ABBAS REITERATES SUPPORT FOR THE ARMED STRUGGLE

(video footage available from the Center for Near East Policy Research. policyresearchi@yahoo.com ) "Our rifles, all our rifles are aimed at The Occupation," declared Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas today (January 11) in a major...

Commentary: Expectations of War and Terror

Yesterday a report from a high ranking officer in the Southern Command was made public: Palestinians released in prisoner exchanges, he said, "always return to terrorism." Always. That's pretty clear, and pretty direct as...

Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University.:Sans Action, Iranian Bomb Just A...

"Without military action, an Iranian nuclear bomb is a matter of time," according to the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. A survey of the strategic balance in the Middle East in...

The Palestinians and the Second Lebanese War

"The Palestinians cannot be blamed for the Israeli government's erroneous decision to initiate a cease fire as the campaign against the Qassams was beginning to succeed." "Egypt, a realist player par excellence, has turned a...

Commentary: Teddy Kollek, Rumors, and more

Teddy Kollek, whose name was synonymous with Jerusalem for over 25 years, died on Tuesday at 95; he was laid to rest today in the Mount Herzl cemetery. Jerusalem's mayor from 1965 to 1993,...

President Ford’s Legacy For Israel

As President Gerald Ford is laid to rest, veteran diplomats, pundits and politicians in Israel recalled a vitally important letter from the late US leader to the state of Israel. The letter, written on September...

Will the Kubbutzim of the Western Negev be Evacuated?

KIBBUTZ NIR-AM'S FOUNDERS ALSO CONSIDERING LEAVING Twenty-eight houses belonging to the generation of the country's founders and those who established Kibbutz Nir-Am were damaged by Kassam rocket fire during the cease-fire. The ten Kassam rockets...

U.S. Blocks Arms, Technology To Israel

The Bush administration has blocked arms and technology transfers to Israel. Israeli and U.S. sources said the State Department has blocked the transfer of weapons and technology to the Jewish state over the last three...

Syria and Iran Enhance Scientific Cooperation

Higher Education Ministry and Iranian Ministry for Science, Researches and Technology on Wednesday signed an agreement on cooperation in scientific research and cultural development. The Agreement provides for doing joint scientific researches between the two...

Hamas Members Undergoing Secret Military Training In Iran

In a development that has caused serious concern in Israel, dozens and perhaps hundreds of Hamas members have traveled in the recent period from the Gaza Strip to Iran in order to undergo a...