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Time to Reconsider U.S. Support of UNRWA

Abstract The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was established more than 60 years ago as a...
Headquarters of the U.S. Department of State. Photo: wiki commons.

Controversial ‘New Israel Fund’ Received More Than $1 Million From US State Department

The controversial New Israel Fund and its social change and political lobbying organization – known as SHATIL – have received more than $1 million...
TWO-GUN HULDAI (right) and a ‘lei-d back’ Shimon Peres at the Purim party they co-hosted. . (photo credit:SALI BEN-ARIEH)

Grapevine: Riskin remembers marching with MLK Jr.

It’s always good to have people around who either participated in historical events, or who know people that did so and are willing to...

Settlement Data Once Again Shows Bibi’s “Hardline” Image Doesn’t Match Reality

According to official data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, housing construction in West Bank settlements fell by a whopping 52 percent last year–far...

Palestinians: We Want Democratic Elections, Too

We really envy the Israelis. Our leaders don't want elections. They want to remain in office forever." — Veteran Palestinian journalist from Ramallah. The truth...

Hamas rejects Palestinian state in Gaza Strip

Abu Marzouk: Gaza pays the price for refusing Israeli proposals 12-03-2015,09:41 http://www.qassam.ps/news-9211-Abu_Marzouk_Gaza_pays_the_price_for_refusing_Israeli_proposals.html Al Qassam website - Member of Hamas political bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk said Wednesday evening...

What’s a Palestinian?

Last week, on his return from a tour of the Holy Land, former Governor of Arkansas and Republican presidential nomination candidate Mike Huckabee said...

The Palestinian Authority’s New Economic Strategy

The Palestinian Authority is not content with breaching diplomatic clauses of the Oslo agreements and taking unilateral steps such as turning to the United...

Resisting the Iranian occupation

The Iranians know about resistance, or so they say. They know that any occupying force will be faced with resistance. They’ve supported “resistance forces”...

ISIL brainwashes, trains new generation of militants

BAGHDAD — A second Islamic State video purporting to show a child executing a prisoner reflects a concerted effort by the brutal group to...