Monthly Archives: October 2006

Congresswoman: Safeguard American aid to Abbas

The United States must provide safeguards to ensure American weapons and financial aid reportedly being given to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Force 17 personal security detail do not wind up in the possession...

Draft Proposal for an Democratically Elected Judea and Samaria Council

Written at a time when the threat to Judea and Samaria could not be greater. Contents: 1. Introduction / Backgroundc 2. Abstract 3. Mission Statement / Introduction *The Yesha Council *Members at Large *Electoral Reform 4. Population 5. Proposed Electoral Solutions a. Direct...

We need the guts to say no to Rice

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his successor Ehud Olmert justified unilateral disengagement on the grounds that we were obliged to take initiatives to break the impasse in the absence of a Palestinian peace partner. In...

To Condi; Who is Humiliating Whom?

On October 11, 2006 in a Keynote Address to the American Task Force on Palestine, Secretary Condoleezza Rice claimed that Palestinian Arabs feel "daily humiliation of occupation." Palestinians say they feel humiliated and harassed...

Moral Imperative: Help Non Jews Who Are Loyal to the State of Israel

I write this piece as a religious Jew, as a journalist and as someone who worked for more than a decade as a social work professional in the Galilee. A recent discussion is now occurring...

Israeli Forces Take Down 15 In Reaction To Bombing

The IDF destroyed a three-story building in Rafah that was owned by Hamdi al-Kasi, who is a member of Hamas. The decision to destroy the building was made after Israeli intelligence confirmed that a tunnel was being dug from beneath it. The residents were called to vacate their apartments approximately half an hour before the building was bombed from the air.

THE ABU MAZEN DEFENSE FORCES

About two kilometers west of the Jordan Valley road, in the heart of the city of Jericho, Abu Mazen's army is at this time being built. When the process-all of whose stages are supported...

HAMAS SEEKS TO EXPAND TRAINING IN IRAN

Hamas has sought to expand Iranian aid to the Palestinian movement. Palestinian sources said Hamas leaders have been negotiating with Teheran to increase military and financial aid to the insurgency group. They said that senior Hamas...

Israel – The American Interest

The question of whether Israel is or is not an asset to the United States is one we rarely bother to ask ourselves. Time and again, we see prominent Americans -- presidents of the...

Secretary of State Rice Offers To Arm Fatah

Just one week ago, on October 6, The Evening Bulletin broke the story that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, during her Middle East sojourn, had met with and encouraged the Fatah, which sponsors...