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Monthly Archives: April 2005
Knesset Committee Seeks Further Information About Peres’s Palestinian Authority Investments
JERUSALEM - The ethics committee of Israel's Parliament, or Knesset, requested last month that a private investigative group provide more information about accusations of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres's involvement in a technology fund...
When Its Prime Minister Circumvents The Decisions of the Elected Government of Israel
There is a consensus of opinion among those who support Israel that they should support "the democratically elected government of Israel".
Today, supporters of Israel must cope with an unprecedented dilemma, after the Prime Minister...
When World Leaders Forget that the US Congress Must Foot the Bill
While the Bush-Sharon Summit focused on mutual threats (e.g. Iran and Islamic terrorism), it has highlighted a few basic misunderstandings - in Israel - concerning the US political system, US-Israel relations and Disengagement.
For example,...
Consequences Ignored by Israeli Government?
The movement within Israel to hold a referendum on Prime Minister Sharon's "Disengagement" plan has fizzled now that the Knesset has voted solidly against it. Efforts to bring the government down by blocking the...
A Strategic Assessment
This piece assesses the implications of the Sharon government's success last week in pushing through its Gaza withdrawal plan, in terms of historically unprecedented nature of this step and its legally dubious nature, then...
Lack of a U.S. Response to the Planned Executions of “Collaborators” at the Order...
This much seems clear: Palestinian Authority executions of "collaborators" are scheduled to take place shortly. The full particulars are difficult to verify.
On February 17, 2005, news broke in Israel that Palestinian Authority Chair Mahmoud...
“Generic” Complaint that Can be Filed Against the U.S. State Department for Coercing Jews...
(This "generic letter" can be used as the basis for anyone who would like to make claim against the U.S. State Department in the matter of American support for the policies of Ariel Sharon...
PLO Invites Hamas and Islamic Jihad to join on the Basis of “The Phased...
Official Palestinian media declared on March 29th, 2005 that Mahmoud Abbas's Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the HAMAS and Islamic Jihad organizations have agreed in principle to full unification, with all sides recognizing the...
PLO Revs Up Themes of “Resistance” and “Anti-Judaization” in Land Day Demos
The Palestinian National Authority (PA) used the "Land Day" Commemoration last week, on March 30th, 2005 to increase the anti-Semitic aroma of its "anti-Judaization" campaign against Israelis and Jews.
Official Palestinian media and top officials...
A tribute from a Jewish Reporter in Jerusalem
The visit of Pope John Paul II in Israel will not be forgotten.
Yet not everything went smoothly.
Shortly after Pope John Paul II announced that he was coming to Israel with the genesis of the...
