David Bedein
The “right of return”: the PLO negotiating position that stalls the process
The most significant decision of the Sept. 13th PLO central committee was barely reported: The absolute and uncompromising Palestinian position that every refugee who...
Muhammad and Meira begin first grade
I work with a senior Palestinian TV journalist, Mustafa, who, like me, hits fifty this month and, like me, has a child, Muhammad, who...
Why Peres was defeated: the betrayal of the public trust
Over a period of six months, our news agency hired a leading financial investigations firm to monitor the financial dealings of the Peres Center...
How the Oslo Opposition Movement Plays Into the Hands of the “Peace Now” Camp
In the left-wing newspaer, Al HaMishmar, back in October, 1993, an intimate of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, industrialist Yekutial Federman, published a simple public...
Orient House Orients the Visitor to the Palestinian State
The Orient House, which serves as the PLO headquarters in Jerusalem, provides the visitor to Jerusalem with an understanding of how the PLO conceptualizes...
Should Israel Bomb Damascus Now?
Syria openly provides airfields and roads to supply the Hizbullah terror organization in Southern Lebanon, a group which declares that its purpose is to...
Why Do Children Learn the Art of War During the Peace Process: Review...
On the day that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak was en route to Washington to meet with President Bill Clinton to revive the peace...
Pope’s Planned Visit to UNRWA Refugee Camp Portends Disaster
The Pope's planned March 21 visit to the UNRWA refugee camp of Deheishe, just south of Bethlehem, portends disaster.
The Pope's intention in his visit...
This Hallowed Ground: Personal Insights Into the Golan
At a time when the Golan Heights is so widely discussed, I decided that the time has come to discuss the Golan Heights and...
Arthur Hertzberg: No Red Carpet for the Pope When He Lands in Israel
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, the Bronfman Professor of the History at NYU and the author of such seminal works as The Zionist Idea and The...