MetaFilter posts tagged with middleeast and arafat

"An Uncovered Woman and Beatle-Haired Men Will Never Liberate Our Holy Places."

zarq — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:34:56 -0800

From the BBC blog of documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis: "Save Your Kisses For Me: How the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and the Israeli Right became co-dependents in an abusive relationship." Includes images / film clips from the BBC news archive. Curtis: Pre vio usly on Meta fil ter)

Rastafari — Thu, 04 Apr 2002 20:10:33 -0800

As the violence in the Middle East escalates, and Arab anger grows over American support of Israel (especially among the masses), is another oil embargo possible? Oil may be the Arab world's daily bread, but it's also its only weapon — if, say, Arafat is killed or Israel goes too far in its incursions into Palestinian territories, popular sentiment in the already-shaky local regimes could force Arab governments to put up a show of defiance to calm their constituencies.

Arafat is Dead Man Walking

Niahmas — Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:24:28 -0800

Arafat is Dead Man Walking Looking grim here in the Old USA. Wonder what the future holds?

Yasir Arafat , in his own words: "The Palestinian Vision of Peace."

Voyageman — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 08:54:54 -0800

Yasir Arafat , in his own words: "The Palestinian Vision of Peace." New York Times Op-ed contribution this weekend, in case it was missed (reg req)

Israel proposes gradual withdrawal from Area A.

martz — Thu, 20 Dec 2001 03:29:48 -0800

Israel proposes gradual withdrawal from Area A. here's the next step in Israeli policy, and just to show we're not all talk, IDF troops begin withdrawal from positions in Ramallah area. This has been tried several times before, yet Arafat has never been proven successful in stopping terror. Will things turn out any different this time?

The "Face of Terror"?

MattS — Wed, 12 Dec 2001 12:07:09 -0800

The "Face of Terror"? W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. I haven't seen propaganda like this before. An interesting take on Arafat. Take a closer look.

"...either Arafat brings justice to [the suicide bombing victims] and fights terrorism, or we will have to do it ourselves."

Neale — Mon, 03 Dec 2001 09:41:00 -0800

"...either Arafat brings justice to [the suicide bombing victims] and fights terrorism, or we will have to do it ourselves." Has the War on Terrorism created a precedent for any state to assult/invade another state which has perpetrated a terrorist attack on them..? [more inside]

Bush had plans to back Arafat

swift — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:15:39 -0800

Bush had plans to back Arafat before 9/11.