No. 45 - In This Issue

Ever since the suicide bombings on July 30 in a Jerusalem market, Netanyahu has been exploiting the tragedy as a step towards imposing his interpretation of the final agreement: "Oslo minus." Roni Ben Efrat analyzes his strategy and Arafat’s response. Khalid Amayreh, a reporter from Hebron, looks at the background of the bombings.
Diana Mardi reports on an incident that epitomizes the tug-of-war between the two leaders, which is leading to a "lebanonization" of the Occupied Territories.
Roni Ben Efrat, Stephen Langfur and Assaf Adiv review a recent report by the Palestinian Legislature on wanton corruption in Arafat’s cabinet.
Advocate Allegra Pacheco writes about the hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel repeatedly without charges or trial. She describes a petition to the High Court by Abed Al-Ahmar, who has been in such "administrative detention" for almost two years.
Stephen Langfur reviews a new work on the treatment of the Arab-Israeli conflict in the history textbooks used in Israeli schools. Hadas Lahav reports on a unique summer camp that aims to introduce Palestinian pupils, both from Israel and the Territories, to a heritage their schools are ignoring.
Sumana Ramanan follows the Palestinian cross-stitch all the way from Ein Areek to Jerusalem: a veritable ‘Via Dolorosa.’ Finally, we report on Karem a-Dalak, a Jaffa neighborhood slated for renovation, where sixty artists have joined the residents in order to fight the city’s attempt to evict them.