Mental Health Professionals Denied Access by Israeli Gov’t to Northern Samaria Jewish Community
On Monday night, August 15th, a group of mental health professionals were refused entry to the communities in Northern Samaria, after being also refused entry to Katif communities last week.
The government of Israel has...
U.S. Fears That Israel Will Suspend Withdrawal Under Fire
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration remains concerned that Israel would be forced to suspend its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank amid heavy Palestinian fire and chaos within Israel's military.
Officials...
Abbas: Meeting with Hamas Leaders “Positive”
GAZA, Palestine, August 10, 2005 - President Mahmoud Abbas met yesterday evening with a delegate of senior leaders of Hamas Movement in his presidential premises. He later described the meeting as "cordial" and "positive".
The...
Deep Concern Over Sharon Aide Weisglass Saying 60,000 Jews Will Be Uprooted From Judea...
New York - The ZOA has expressed deep concern that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's top aide, Dov Weisglass, said last week that "Israel could eventually expect that at least 180,000 of the current 240,000...
Abbas: Israeli Withdrawal Should not Be Linked to Disarming Factions
GAZA, August 9, 2005, - President Mahmoud Abbas stressed on Tuesday that the Israeli withdrawal should not be linked to any other issue.
In a speech before Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in Gaza, the President...
Do US Pressures Determine Israeli Policy?
The United States Department of State has made it clear to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. It wants the Jews out of the Katif district of Gaza by August 15th, with no excuses.
The Chief Rabbi...
Murders on a Bus: Requiem to the Memory of Proportionality
More than 27,000 Arab terror attacks have taken place against Israeli citizens over the past five years, in the so-called second "intifada", the Arabic term for "casting off" of Israel. with a toll of...
The People of Sa-Nur
Sa Nur, Israel
On July 4th, 2005, I step down from a bulletproof journalists' tour bus onto the controversial soil of Sa-nur, one of the four Shomron area settlements to be evacuated come mid-August. My...
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...
Followed by Reporter’s Protests Against Press Restricions of the Palestinian Authority
31.07.05
An expanded board attended a meeting this afternoon hosted by the IDF, GPO and the Foreign Ministry. At the meeting, significant reductions in access and stringent new controls were issued. Here is a summary:
Contrary...