(newspaper unidentified) · 17 July 2000

CP-2000-071

ARAB WRITER ADMITS STONE-THROWING

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Edward Said, the Palestinian writer and Columbia University professor, has admitted he threw stones at Israel’s border fence — but he said it was a harmless act of joy. Mr. Said was photographed this month among the daily throng of Lebanese who celebrate Israel’s May withdrawal by stoning the fence. Israel has called on Lebanese authorities to properly police the area.

In a July 6 statement faxed Wednesday to The Associated Press in Jerusalem, Mr. Said wrote, “Much is now made of an incident that is basically trivial, as if that could ever outweigh the work I have done over 35 years on behalf of justice and peace.”

How this transcription was made

Masthead not readable on the scan. The label on the slide read: [masthead not on clipping] — FLAG — the page and the label do not sit easily together. No masthead, folio or date is on this cut; it is a single news brief with an (AP) credit. The only internal dating is “In a July 6 statement faxed Wednesday to The Associated Press in Jerusalem” and “photographed this month.” If “Wednesday” is the Wednesday after a 6 July statement, that is 12 July 2000, which would put publication on or just after Thursday 13 July 2000. Maria’s label of 17 July 2000 is a Monday and sits four or five days later than the text suggests. I cannot confirm either date from the page. Keeping Maria’s date in the field as instructed and flagging the discrepancy for Eva. — Complete item, single paragraph, as clipped. — The line as printed reads “MANHATTAN: ARAB WRITER ADMITS STONE-THROWING”. “MANHATTAN:” is the place label on a standing briefs column, not part of the headline, so it is recorded here and not inside the headline field.

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