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Tuesday, April 16, 2002

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That�s Entertainment


The idea was just to get away from it all. More...


 
Losing the Media Battle
The Foreign Ministry says it is refining and improving its PR. More...


 
�We Too Were Strangers�
Australian Jews demand a better deal for Muslim asylum-seekers -- but some worry that it may boomerang on their own intifada-stressed community. More...


 
Love Is in the Mail
An obsessed self-absorbed lover�s letters to his penpal become the vehicle for madness in David Grossman�s novel More...


 
Terrorized
ASTOUNDINGLY, AT A TIME when Yasser Arafat�s strategic embrace of terrorism is cynically, viciously, bloodily evident every day, there are still innumerable international leaders, policymakers and journalists who insist on viewing this escalated conflict as one between a Palestinian David legitimately resisting occupation and seeking statehood, and an Israeli Goliath denying it independence. More...


The Real War of Independence
Seder night will go down in history as the night the Palestinians lost everything -- their quest for independence, their institutions, their hopes and their dreams. More...


Ramallah Plus
Arafat�s house arrest should be temporary. More...


Stars of Their Paranoia
No one sees an Irish name as the credits roll on the screen and thinks the Irish are sneaking an evil message into the plot line. More...


Book Reviews

Love Is in the Mail
Matt Nesvisky
An obsessed self-absorbed lover�s letters to his penpal become the vehicle for madness in David Grossman�s novel
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The Al-Jazeera Revolution
The Al-Jazeera Revolution Qatar has discovered a new commodity more precious than its gas and oil - power-generating satellite TV
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At Issue

Quote · Unquote
�This is our Independence Day gift.�
An Israeli soldier, quoted in the Hebrew media on April 16, Independence Day eve, on the previous evening�s capture in Ramallah of Marwan Barghouti, the West Bank Fatah leader said by Israel to have orchestrated numerous attacks on Israelis.

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Stock Market
Date: Apr 15
  Pts. %
TA-100 375.76 +0.02
Maof 389.16 +0.21
Yeter 219.68 -0.34
Turnover 177m.

Currencies
Date: Apr 15
  NIS %
USD 4.7930 -0.125
EURO 4.2205 -0.175
DM
Stg 6.8892 -0.080
100 Yen 3.6436 +0.239
Basket 4.8384 -0.114

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