| Description |
1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Contents |
Yasser Arafat: Inside the Compound -- Ehud Olmert Interview -- Guru of Ganja |
| Summary |
Yasser Arafat: Inside the Compound. There's been intense speculation over the past few weeks about the future of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who has been confined to his quarters in Ramallah for the past 18 months. Israeli ministers have declared him irrelevant and have recently discussed his forced removal or assassination. Whatever his international reputation, those threats don't seem to have done Yasser Arafat's local popularity any harm. Palestinians are flocking to him in numbers he hasn't seen in years, his compound now a magnet for Palestinian power brokers, supporters and journalists. Ehud Olmert Interview Whatever renewed support Arafat is receiving on the ground, there's no doubt about Israel's opinion of him, claiming, as they do, that he is behind the terror attacks on their citizen. Mark Davis spoke earlier with Israel's Deputy Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, just before this evening's news that a bomb had ripped through a convoy of US diplomatic vehicles in the Gaza Strip. Guru of Ganja In California, a legal tussle is unfolding between that state and the federal government, and the man in the middle is Ed Rosenthal, otherwise known as the Guru of Ganja. He's been legally growing marijuana for medicinal purposes for years, but the Federal Attorney-General, John Ashcroft, is determined to put a stop to the practice. The case is becoming a litmus test for states' rights and civil liberties |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of SBS "Dateline" broadcast October 15, 2003. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Director: John Firth; Executive Producer: Mike Carey |
| Performer |
Presenter: Mark Davis; Reporters :Sherine Salama, Nick Lazaredes |
| Notes |
Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004
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Olmert, Ehud
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Rosenthal, Ed
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Marijuana -- California
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| Author |
Firth, John
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Davis, Mark
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Carey, Mike
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Salama, Sherine
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Lazaredes, Nick
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