COLUMBIA IS HOST TO PRESS SEMINAR; Newspaper Officials to Air Local Coverage -- Parley to Last Till Dec. 16
Date: 04 December 1960
To attend Amer Press Inst seminar, Columbia U
Ahmed al-Jabari (Arabic: أحمد الجعبري; 1960 – (2012-11-14)14 November 2012), also known as Abu Mohammad, was a Palestinian militant who served as second-in-command of the military wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. He was widely credited as the leading figure in the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, and commanded the 2006 Hamas cross-border raid which resulted in the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Under his command, along with chief logistics officer Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Hamas developed its own military weapons capability significantly by acquiring longer-range guided missiles and rockets.
While at the Islamic University of Gaza, Jabari joined Fatah, a Palestinian organization that advocated for an armed struggle against Israel. In 1982, he was arrested by the Israeli authorities and imprisoned for 13 years. After being released he joined Fatah's Islamist rival Hamas' militant wing and was believed to have been involved in the bombing of a bus in Kfar Darom, following which he was arrested by the Preventive Security Force of the Palestinian Authority in 1998, being released the following year. In 2002, Jabari became the acting operational head of Hamas' military wing when Mohammad Deif was seriously wounded in an Israeli airstrike. In this position Jabari was also a high-ranking official within Hamas' political leadership, as well as the founder of the Nur Association, which aimed to help "martyrs and prisoners."
The Israeli Air Force and Shin Bet conducted a targeted precision air strike on 14 November 2012, as part of Operation Pillar of Defense, killing Jabari while he was travelling in a car. The decision to liquidate him, according to Haaretz analyst Reuven Pedatzur, arose from a decision by Israeli military to attack Hamas rather than seek a ceasefire. Jabari was the highest-level Hamas official killed in Gaza since the 2008 Gaza War.
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Date: 04 December 1960
To attend Amer Press Inst seminar, Columbia U
Date: 04 December 1960
By THOMAS P. RONANSpecial to The New York Times
Thomas RONANSpecial
debate detailed; Robinson says about 75% of natl dailies in terms of circulation is owned by 3 groups headed by Viscount Rothermere, Lord Beaverbrook and C H King; recent sales, mergers and price rises noted; rising costs discussed
Date: 04 December 1960
Special to The New York Times
Rakowski ousted as Polityka ed without pub announcement or explanation
Date: 05 December 1960
Special to The New York Times
Ital Cath press reprs
Date: 04 December 1960
Special to The New York Times
$2 1/2-million collection of paintings and sculptures given to NC Art Museum by S H Kress Foundation after 12-yr negotiations
Date: 05 December 1960
Special to The New York Times
La Prensa protests Govt actions against Prensa Latina, other newsmen
Date: 04 December 1960
Police free 4 members of Prensa Latina news agency charged with pol activity
Date: 04 December 1960
Caricature seen on Swedish coin held upside down
Date: 04 December 1960
By MILTON BRACKERSpecial to The New York Times
Studies by Prof Zarnecki and Abbe Grivot of St Lazare Cathedral, Autun, France, show most of its sculpture to be work of Gislebertus, establishing him as one of greatest medieval ch sculptors; works, photos shown at French Monuments Museum, Paris, under Govt auspices, 1st show of his work; illus