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currently in the news. A general list of Israel-related
sites is also available.
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of the site or views expressed there.
Israel's 50th Anniversary - Independence Day 1998
Israel's Foreign Ministry
presents documents and exhibits about Israel's 50th, including the text of Israel's
Declaration of Independence and links to commemorative sites in Israel and abroad.
"State of Israel Is Born" read
the banner headline of the Palestine Post - now the Jerusalem Post. This
commemorative edition is available on the web.
A new study,
thoroughly documented by the Zionist Organization of America,
reveals that allegations of a 1948 Jewish massacre of Arab civilians in the town of
Deir Yassin are entirely false.
Palestinians Fail to Fulfill their Obligations
One year after the January 1997 Hebron agreement, the Palestinians have
failed to carry out
any of their commitments.
Jewish Extremist Jailed for "Muhammed/Pig" Poster
Tatiana Soskin
Web Page describes the case of the Jewish woman sentenced to imprisonment
in January 1998 for distributing a poster portraying the Muslim prophet Mohammed
as a pig.
Links: Israeli Current Events