Daily Archives: April 18, 2003

Discrepancies Between the Arabic and English Versions of the Palestine State Constitution

The Palestinian State constitution has gone through at least three drafts in an effort led by legal experts in the European Union and the United States. A comparision of the two versions appears to support...

Islam as State Religion, No Juridical Rights for Other Religions, Guarantee for the Right...

This week, a senior foreign diplomat provided Israel Resource News Agency with the finalized Arabic version of the Palestinian State Constitution which has been framed by the official constitutional committee of the Palestinian National...

Right Of Return Clause in Palestinian Constitution May Kill Talks

In a move that could scuttle renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts now that the war in Iraq is over, the Palestinians have included in their new constitution their right to return to homes they fled...

Palestinian Constitution Calls for Islamic State, Report Says

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - The new Palestinian Constitution calls for a state under Islamic law and not a democratic state with human rights or civil liberties, according to a report in an Israeli newspaper. The constitution...

“Human Rights Groups Have Less Than Noble Agendas”

Thousands of people flock to the annual six-week session of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva. In 2002, there were 3,700 participants--2,100 of whom were members of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Their sheer numbers...

Home Grown Hamas in Florida

Members of the Islamic terrorist group Hamas are shown kneeling shoulder-to-shoulder on top of American and Israeli flags, while proudly displaying a sign written in Arabic that honors an Iraqi suicide bomber who killed...