Monthly Archives: February 2020
Are the Saudis playing both sides of the fence?
An article ran in the JPost of February 12 , “Palestinian, Saudi Arabian textbooks demonize Jews, Israel” by Maayan Hoffman, https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Palestinian-Saudi-Arabian-textbooks-demonize-Jews-Israel-studies-617280 quoting recent studies which depict the deterioration in the Palestinian Authority School curriculum, and...
The moral bankruptcy of a PLO state
Now more than ever, it is clear to everyone that former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Ebban was correct to state that “the Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” Instead of embracing...
Why did the US government cut funding for the Palestinian Security Services?
When the US State Department released the budget request for 2021 missing from the requests was funding for the Palestinian Security Services.
Why? Go no farther than the investigations conducted by the Center for Near...
The next act
The latest attempt at bringing a resolution to more than seven decades of Arab refusal to accept the validity of Jewish sovereignty is inevitably following a familiar script.
Logic would seem to dictate that after...
Concerning Olmert’s embrace of Abbas, as reported in the JPost ” Abbas is...
"Abbas is Israel's best negotiating partner"
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Olmert-Abbas-is-Israels-best-negotiating-partner-617306
Olmert should be asked three questions.
1. What is his reaction to the unprecedented law that Abbas legislated which provides an automatic award for life for anyone who murders a...
Dead Sea returns to forefront of Israel’s economy, tourist industry
Israel’s Ministry of Tourism and Land Authority recently announced the winners of two tenders for the construction of four new Dead Sea hotels, part of a new complex that will be constructed alongside a...
UK to review aid to Palestinian education. Why not ask for immediate removal of...
The British government is to be lauded for stating that it willlook into the indiscretions of PLO "education", as reported in the Jewish News article of February 12, 2020, entitled
"British government says changes will...
US Shouldn’t Rejoin UN ‘Tourism’ Agency, Despite Trump’s Budget Request
The Trump administration is continuing its curious fixation with rejoining a United Nations “tourism” agency, amid numerous reasons why the move wouldn’t help the U.S. diplomatically or economically.
The State Department’s summary of its budget request for...