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...

The Israel Left Organizes to Demand European Intervention fo Stop the Israeli Army

CALLING EUROPE! The internationally-lauded "disengagement" from Gaza did not end the occupation there. This continued in the form of an Israeli stranglehold over Gaza's communications with the outside world. The Gaza Strip has been turned...

Terror leader announces start of barrage nearing Israel’s main population centers

While Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip have been contending with almost daily missile attacks, Palestinian rockets will now also be launched regularly on the other side of the country aimed at Jewish communities...

U.S. Quietly Encourages Israeli Operation

The authoritative Middle East News Line has confirmed that the United States has been quietly encouraging Israel's assault on Hizbullah. Officials said the Bush administration, after initial hesitation, has determined that the Israeli military campaign...

Ehud Olmert: Fighting for his political life

It's unprecedented during wartime to undermine your nation's unity. Nevertheless, that's exactly what Israeli PM Ehud Olmert did when he declared that the war would create "new momentum" for his divisive Realignment Plan. Now...

The Beirut Arab Summit declaration

"II- Achievement of a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem to be agreed upon in accordance with U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194." The Beirut Arab Summit declaration Regional, Politics, 3/29/2002 www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020329/2002032908.html In its 14th...

Baker Hamilton Report Analyzed

Her Iraq Study Group report did more than merely live down to its advance billing. Its authors are now revealed to be as intellectually deficient as they are morally malodorous. Calling these people 'realists'...

Commentary: Bush’s Backbone is Not Broken

Word came out within the last few days (which most if not all of you have already seen) regarding the fact that President Bush is considering putting 30,000 to 50,000 more troops into Iraq,...

U.S. Blocks Arms, Technology To Israel

The Bush administration has blocked arms and technology transfers to Israel. Israeli and U.S. sources said the State Department has blocked the transfer of weapons and technology to the Jewish state over the last three...

Egyptian Failure to Halt Arms Flow from Gaza

Despite Israeli appeals, Egypt has failed to halt the weapons tunnel infrastructure in the eastern Sinai Peninsula. Israeli officials said Egyptian security forces have bolstered troops along the border with Israel to prevent weapons smuggling....