Abbas is coming to Washington. Will Prez finally get tough with him?

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet President Bush in Washington May 26. He is getting this meeting because the Bush Administration has concluded that Abbas has done more than his predecessor, Yasser...

Arafat’s Demise will not lead to Peace – Abbas Acts as his Protege

Yasir Arafat's demise in November excited great hopes among those who saw his malign personality as the main reason for Palestinian intransigence. But those of us who saw the problem as larger than Arafat -...

On Eve of U.S. Visit, Abbas’s Media Again Attack US and Israel

Only days before Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas visits Washington to ask for money and to exhibit reform and moderation, Abbas's official media have again supported terror assaults on Israeli targets while attacking America and...

Wiesenthal Center Calls on Japanese Government to Provide Aid to the Palestinian Authority Based...

May 17th, 2005 Wiesenthal Center urges Prime Minister Koizumi to link future Palestinian aid to "measurable milestones in dismantling terror and ending incitement Following Prime Minister's Junichiro Koizumi's meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas which...

USAID Adds $7 Million to its Education Program

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The American people Monday donated an extra $7 million to enlarge U.S.-funded higher education and training programs in the West Bank and Gaza. The education projects are part of a $41...

The Hidden Clauses of Oslo

One senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official has documented the Israel-PLO negotiations and through a second-party permitted them to be leaked to the Israeli media. The story told is a shocking indictment of Deputy Foreign Minister...

Newsworthy Quotations from Official Palestinian Television

Official Palestinian television devoted much of its programming this past Friday (May 13) to attacking Israel and Jews in general, as part of the lead-up to the 57th anniversary of "Al-Nakba"-The Catastrophe-as Palestinians call...

The Vatican’s Sin of Omission

Last week, Pope Benedict XVI vowed to Rome's former chief rabbi that he would renew the Vatican's commitment to Catholic-Jewish dialogue. The statement, which came at the same time that Germany unveiled its new...

Official Palestinian Authority Unleashes Anti-Israel and Anti-American Messages on the Eve of Israeli Independence...

The Palestinian Authority's offical print and broadcast media launched a broad propaganda attack against Israel and the United States on Friday morning-two days before the May 15 anniversary of the founding of Israel, a...

Call for Israeli Arabs to Revolt

The official Palestinian broadcast media repeatedly beamed today comments by PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas in which he condemned Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom as "undemocratic" because he warned that Israel would be foolish to...