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Free Marwan Barghouti To Counter Power of Hamas

During the mid-1990s, Marwan Barghouti and his close friend Qaddoura Fares initiated a number of meetings with representatives of the Israeli peace camp. They...

Palestinian “moderate” PLC representative Qadura Fares

Palestinian conditional non-violence denies the fundamental basis of the deal "We support negotiations and other peaceful means with Israel as long as Palestinian aspirations...

Where is UNRWA Going After the Withdrawal from Katif?

In early November, shortly after Israel had pulled out of Gaza, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom met with UNRWA's new commissioner-general, Karen AbuZayd. Shalom...

Abbas Approves PA Assistance to Families of Suicide Bombers

On the very day of a suicide bombing in Netanya, Machmud Abbas, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority gave budgetary approval to assistance for...

Analysis: UNRWA Under Attack

For the last couple of years, UNRWA -- U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees -- has been repeatedly called upon to defend...

Israeli Government Violations of Disengagement Opponents’ Civil Rights

Since the passage of the Law on Evacuation and Compensation (“The Disengagement Law”) by the Knesset in February 2005, the civil rights of opponents...

“Unsettled”

On the eve of disengagement, a massive government public relations campaign maintained that "there is a solution for each evacuee." Today, more than 100...

State of (evicted) Katif, Northern Gaza and Northern Shomron Communities

Commissioned by Israel Resource News Agency and the Center for Near East Policy Research Previous reports available at: /bin/review.cgi?Year=2009 Response to the Fact sheet on the...

Rafah Agreement: Israel Signs Away Sovereignty

With the Rafah agreement, which has not yet been signed, Israel is signing away her status as a sovereign nation. A sovereign nation has two...

Let My People Sue: Help the Evacuees Regain Their Dignity in Court

Three months ago, 10,000 people were forcibly evicted by the Israeli Government from their privately owned homes and farms in 25 Jewish communities in...