UNRWA and the code of silence
One of the first rules of being an UNRWA official is omerta. Above all the code of silence means refusing to tell two truths. First is the truth about UNRWA. It is a key...
Israel and the Jews in the Schoolbooks of the Palestinian Authority
Introduction
What concepts and perceptions of Israel and the Jews has the Palestinian Authority taught Arab children in its territory since the adoption of the Oslo agreements? Can these perceptions and ideas serve as the...
The Long-Term Implications of the Israel-Hamas Clash
http://jcpa.org/article/the-long-term-implications-of-the-israel-hamas-clash/
Vol. 12, No. 26 21 November 2012
The current clash between Israel and Hamas did not begin with rocket fire but with ramped-up terror activity on the Israel-Gaza border. Hamas’ strategy has changed over the...
Why the IDF Chief of Staff was Fired
It took barely an hour following the start of this week's Knesset (Israel's parliament)Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting to figure out that its guest speaker, Israel Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, had quickly become...
Looking back 25 years ago at hebrew u : when i spent Christmas in...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3178
&sec=1&title=LOOKING_BACK_25_YEARS_AGO_AT_HEBREW_
U_:_WHEN_I_SPENT_CHRISTMAS_IN_BETHLEHEM
The other day when I was sorting through things in my basement I came across the brown wool floor rug that I purchased in the Arab market in the Old City for my dorm...
The Levy Report: Reinvigorating the Discussion of Israel’s Rights in the West Bank
http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives176.pdf
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Commission to Examine the Status of Building in Judea and Samaria (the "Levy report") has drawn a flurry of overwrought criticism due to its inclusion of a section concerning the lawfulness...
Challenging an obituary to PM Shamir: Letterto the Editor, Translated from Dutch to English
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Letters Editor
Amsterdam, 03.07.2012
Dear Sir,
The obituary of your Israel correspondent, Leonie van Nierop, re Yitzchak Shamir is quite biased.
It was mentioned in this obituary as though the reliability of Israel’s Arabs adversaries is rather...
News Analysis
A recent column, "Just Knock It off," by Tom Friedman, writing in the NY Times. refers to Israel as a "spoiled child" for not acceding to Obama's demands for a continuation of the freeze.
Israel,...
Israel Tests New Counter-Abduction Strategy in Ongoing West Bank Op
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140625/DEFREG04/306250036/Israel-Tests-New-Counter-Abduction-Strategy-Ongoing-West-Bank-Op
Israel is leveraging its ongoing West Bank operation against Hamas, the Islamic organization it blames for the June 12 abduction of three missing teens, to test a new strategy for deterring terrorist trade in...
Gerald Steinberg of NGO Monitor: Letter to New Israel Fund Board on Adalah participation...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=2080&sec=2&title=
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Letter to Daniel Sokatch, Rachel Liel, and board members
New Israel Fund
February 8, 2012
Dear Daniel, Rachel and other members of the NIF Board,
As the NIF board meets in Israel, I am writing to you...