50 years of Arab dispossession
since the creation of the
State of Israel
| Special pages commemorating 50 years of Arab dispossession since the creation of the State of Israel |
| Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 |
Israel's 50th anniversary celebrations were in full swing last Thursday, the day when, according to the Jewish calendar, the state of Israel was established. The celebrations, held in major Western capitals, were attended by leading public figures and heads of state. Hollywood joined in the jamboree with a special programme hosted by Michael Douglas and Kevin Costner, featuring luminaries such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Bates, Winona Ryder and President Clinton, all of whom paid tribute to Israel's greatness. Common to all the celebrations, as Edward Said notes, was the attempt to project the old-fashioned image of Israel as a haven of enlightened liberalism in a sea of Arab fanaticism and to obliterate the fact that half a century has gone by without Israeli restitution or acknowledgement of Palestinian human rights and without connecting the abnegation of those rights to Israel's official policies
1948-1998
Edward Said:
Fifty years of dispossession
In the United States, celebrations of Israel's fifty years as a state have tried to project an image of the country that went out of fashion since the Palestinian Intifada (1987-92): a pioneering state, full of hope and promise for the survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, a haven of enlightened liberalism in a sea of Arab fanaticism and reaction. --read on--'Real Jews'
How does Israel defend its interests abroad? In the first of an occasional series, Peter Snowdon in Paris calls round for a cup of coffee and a chat with the young Zionists of the Betar-TagarSwimming against the Seine
It was a great 50th birthday party for Israel in France, writes Hosni Abdel-Rahim, where anti-Zionism is now tantamount to anti-Semitism
Israeli soldier standing guard on the roof of the Israeli prime minister's office where US and Israeli flags flutter in the wind;
Toasting the anniversary of Israel and
US Vice-President Al Gore's belated 50th birthday;
The Prince of Wales wearing kippa at the United Synagogue in London where he attended a service to mark Israel's 50th anniversary on 29th of April
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