Israel Without Apology
Three decades ago, I was a Berkeley New Leftist with a political and personal problem. I had been born in Israel, and, though I didn't consider myself a Zionist, I certainly didn't want to...
A Critique of the “Nusseibeh-Ayalon” Campaign
Sari Nusseibeh's and Ami Ayalon's declaration of principles is strewn with potholes and political pitfalls. For example, the fiction of "two states for two peoples," that is mentioned in the sense that in the...
Sharon Sees Bush Standing Strong for Disarmament of the Terror Groups
Sharon's aides are convinced that in this visit , or rather in the interval between Abu Mazen's and Sharon's visit, the administration's attitude towards the new Palestinian government took a turn. This was the...
If The Cease Fire Collapses, Israel will Topple the PA
On Wednesday, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz met with Mohammed Dahlan. On July 6, when they met face to face for the first time, Dahlan surprised Mofaz and for the first time presented his conception...
The Political Role of the NGO’s in Israel
One of the harshest fronts of the Arab-Israeli conflict is the information war, in which powerful non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with major influence on the international media consistently display a biased approach.
The hijacking of the...
What Would Happen If Israel Were to Use US PR Tactics in Their Information...
The American Example
The prime minister's visit in Washington takes place a few days after the Bush administration taught the world a bit about delicate taste. The photographs of the corpses of Uday and Qusay,...
Dahlan: Rice did not discuss dismantling groups with me
No warning to dismantle militant factions www.jerusalem-times.net/article/news/details/detail.asp?id=3759
Gaza-Muhammad Dahlan, Minister for Security Affairs denied Sunday the Israeli news reports that Condoleezza Rice, US president's National Security Advisor, had told him that the grace period of...
The Palestinian Security Forces and the Second Intifada
Presentation given at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on July 24th, 2003
(Presentation hosted by the Center For Near East Policy Research and the Israel Resource News Agency)
Copyright © Gal Luft
Introduction
In the period...
A US State Department Middle East Policy Without US Congressional Authorization and Without Public...
The US State Department acts independently of US congressional approval in its implementation of middle east policy, while obfuscating basic facts from the Executive Branch of the US government, leaving the White House and...
CMIP Briefing:The latest Palestinian Authority School Books – Hardly a Curriculum for Peace
The new report of the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace, just released, represents the fifth time CMIP has done a review of textbooks used by the Palestinian Authority. In the early years...