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The departure of CNN news executive Eason Jordan came swiftly after reports of his apparent claim at a forum in Switzerland that journalists in Iraq had been deliberately killed by American soldiers. Offering no evidence to support the charge, Jordan resigned under a hail of criticism. In just months, CBS ousted senior executives held responsible for airing a disastrously flawed segment on President Bush's Air National Guard service. So, too, the New York Times and USA Today acted within months against serial falsifiers Jayson Blair and Jack Kelley, firing senior executives as well as the individual perpetrators, and instituting measures...

For more than a quarter of a century, the U.N. has actively encouraged terrorism by rewarding its primary practitioners, legitimating it as a tactic, condemning its victims when they try to defend themselves and describing the murderers of innocent children as "freedom fighters." No organization in the world today has accorded so much legitimacy to terrorism as has the U.N.[snip]There are numerous occupied peoples around the world seeking statehood or national liberation, including the Tibetans, Kurds, Turkish Armenians and Palestinians. Only one of these groups has received official recognition by the U.N., including observer status and invitations to speak and...

Archive  Hunting For Suicide BombersIsrael’s elite undercover units take fire from human rights groups. But where would Israel be without them? Samuel M. KatzWord of the suicide bombing at the Jerusalem pedestrian mall spread quickly from village to village throughout the West Bank. Throngs of young unemployed men filled the mosques, eager to hear sermons hailing Hamas’s deadly work on Ben Yehuda Street. It was early September 1997, and the streets of Nablus had an air of celebration and victory. Among the Palestinian revelers were two black men wearing galabiya robes who had stopped by the mosques to hear...

Even the yuppies have had it She wears Prada, Yves Saint Laurent and Fendi but, even for Samar Daoud, occupation is occupation is occupationHer kitchen is by the exclusive Israeli firm of Kastiel. Stainless steel, stone, and wood. As is most of the living room furniture. Paintings by Tamar Bachar of Herzliya hang on the walls. Her clothing and handbags are Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, Fendi, Christian Dior and Thierry Mugler. The CDs are Miles Davis, Barbra Streisand, Omro Diab and Dalida. The coffee table books are Picasso, Delacroix, Matisse, Moroccan interior design, "All that Remains" by Palestinian historian Walid...

U.S. President George W. Bush has been adamant since Sept. 11 about stopping terrorism, but he took a firm step in the opposite direction in his speech yesterday. He should have told the Palestinians clearly and unequivocally that their 21-month campaign of violence against Israel is unacceptable and must conclude before any discussion of rewards can be started. Instead, the President outlined his vision for a "provisional" Palestinian state and demanded an end to what he called "Israeli settlement activity in the occupied territories." Both of these constitute very major benefits to the Palestinians; as such, they represent rewards for...