Stories written by Jon Elmer

Q&A: ‘Religious State, Recipe for Disaster’

By Jon Elmer
When Omar Abdel-Razeq was appointed finance minister following the election of Hamas in January 2006, the BBC characterised the post as the "least enviable job in the new Palestinian government."
Leila Khaled Credit: Jon Elmer

Q&A: ‘This Calm Will Not Last’

By Jon Elmer
Leila Khaled became an instant icon of the Palestinian struggle in 1969, when at 24 she was an operative in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacking of a Boeing 707, the first in a series of high-profile actions intended to put the Palestinians on the political map.
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