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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Challenge To New Israeli Government
On February 5, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered 170 million shekels, the equivalent of $43 million, to be transferred to Gaza.
Mr. Olmert said the funds represented an Israeli commitment to divert tax...
Canadian Immigration Minister Fighting Anti-Semitism Criticized
A Canadian member of parliament who helped organize a conference meeting this week in London to confront the problem of anti-Semitism has himself become the target of an anti-Semitic attack.
The purpose of the conference...
Fatah Dissidents Openly Oppose Abbas
The Middle East Newsline reports that dissidents from the ruling Fatah movement have begun to openly oppose the continued rule of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas.
The dissidents have called for the replacement of...
Mideast Narratives Have Changed Over Time
A little more than 14 years after the State of Israel signed a formal peace treaty with Jordan and 10 years after the death of Jordan’s King Hussein, with whom Israel signed the peace...
A review of Middle East Rules of Thumb by Professor Steven Carol (Universe 2008)
During the course of the 20th century, and especially in the years since the 1967 Six Day War, there has been a dramatic change in the academic and popular historiography of the Middle East.
The...
Mideast Narratives Have Changed Over Time
During the course of the 20th century, and especially in the years since the 1967 Six Day War, there has been a dramatic change in the academic and popular historiography of the Middle East.
The...
Comments Create Flap Between Israel, Turkey
Tension between Israel and Turkey has begun to manifest itself in the realm of Israeli and Turkish security relations.
The Turkish army vigorously protested the statements that were ascribed to Israeli Army Ground Forces Commander...
Israel Considering Release Of Top Terrorist Barghouti
Marwan Barghouti, leader of Fatah’s Tanzim in the West Bank, center, is seen in the Tel Aviv District Court on Aug.14, 2002. On this, the first day of the trial, Mr. Barghouti was charged...
Rocket Attacks Continue On Israel
Yesterday and Saturday, Israeli Air Force (IAF) jets attacked smuggling tunnels that run beneath the Philadelphi Road along the Egypt-Gaza border.
Secondary explosions followed the IAF strikes, proving the presence of munitions. The strikes followed...
Hamas Resumes Weapon Production
The Middle East Newsline has been told by top Israeli military sources that the Hamas government in Gaza has reorganized and resumed weapons and missile production in Gaza - only two weeks after the...
