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Before Meeting Sharon, Abbas and His Media Issue List of “do’s” and “Don’ts”
A few hours before his scheduled conference Tuesday with Israel's prime minister, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his state-controlled media issued a list of things he will demand of Israel and things he will...
The Unreported Story
Introduction
16 days after the Iranian revolution of 1979 Yasser Arafat was the first foreign leader who visited Ayatollah Khomeini. This was a historic visit for many reasons. Ayatollah Khomeini gave the PLO its own...
Abbas Orders Release of Islamic Insurgents Wanted for Murder
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the release of Islamic insurgents accused of helping plan a February 2005 suicide bombing in Israel.
PA officials said Abbas ordered the release of the insurgents held in...
Continues Anti-US Incitement
JERUSALEM, June 4
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announced Saturday the indefinite postponement of the Palestinian legislative elections in what was widely seen as a political maneuver designed to help Abbas's faltering Fatah movement reorganize against...
Ushering in a New Era in the IDF: Dependence on Air Force Capability
The retirement of Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon ushers an Israeli doctrine that plays down the Palestinian insurgency and envisions air power as the leading element against ground threats
Israeli defense sources as...
2 Helicopters and 50 APCS
Next week, Russian President Vladimir Putin will land in Israel for an historic visit, while Russian involvement in the region, which has been criticized many times by Israel, continues at full speed. In the...
Israel Fears Regional War in 2006
WASHINGTON -- Israel has relayed its concern to the United States of the rising prospect of a Middle East war in 2006.
U.S. officials said Israel has determined that the expected U.S. withdrawal from...
When World Leaders Forget that the US Congress Must Foot the Bill
While the Bush-Sharon Summit focused on mutual threats (e.g. Iran and Islamic terrorism), it has highlighted a few basic misunderstandings - in Israel - concerning the US political system, US-Israel relations and Disengagement.
For example,...
Blair, the Palestinians’ Friend
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is an enthusiastic supporter of the Palestinians. Moreover, in order to repel the criticism aired against him from within his own party ranks about his too cozy relationship with...
Arafat’s Heir
Krauthammer neglects say to that the PLO, which Abbas co-founded with Arafat 40 years ago, has yet to repeal the PLO Covenant which mandates that the PLO maintain its state of war with Israel...
