestinian areas," Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told a news conference this week, repeating a common refrain of the Sharon government.