Incisive News Coverage of Israel
Posting: September 21, 2008
"Narrative"
In the Torah reading for this past Shabbat -- Ki Tavo -- Moses speaks to the children of Israel shortly before they cross the Jordan River "into the Land that G-d...
Can The Fatah Option Work in Gaza
Israel's three-week military operation in Gaza in December-January has raised the issue of the possible return of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah party to Gaza to replace the Hamas regime. The...
Bethlehem’s Massive Tourist Plans Include … One New Hotel
At a time when hundreds of thousands of tourists may possibly make their way to Bethlehem next Christmas and New Years to usher in the new century, including the Pope, and another possible visit...
Al-Ahram Weekly
Making Anti-Terrorism Global
by Jailan Halawi
Heading
"Egypt's interior minister El-Adli seized the occasion of the Arab interior ministers' meeting in Amman to renew Egypt's call for an international conference on terrorism. The meeting, resolving to escalate...
Was Arafat Responsible for the PLO Gun Ship?
Seamen admit: we reported every step to the PA
Yedioth Ahronoth (p. 7) by Alex Fishman --
Members of the Israeli intelligence service burst into laughter when they heard Arafat's announcement that he proposed establishing a...
News Stories Inside the Palestinian Authority Not Reported Elsewhere: Accountability and the PLO
PLO representative in Washington, Hassan Abdul Rahman has kept millions of dollars for Palestinian students from abroad. He spent money to buy huge homes in the Washington area. He has a Cadillac, beautiful clothes....
Rewriting history on the taxpayer dime
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/12/rewriting-history-on-the-taxpayer-dime/
The U.S. government, via the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided support for a glossy 39-page "Palestine Guide Book." Just released by the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Tourism, it declares on its...
MICHAEL IGNATIEFF ON IRAN, KAIROS, UNWRA, A PALESTINIAN STATE AND AN URBAN RESERVE IN...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/michael-ignatieff-on-iran.html
Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
Michael Ignatieff. Photo by Rhonda Spivak.
By Rhonda Spivak
The following are questions given to Michael Ignatieff, the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party who was in Winnipeg during an interview...
Israeli distrust of the Palestinian security services
Israeli security forces show great suspicion toward the Palestinian security
apparatus in the West Bank despite the fact that they battle Hamas and were
trained by the U.S. General Dayton. Israel assesses that a scenario of
another...