-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:20:16 -0500 From: MER Press Alert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PRESS ALERT - Deheishe Camp, The Pope, and "The Peace Process" - _______ ____ ______ / |/ / /___/ / /_ // M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\ http://www.MiddleEast.Org P R E S S A L E R T PROFESSOR HISHAM AHMED FROM DEHEISHE REFUGEE CAMP Yesterday, after the Pope left Deheishe Refugee Camp near Bethlehem, residents of the Camp battled with the police of the Arafat "Authority" and then demonstrated against the ongoing occupation and the inadequate "Peace Process." If you are with the Press we strongly suggest you contact Professor Hisham Ahmed, a resident of Deheishe Camp who is quoted in today's New York Times. Professor Ahmed has his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California and now teaches at Bir Zeit University. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and has taught in the United States. Professor Ahmed can be reached in Israel/Palestine at: 052 405354. If you are calling internationally the number is 972 52 405354. The following brief article from today's "The Straits Times" (Singapore) describes what took place yesterday at Deheishe Camp shortly after the Pople left: VIOLENCE MARS POPE'S PALESTINIAN VISIT DHEISHEH REFUGEE CAMP (West Bank) -- Residents hurled stones on Wednesday at security forces after Pope John Paul II left the Dheisheh camp in Palestine on a visit there. The melee showed dissatisfaction with Mr Yasser Arafat's leadership and the slow pace of peace with Israel. It marred an otherwise festive occasion for the Palestinians, who heard the Pope give moral weight to their statehood claims as the world watched. About an hour after the pope left Dheisheh, the volatility and frustration of life here reared its head. Witnesses said police trying to push back curious onlookers beat several of them with clubs. In response, an angry crowd hurled stones at police officers. Refugees at Dheisheh, a shantytown of some 10,000 refugees from the 1948 war, feel the Palestinian leadership does not invest enough resources in the camps and complain of nepotism and widespread corruption. They also fear the peace process will not address their demand to return to the homes they were forced to flee a half-century ago. Following the scuffle, hundreds of camp residents gathered for a protest march through the streets of Dheisheh. -- AP MID-EAST REALITIES http://www.MiddleEast.Org Phone: 202 362-5266 Fax: 815 366-0800 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To regularly receive MER email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject SEND MER To stop receiving MER email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject STOP MER <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
