Juul Can Expect Punishment
Foreign Minister January Petersen dismissed an appeal from a Center Party politician to treat Mona Juul's case leniently because it could weaken the UN's role in the Middle East. Juul is Norway's ambassador to...
Breach of Civil Service Act by Juul and Roed-Larsen
The Norwegian Department of Foreign Affairs (UD) is of the opinion that Norway's Ambassador to Israel, Mona Juul, and UN Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen contravened the Civil Service Act when they failed to inform the...
UN “Fact Finding” Team to Israel, April, 2002: Inquiry or Inquisition?
The UN fact-finding team investigating the events in the Jenin refugee camp was due to arrive in Israel on Sunday after a short delay, following two days of consultations between Israeli representatives and the...
The Powell Visit: Israeli Press Reportage of a Disaster
-- To the question of what repercussions the failure of Secretary of State Colin Powell's mediation mission will have, the Palestinians respond with a single word: a "catastrophe"
Officials close to Sharon said: "True, it...
How Reporters were Forced to Downgrade the Report of a “Massacre.”
After two weeks of screaming headlines that proclaimed "Massacre in Jenin!", the news story from Jenin is slowly emerging. This follows the decision of the IDF to allow representatives of the Israeli and foreign...
Friends of the CIA? – The Palestinian Militias
On a visit to Washington a year ago, Palestinian security chief Jibril Rajoub proudly showed off an armor-plated limousine that he said the Central Intelligence Agency "always provides me when I am here." Last...
US AID Sponsor of PLO Propaganda Agencies to be Exposed in Washington
The US House of Representatives International Relations Committee has received an unpublished report of US foreign aid allocations to organizations that operate inside the Palestinian National Authority and in Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem.
A member...
If the IDF Withdraws, Will the Tanzim Enter?
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...
The Battle in Jenin: An Assessment
The battle for the UNRWA Jenin refugee camp ended yesterday morning. Seven days of fighting -- among the hardest the IDF has known in recent years -- ended with 36 wanted men who laid...
The Iraqi Factor in the Powell Visit
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...