Date of source: Friday, March 21, 2003
The author argues that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict cannot be stripped of its Islamic religious dimension. He explains what he means by the Islamic dimension of the conflict and whether it means marginalizing the national Palestinian dimension.
Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2003
Dr. Lawrence Levine, professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, New York, US, and an Orthodox Jew, comments on the article “The lie of the awaited Messiah,” published in Al-Ahram Al-Arabi. He explains whether the article represents the consensus among Orthodox Jews.
Date of source: Friday, March 14, 2003
Jerusalem has been an Arab city since its foundation. Islam came to make it the holy city for the followers of all revealed religions. The author wonders when and how Jerusalem became the spiritual homeland of Jews. The Torah was not revealed there and kings David and Solomon lived in it for a...
Date of source: Friday, March 7, 2003
Those who deny the Islamic identity of Jerusalem and want to secularize the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and strip it of its Islamic nature seek to limit the conflict to a Palestinian national issue, making Jerusalem just a Palestinian piece of land.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 28, 2003
The author comments on the relations between Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem and on the city itself as a symbol of their national unity.
Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2003
The difference between the Israeli and Egyptian press in reporting news related to the Palestinian and Israeli attacks reflect the polarization taking place. A major difference is in reporting and selecting news and quotes. That is most remarkable in the way the Palestinian condemnation of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 4, 2003
The Egyptian weekly Akher Saa published a number of articles with the title: “They sow hatred, malice and war.” [AWR, 2003, week 4, art. 26; week 6, art. 33; week 7, art. 37] The ‘they´ in the title refers to Israelis and Jews. Akher Saa lifts out negative statements on Arabs and Islam from Israeli...
Date of source: Thursday, February 20, 2003
Article with comments.
Date of source: Sunday, February 23, 2003
Article with comments.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 12, 2003
The Jewish Holy Book makes Isaac the hero of the story of the sacrifice and not Ishmael who was the only and firstborn son of Abraham before the birth of Isaac. This is an intended distortion made for the benefit of the history of the Israeli people.