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http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2229/palestine_s_strangely_stubborn_state_of_mind The UN vote upgrading the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to a non-member state with observer status has done nothing to move the cause of Palestinian statehood forward. Instead, it repeats the old adage of...

Iran and its proxy Hizbullah have been planning to take over Syria, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs said Iran and Hizbullah held a secret summit in April 2013 to draft strategy...

http://www.meforum.org/3609/muslim-persecution-of-christians-june-2013 The degradation of Christian women living in the Islamic world continued in the month of June. In Syria, after the al-Qaeda linked rebel group conquered Qusair, a city of the governate of Homs, 15-year-old...

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6651 Western policymakers and media have misconstrued/misrepresented the Palestinian refugee issue, ignoring its global context and core data. Moreover, the Palestinian claim of dispossession -- which impacts the U.S. financial aid to UNRWA, and is...

Summary and Analysis Officials of the PA took a hard line during VOP broadcasts Saturday and Sunday, explicitly toughening negotiating positions publicly while also promising an intensification of para-military activities against Israelis. Prominent hard-liners - e.g.,...

Summary and Analysis The Palestinian Authority reacted in a very cautious but optimistic way to last night's meetings and continued contacts with Israel: The head of the PA negotiating team, Ahmad Qreia (Abu Ala), told...

The terrible disaster in the United States is a dark and gloomy day for Arafat. Arafat has lost his most useful vehicle, since he used terror to try to make the world criticize Israel. I...

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...

Part of Powell's efforts to attain a cease-fire are an American performance meant to neutralize pressure by the Arab countries and Europe on the US to use all its power to stop the mounting...

JERUSALEM--On Monday, France, Belgium and four other European Union members endorsed a U.N. Human Rights Commission resolution condoning "all available means, including armed struggle" to establish a Palestinian state. Hence, six EU members and...