UNRWA attacks Weeky Standard reporter David Tell… and David Tell responds

In recent weeks the Weekly Standard has published a number of articles concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). These have contained a large number of serious inaccuracies and...

UN “Fact Finding” Team to Israel, April, 2002: Inquiry or Inquisition?

The UN fact-finding team investigating the events in the Jenin refugee camp was due to arrive in Israel on Sunday after a short delay, following two days of consultations between Israeli representatives and the...

The Powell Visit: Israeli Press Reportage of a Disaster

-- To the question of what repercussions the failure of Secretary of State Colin Powell's mediation mission will have, the Palestinians respond with a single word: a "catastrophe" Officials close to Sharon said: "True, it...

How Reporters were Forced to Downgrade the Report of a “Massacre.”

After two weeks of screaming headlines that proclaimed "Massacre in Jenin!", the news story from Jenin is slowly emerging. This follows the decision of the IDF to allow representatives of the Israeli and foreign...

If the IDF Withdraws, Will the Tanzim Enter?

Arafat, in his besieged bureau, continues to work. It's important to him to display a sight of a working PA, someone to talk to. Mohammed Dahlan and Mohammed Rashid are in Ramallah, outside the...

Arab leaders Organize Protests

Cairo, Egypt (AP) - The crowds are large and their chants fiery, but Arab protests - such as those against Israel's pressure on Yasser Arafat - are often used and even choreographed by the...

An Open Letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Thomas Schmelzer Efrat 90435 Office of the Prime Minister Honorable Ariel Sharon, Director General of the Office of Prime Minister c/o Uri Shani Via Facsimile Transmittal and Registered Mail Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I am a lawyer practicing in the United...

The Arab League Summit Closing Statement

The Saudi Plan, as presented by Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia contains three elements: "... withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories, recognition of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, and...

Israeli Press Analyis of the Terror Attack on Israel’s Northern Road

Terror Returns to the Galilee Ma'ariv (p. 2) by Avi Ashkenazi et al. -- Terror returned to the Galilee. As a result of shots from an ambush near Kibbutz Metzuba, six Israelis were killed, including...

Manic Depression in Israel? The Eroded Spirit of Israeli Society

There is a sense among the public of depression, powerlessness, and even despair over the situation. Indeed, we are undergoing a monstrous wave of terror, unprecedented in its atrocity, but still this sense is...