David Bedein
“Myths, Lies and Arafat Videotapes on Capitol Hill”
On September 20, 1995, I was in attendance at the House International Relations Committee hearing that took place on Capitol Hill. As the press...
Netanyahu: Apologize if You Want Canada to Understand New Hamas Threat
On October 1, 1997, a few hours before the New Jewish Year began this year, Gazan Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantissi declared that he...
The Crisis of Confidence in the Peace Process
What most distressed veteran US diplomat Madaline Albright on her maiden sojourn Secretary of State to the Middle East was the depth of the...
Ras el Amud: Analysis
Who would have imagined, even a few months ago, that three Jewish families moving near one of the great Jewish holy spots in Jerusalem,...
Should a Publicly Funded Leah Rabin be Above Public Reproach?
Under a special act of the Israeli Knesset, Leah Rabin receives public funding for travel and communications.
The time has come to introduce international public...
Analysis: Reconsidering American/Israeli Passion for PLO Statehood
The time has come to ask all those of us who had supported the concept of a Palestinian Arab state to recognize the error...
A Dilemma and a Constructive Approach
At a time when polarization between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews is widely reported, there are ways that we may build fences between Jews, so...
What is the Definition of “What is Settlement Activity”?
US President Bill Clinton and many Jewish organizations have asked Israel to restrain "settlement activity" as a gesture to advance the peace process.
This leads...
Analysis: Reconsideration of Our Passion for PLO Statehood After Tisha B’av
The time has come to ask all those of us who had supported the concept of a Palestinian Arab state to recognize the error...
Arafat, the Palestine Authority and the Hamas: A Surprising Cooperative Relationship
Almost four years ago, when Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shook hands with Yassir Arafat, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, on the...