INTERVIEW WITH PALESTINIAN HANNA SENIORA: DO ANY OF HIS STATEMENTS RING TRUE IN THE...

Rhonda Spivak, an attorney and a writer, is a member of the Canadian and Israel Bar Associations. Hanna Seniora, the man that Yasser Arafat appointed to be The Palestinian Authority’s Ambassador to the U.S. in...

Passionate, Heated Debates Over The “Peace Process” Have Nothing To Do With Reality

http://www.gloria-center.org/gloria/2010/08/passionate-debate-over-peace-process-nothing-to-do-with-reality There is a great deal of heat and passion about the difference between "left" and "right" views in Israel. Yet these gaps, at least during this era, are far less significant than people think....

THE CASE FOR REFORMING UNRWA

CHANGING TACTICS UNRWA - the UN Relief and Works Agency - appears to be adopting a new face and new policies. These changes can be seen as part of a bold PR campaign to insure,...

Where 8,000 Rocket Launches Are Not a Casus Belli

http://www.jinsa.org/visiting-fellows/evelyn-gordon/where-8000-rocket-launches-are-not-casus-belli The most chilling comment I've seen on the mid-March surge of violence from Gaza, when terrorists fired 300 rockets at Israel in four days, was made almost three weeks earlier. The rocket fire had...

US Authorizes Financial Support For the Free Syrian Army

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2012/al-monitor/us-authorizes-financial-support.html The waiver was received from the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) last week, Brian Sayers, of the Syrian Support Group, told Al- Monitor in an interview Friday. “The OFAC decision is huge,”...

DISPATCH FROM WJR WARTIME CORRESPONDENT ORLI AVIOR: HOW I JUST MISSED THE BIGGEST STORY...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3089&sec=2&title=DISPATCH_FROM_WJR_WARTIME_CORRESPONDENT_ORLI_AVIOR:_HOW_I_JUST_MISSED_THE_BIGGEST_STORY_IN_EILAT-TWO_EXPLOSIONS_SUNDAY_NIGHT Usually, when war breaks out in Israel, I am right in the thick of things--missiles fly by my kitchen windows, my life is made chaotic and I can't hear myself think it's so noisy...

A 10-step Process : How US Secretary of State John Kerry Could Bring Abbas...

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/04/08/a-10-step-process-how-us-secretary-of-state-john-kerry-could-bring-abbas-and-the-palestinian-authority-to-the-peace-table/ This week, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced that he will use his visit to the Middle East to implore the Palestinian Authority to return to peace talks with Israel. Here is a suggested...

How to Say ‘Disgusting Abuse of Public Trust’ in French?

http://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/this-ongoing-war/ how-to-say-disgusting-abuse-of-public-trust-in-french/2013/06/09/ When you next hear European politicians, and particularly the French, declaring their total and absolute opposition to terrorism, bear in mind this little story emanating from Paris. An exhibition entitled “Death” (on the web here...

Friends and neighbours…writes Michael Kuttner

New friendships consolidated, other “friends” lecturing us and our neighbours up to their usual tricks – all part of this week’s nonstop action. The visit of the Indian Prime Minister with a very large delegation...

Jerusalem Mayor Dismantles BBC Assertion That Israel Provoked Temple Mount Riots

The world instinctively blamed Israel for the violence at the Temple Mount this past weekend, ignoring almost entirely the facts of the events as they unfolded and Israel’s stated and demonstrated commitment to maintaining...