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Israel Cabinet Meets to Discuss Concerns about Mega-Terror attacks

Hudna or no hudna, yesterday the security cabinet discussed possible "mega-terror attack" scenarios. The director of the Anti-terrorism Headquarters, Danny Arditi, presented a staff paper...

A Critique of the “Nusseibeh-Ayalon” Campaign

Sari Nusseibeh's and Ami Ayalon's declaration of principles is strewn with potholes and political pitfalls. For example, the fiction of "two states for two...

Another Critique of the “Nusseibeh-Ayalon” Campaign: Discrepancies in the Hebrew and Arabic versions…

I've have written extensively about Ami Ayalon and Sari Nusseibeh campaign HaMifkad HaLeumi ("THE NATIONAL TRUST) to promote support from Israelis and Palestinians for...

Israel Without Apology

Three decades ago, I was a Berkeley New Leftist with a political and personal problem. I had been born in Israel, and, though I...

The Palestinian Security Forces and the Second Intifada

Presentation given at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on July 24th, 2003 (Presentation hosted by the Center For Near East Policy Research and...

Dahlan: Rice did not discuss dismantling groups with me

No warning to dismantle militant factions www.jerusalem-times.net/article/news/details/detail.asp?id=3759 Gaza-Muhammad Dahlan, Minister for Security Affairs denied Sunday the Israeli news reports that Condoleezza Rice, US president's National...

What Would Happen If Israel Were to Use US PR Tactics in Their Information...

The American Example The prime minister's visit in Washington takes place a few days after the Bush administration taught the world a bit about delicate...

The Political Role of the NGO’s in Israel

One of the harshest fronts of the Arab-Israeli conflict is the information war, in which powerful non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with major influence on the...

If The Cease Fire Collapses, Israel will Topple the PA

On Wednesday, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz met with Mohammed Dahlan. On July 6, when they met face to face for the first time, Dahlan...

Sharon Sees Bush Standing Strong for Disarmament of the Terror Groups

Sharon's aides are convinced that in this visit , or rather in the interval between Abu Mazen's and Sharon's visit, the administration's attitude towards...