Monthly Archives: October 2014

Handling Hamas money just got a lot riskier for Middle East banks

As the dust settles on a landmark ruling against Jordan-based Arab Bank, found liable for knowingly processing transactions of Hamas members and thereby supporting its attacks on civilians, legal experts have just begun to...

Iran’s aggressive information campaign

The Islamic Republic of Iran is managing an aggressive information campaign capitalizing on President Obama’s war against the Islamic State group (ISIS). Recognizing that Obama’s priority of combatting ISIS and Sunni extremism has created...

Tie strings to the UNRWA appeal for funds

UNRWA, the United Nations Relief Works Agency administers refugee facilities for five million descendants of Arab refugees of the 1948 war. More than 1,200,000 of these refugee descendants dwell in UNRWA facilities in Gaza,...

Mahmoud Abbas’ position on terror

There is controversy regarding the extent of the opposition by Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) to the intentional killing of Israeli civilians. There are those who claim he abandoned such support in...

Anti Semitism in New PA Schoolbooks used in UNRWA schools: 2001-2014

Dr. Arnon Groiss* has prepared the following working document which summarizes the Anti Semitic motifs that have been used in the PA Schoolbooks used in UNRWA schools , ever since the new school books...

World Lawmakers to Present Hanegbi With Resolution to Investigate UNRWA

A group of 20 parliamentarians from Israel Allies Caucuses will present Deputy Foreign Minister Tzach Hanegbi with a signed resolution Tuesday calling for an investigation of UNRWA following the discovery of weapons in UNRWA schools in...

Anti-Israel Petitions Signed by Israeli Academics

Goldblum authors a desperate plea, to which Liel also gives his name, for other Israeli ultra-leftists to join their anti-democratic measure to circumvent peace negotiations and create a belligerent Arab state in the Israeli...

Israel’s Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean

About 90 percent of Israel's foreign trade is carried out via the Mediterranean Sea, making freedom of navigation in this area critical for the Jewish state's economic well-being. Moreover, the newly found gas fields...

Kerry Cairo remarks: Assume that PA might prevent rocket firing but NO DEMILITARIZATION

Remarks at the Gaza Donors Conference Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Cairo, Egypt October 12, 2014 http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/10/232896.htm Thank you very much, Foreign Minister Shoukry. Thank you Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Vice Prime Minister Mustafa; our...

High level conference in Cairo: USD 5.4 billion to Palestine (Noregian FM: success contingent...

#1 Press release, 12.10.2014 Gaza: Clear requirements by donors http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/ud/press/news/2014/Gaza-Clear-requirements-by-donors.html?id=771227 ‘The Gaza war this summer shows that the cycle of violence must be broken. Fundamental steps are needed to open up Gaza and generate growth and development...