Monthly Archives: August 2004
Ghandhi’s Grandson To Kick Off Unarmed Palestinian Campaign
The Fateh, currently sponsoring a campaign of premeditated murder that has plagued Israel for the past four years, invites Ghandi to Israel to organize what looks like a non-violent effort. When Mubarak Awad organized...
The Delusions of Oslo in the Service of Disengagement
On August 11, the daily tabloid newspaper, Yediot Acharonot, ran an editorial by Eitan Haber, former Director of the Office of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Entitled "There is Nothing More Important," it...
Document: Official list of demands by Palestinian Prisoners
IMRA: When IMRA first saw this list of demands being circulated by third parties on internet it did not distribute it as the list is so absurd that it might possibly have been a...
False Hopes
One of the most striking aspects of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal initiative is how little time and energy he has spent explaining and selling his plan to the Israeli public. Both his...
The Democratic Party’s anti-Semitism problem
One of the most prominent figures at John Kerry's nominating convention was the Rev. Al Sharpton, who seemed almost as fixed a presence at Kerry's side the night of his acceptance speech as were...
Interview with David Bedein About News Coverage of the PLO and the Palestinian Authority
David Bedein, donned in a knit kippah and trademark broad smile - clearly enjoys sharing that he defies stereotypes.
"It's not many people who say to their wife on the phone when she asks, 'Where...
Strange Twists in Syrian-Israeli Diplomacy
One of the most secretive and unusual rounds of Arab-Israeli diplomacy took place in the summer of 1998, when three private American citizens, businessman Ronald Lauder, his aide Allen Roth, and magazine publisher George...
A Kerry Middle East Man: US troops to the Middle East?
Dr. Martin Indyk, who served two stints as ambassador to Israel, introduced himself to Israeli reporters who covered last week's Democratic National Convention as one of the key Middle East advisors to Democratic presidential...
Revealed: the Special Relationship Behind America’s Middle East policy
Paul Wolfowitz, the US deputy defence secretary who was a driving force behind the invasion of Iraq, is depicted as a fiercely pro-Zionist hardliner. Philip Sherwell reveals his unlikely confidante is a high-powered Arab...
“Demographic threat” Nonexistent
Yonatan Bassi, head of the disengagement administration, justified the pullout plan (in Globes, July 29) by saying that in Gaza, "there used to be 600,000 Arabs. Now there are 1.4 million people there... in...