Recent Messages from IRIS List
The IRIS editors have recently completed moving to Israel, and unexpectedly found themselves without Internet access for the past few months. Life seemed much less complex in the days of Mordechai, Esther, and Haman. Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg Tel:972-2-5634426 Political Studies Off:972-3-5318043 (8578) Bar Ilan University FAX:972-3-5357931 Ramat Gan, ISRAEL email: gerald@vms.huji.ac.il http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~steing/index.shtml Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Internet Consortium http://shamash.org
The following articles from the Israeli press were translated and distributed by the Israeli Government Press office. Israel: The Palestinians Have Anti-Tank Guns in Violation of the Accords (Article by Yaakov Galanti, "Ma'ariv", December 16, 1998) Military Intelligence Chief: Palestinian Authority is Not Fighting Terror (Article by Gideon Elon, "Ha'aretz", December 16, 1998)
The following essay is reprinted from the Jerusalem Post with permission. Views expressed are not necessarily those of IRIS or its staff. (The writer is director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University.)
The following article by journalist Nadav Haetzni appeared in last Friday's edition of the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv. EXCLUSIVE: DEATH SENTENCE ON ISRAELIS