David Bedein
US Consul Won’t Help the Boims: “We Can’t Visit Foreign Jails …”
An underlying premise of the Wye accords that were signed by the US, Israel, the Palestine Authority and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan at...
An Interactive Critique of Jerusalem Post Editor Jeff Barak’s Interview with Yassir Arafat
On Friday, November 13, 1998, the editor of the Jerusalem Post, Mr. Jeff Barak, condcuted an interview with Yassir Arafat. The article was entitled...
Bombs in Machaneh Yehudah and American Assuarances
The car bomb that exploded in Jerusalem's bustling Machane Yehudah marketplace on Friday morning found me in the city of Hebron, now under the...
Brinkmanship on a Lame Duck Plantation
I spent the good part of a week covering the middle east talks at the Wye Plantation, on the Eastern shores of the Chesapeake...
Why is the Shuafat Refugee Camp Seething?
At a time when the issue of Palestinian refugees surfaces on the agenda of the peace process, a visit to the one Palestinian refugee...
A New Exodus . . . of Traditional Orthodox Jews from Jerusalem? Am I...
As I write this article, I have preferred not to use the term "haredi" to describe traditional Orthodox Jews, since the term "haredi" conveys...
Eyewitness to the Oslo “Reunion”
On August 24, I flew to the Holmenkollin Park Hotel in Oslo, Norway, to cover a hastily organized "fifth anniversary" conference that was held...
The Timing of Terror
In the wee hours of the morning of August 5, 1998, an Israeli patrol jeep was fired on near the Israeli west bank community...
The Odd Couple Fight an Odd Traffic System to Reduce Speed and Save Lives
To alleviate the many traffic concerns of the public, the Israeli government is planning to build Route 6, the Trans Israel high-speed superhighway that...
Making the Palestine Authority More Palatable for the Israeli Public to Swallow
On June 3, 1998, the US state department removed the PLO from the list of terrorist organizations. There was no response from the Israeli...