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Monthly Archives: March 2007
U.S. Doesn’t Have Israel’s Back Over Iran
A senior Israeli security official said that the only subject the Americans are willing to talk about is Iraq. "They are prepared to talk only about three topics," said one senior official, "Iraq, Iraq and Iraq."
Arab League To Convene In Mecca
Saker Habash, one of Arafat's advisers, issued a statement endorsing the Saudi initiative, clarifying matters by saying: "the right of return is the winning card, which means the destruction of Israel."How can the world deal with the moral issue of the "right of return"?
PA FINANCE MIN.-DESIGNATE CAN’T FIND DONOR MONEY
The Palestinian Authority can't find hundreds of millions of dollars of money provided by donor nations.
Officials said the Finance Ministry has lost all track of funds, receipts and salaries. They said donor nations, who...
Funding Terror
We are on the cusp of a new era of terror financing, that of mobile payments or "m-payments." An m-payment system is being developed by members of the GSM Association to enable migrant workers...
Commentary: In the Aftermath of the Palestinian Unity Government
Well, the Palestinian National Council approved the new unity government today, with 83 votes out of 87 council members participating. (There are 132 seats in the legislature, but 41 members are in Israeli prisons.)...
Israel’s Arabs’ Support Of Iran Creates Worries
Among the Arab citizens of Israel, who constitute more than 1 million Israeli citizens and more than 15 percent of Israel's population, there is a widespread support for Iran.
This has begun to worry the...
How the Hamas-led Palestinian Regime will Gain International Legitimacy: By Recognizing Agreements Never Ratified...
On Thursday, Hamas, formally defined by the U.S. and almost all Western nations as an Islamist terrorist organization, formally assumed the reigns of the provisional government of the Palestinian Authority, without relinquishing its principles.
The...
A European Declaration of Independence
A European Declaration of Independence
We, the citizens of the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Hungary, (fill in the blanks) demand that the following steps are taken immediately:
We demand that...
Commentary: Difference Between PLO and PA
In response to a reader query, I begin with an explanation of the difference between the PLO and the PA.
The PLO, founded in 1964, became recognized and declared itself to be the legitimate representative...
Hamas Formally Assumes Reins Of PA’s Provision Government
The expectation is that it will gain full international legitimacy. All this without recognizing Israel or giving up terror. The question remains: How will that come about?
