Inside The Palestinian Authority: Issue 2

Produced by the Center for Near East Policy Research Editor's note: Welcome to the second edition of "Inside the PA," a weekly on-line publication designed to provide valuable insight into the workings of the Palestinian...

Inside The Palestinian Authority: Issue 1

Editor's note: Welcome to the first edition of "Inside the PA," a weekly on-line publication designed to provide valuable insight into the workings of the Palestinian Authority. We will review important statements by senior PA...

Exit PA, Enter Egypt

Al Ayyam, Oct. 9, 2005 Seeking shelter from Palestinian gun battles. Executive Summary: Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to a virtual Egyptian takeover of the Gaza Strip and has invited other Arab regimes to plant...

A Proposal for Israel’s “National Defense Doctrine” – Without Judea, Samaria and the Golan

Ma'ariv published at the weekend a report about a team which is preparing Israel's new defense doctrine, which will soon be submitted to the prime minister for approval. According to this doctrine, retention of...

Zarqawi Setting up Bases in Jordan, Gaza Strip?

Terror chief boasts of Eilat, Aqaba attack amid concerns of network expansion. JERUSALEM - A website affiliated with al-Qaida yesterday announced the terror groups' Iraq insurgency leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was responsible for last week's...

War With Palestinians in 2006

Israel expects another Palestinian war to erupt by thespring of 2006. Israeli military sources said Palestinian insurgency groups plan to widen the war from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank. They said military intelligence has...

Is “Disengagement” The Answer?

That Jews need to be "disengaged" from the Arabs is not a new idea. In July 1937 the British issued the Palestine Royal Peel Commission that concluded: "An irrepressible conflict has arisen between two...

Some US Congressional leaders worry that Gaza pullout amounts to appeasement

Nobody in the Republican-controlled Congress wants to be seen as opposing the wishes of both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Bush administration. But quietly, the unilateral Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip...

Is “Disengagement” the Answer?

That Jews need to be "disengaged" from the Arabs is not a new idea. In July 1937 the British issued the Palestine Royal Peel Commission that concluded: "An irrepressible conflict has arisen between two...

Impact of Israel’s “Disengagement” on U.S. Interests

1. Congressional oversight requires an examination (hearing) of the impact of Israel's "disengagement" (retreat) from terrorist strongholds in Gaza and Samaria on US interests in general and on the safety of US GIs in...