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Should the CIA Train PLO Armed Personnel Once Again?

BETHLEHEM, As the U.S. renews its training sessions for Palestinian security forces, a group photo from seven years ago holds a stark warning for the...

Why the IDF Chief of Staff was Fired

It took barely an hour following the start of this week's Knesset (Israel's parliament)Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting to figure out that its...

Beneath the Moderate Veneer

"If anyone deserves to be given a chance, this is the guy." So declared Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, referring to PA Chair Mahmoud...

Incitement Against the Israeli Prime Minister Emanating from Israeli Intelligence

Here is the translated article in question: The Police's Champagne Ma'ariv, February 21st, 2005 by Kalman Liebeskind A police intelligence source who is active in extreme right-wing groups...

People in Pain

"Do you think it is psychosomatic?" I asked the doctor. "I have a persistent cough. Yes, I had had a high fever, but now...

Israel’s Peres Under Investigation for Role in Funds Tied to Palestinian Authority

JERUSALEM - Israel's Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres is being investigated for alleged involvement in a private technology fund coordinated with the Palestinian Authority...

Prime minister used supposed Bush promise to justify Gaza withdrawal

JERUSALEM - The U.S. has denied a claim, used by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to justify plans to withdraw Jewish settlements from Gaza...

PHRMG: Does Abbas have the Right to Execute his People?

Press Release February 17, 2005 Does Abbas have the Right to Execute his People? On Monday, February 14, 2005, Sakher Bseso, the governor of Gaza, announced that...

Arafat’s Secret Financial Affairs

Yassir Arafat's triumphant return to Gaza on July 1 1994 heralded an era of hope for Palestinians. Under the interim Oslo accords with Israel,...

Why is the US Throwing Money at Abbas Without Conditions?

It's as if the Bush Administration has learned little from the tragic mistakes of the last eleven years of the failed Oslo process. The...