november 3, 2006
daniel freedman in the new york sun
“Palestinian gunmen holed up in a mosque escaped Friday as Israeli forces fired at a group of women who streamed to the scene to serve as human shields, killing one and wounding 10, the army and witnesses said. At least two of the escaping gunmen were disguised […]

in today’s new york times, mr. ahmed yousef, senior advisor to the palestinian prime minister, calls for a “pause for peace”
Mr. Yousef offers as precedent to a proposed hudna, or Islamic truce, between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, the cessation of military action in Northern Ireland by the Irish Republican Army. The comparison is specious, […]