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...

Israel’s Peres Under Investigation for Role in Funds Tied to Palestinian Authority

JERUSALEM - Israel's Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres is being investigated for alleged involvement in a private technology fund coordinated with the Palestinian Authority while he was a government minister -- a move some...

PHRMG: Does Abbas have the Right to Execute his People?

Press Release February 17, 2005 Does Abbas have the Right to Execute his People? On Monday, February 14, 2005, Sakher Bseso, the governor of Gaza, announced that President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has transferred 51 civil and...

PBC Radio Describes Death of an Infiltrator as “Having Died a Heroic Death”

Muhammad Abbas's firing of three Gaza security officials has been seen by Western observers as one of several steps by Abbas, a.k.a. Abu Mazen to show he is fighting violence and calls to violence,...

The Cease Fire That Wasn’t…

Following any negotiation, when the principals do not come out and meet the press at the end of an event, that is an indication that no agreement was reached. Avi Pazner, acting in his capacity...

Why is the US Throwing Money at Abbas Without Conditions?

It's as if the Bush Administration has learned little from the tragic mistakes of the last eleven years of the failed Oslo process. The U.S. is again preparing to provide massive amounts of funds...

Arafat’s Secret Financial Affairs

Yassir Arafat's triumphant return to Gaza on July 1 1994 heralded an era of hope for Palestinians. Under the interim Oslo accords with Israel, the new Palestinian Authority won a five-year period of self-rule...

Conflict of Interest to be Raised.

On February 8th, 2005, the Knesset Ethics Committee will hold a hearing to discuss the issue of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres's investments in the Palestinian Authority, as previously revealed by David Bedein on...

Forum at the Knesset for Foreign Diplomats on the Subject of Developments Inside the...

On January 4, 2005, Israel Resource News Agency, acting under the auspices of the Center for Near East Policy Research sponsored the "Knesset Forum on the Middle East" in the Israeli Knesset - the...

The Briefing on the Hill in Washington by Israel Resource News Agency and the...

A January 12,2005 briefing on Capitol Hill by Israel Resource News Agency, acting under the auspices of the Center for Near East Policy Research, drew 44 staffers of the US House International Relations Committee...