David Bedein: Advisory to Journalists in Middle East: When a “Cease-Fire is not...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4321&sec=2&title=David_Bedein:_Advisory_to_Journalists_in_Middle_East:_When_a_%E2%80%9CCease-Fire%E2%80%9D_is_not_a_Cease-Fire
In the current conflagration between Israel and Gaza, news agencies mistakenly report that the a “cease fire” is being discussed with Hamas, such as the “cease fire” that resulted in the armistice that ended...
Truce does not equal peace … writes Michael Kuttner
http://www.kbrm.org.nz/Israel/Truce_does_not_equal_peace.html
One of the problems we face these days is the inability to recognise reality even when it smacks us in the face.
Very few people expect politicians, especially those who manage to get themselves elected...
Jordan: Al-Majd on ‘Arafat-Abu-Marzuq Meeting, US Initiative
Yasir 'Arafat has asserted that US envoy Dennis Ross, who arrived in the Middle East yesterday, is carrying an important draft US initiative to end the deadlocked Palestinian- Israeli negotiations. US Secretary of State...
The Sharon Plan: Not Disengagement – PLO Empowerment
The Sharon Plan, often described as the "disengagement" process, has become one of the most hotly debated news items in Israel.
What is most newsworthy, given the charged emotions that this debate has created, is...
An Open Letter to the New Israel Fund
http://en.imti.org.il/article.php?id=20
NIF-funded organizations are at it again. B’tselem, Adalah, Gisha, and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel are claiming that IDF soldiers defending Israel against endless terrorist rocket attacks are war criminals.
Im Tirtzu will...
ICSR Insight: Up to 11,000 foreign fighters in Syria; steep rise among Western Europeans
http://icsr.info/2013/12/icsr-insight-11000-foreign-fighters-syria-steep-rise-among-western-europeans/
Since ICSR published its first estimate in April, the issue of foreign fighters in Syria has become a major concern for Western governments. More reports have emerged since, though few have accurately gauged the...
No Time to Spare: Talking about Israel’s Legal Grounds
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arlene-kushner/no-time-to-spare-talking-about-israels-legal-grounds/
If the Israeli building in Judea and Samaria destroys the peace process, then, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, the EU ambassador to Israel, declared just days ago, “Naturally, the blame will be put squarely on Israel’s doorstep.”
Naturally:...
To the Ben Gurion University Board of Governors: Concerned about Israel’s image in the...
A number of faculty at Ben Gurion University have traveled abroad, lending their voices to the growing campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). Others helped to make the same case in writings and...
A Conversation with Jonathan Pollard
Federal Correctional Institute, Butner, NC.
Last Friday (March 21, 1997) a little after one o'clock in the afternoon, the side door of the visiting room at the prison opened, and through it walked prisoner number...
Executive Summary: The Report of the New Palestinian Authority School Books
Following is a summary of the findings of a survey conducted by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace, of the new Palestinian Authority Textbooks.
The findings were presented at a press conference held...