Monthly Archives: March 2005
The Palestinian “Temporary Cease-Fire”: A Definition of Terms
The election of Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen)...has brought about a change in the Palestinian Authority's policy on continuing the "armed intifada." At the same time, the paramount interest of Hamas and Islamic Jihad is...
Will the Real mahmoud Abbas/Abu Mazen Please Stand Up??
JERUSALEM, Israel
For at least 12 hours after the murderous terror attack on the nightclub in Tel Aviv last weekend, Sawt Felasteen, Voice of Palestine radio, the official voice of Mahmoud Abbas, told its listeners...
Policy Statements and Actions of PA Chair Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen)
GAZA, February 20, 2005(IPC+ Al-Ayam)-
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, renowned as "Abu Mazen" stated on Saturday that he is seeking to clinch a deal for cease fire with the armed resistance factions not to...
Pres. Eisenhower regretted he pushed Israel to pull from Sinai
Eisenhower was hotheaded in the situation. His telephone call to Prime Minister Anthony Eden was delivered in a crude barracks-style tongue lashing. Two days into the war he admonished Prime Minister Ben Gurion "......
Blair, the Palestinians’ Friend
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is an enthusiastic supporter of the Palestinians. Moreover, in order to repel the criticism aired against him from within his own party ranks about his too cozy relationship with...
War on Terror in West Bank “NOT SERIOUS”
Israeli Security officials today blamed the Palestinian Authority and its leader, Abu Mazen, for not fighting terror in the West Bank. This is unlike the situation in the Gaza Strip, where a considerable drop...
Islamic Jihad Plan to Fire Rockets at Afula
This week Islamic Jihad was in the headlines and not only because of the terror attack at the Tel Aviv nightclub on Friday night.
... Terror attacks planned by the organization that were no less...
False Media Reports About Rabbinical Ruling Led to Edict Allowing Bedouin Soldiers Who Serve...
TEL AVIV - A leading Bedouin cleric has issued a religious edict allowing Bedouin soldiers to kill anyone who attempts to harm them in the process of settlement evacuation, Channel 2 reported Wednesday.
"Whoever attempts...
Does the US Arms Export Control Act Permit Israel to use US-made Law Enforcement...
Sec. 505 Conditions of Eligibility
(505)(a) In addition to such other provisions as the President may require, no defense articles or related training or other defense service shall be furnished to any country on a...
Talking Peace and Executing Those Who Cooperate With Israel
Israel believed that Abu Mazen's election marked a new attitude in the Palestinian Authority towards human rights, but it appears that with regard to those who cooperate with Israel, the attitude is the same...