Commentary: The Danger of Hudna

This past week Ma'ariv reported on a tentative plan being worked on, and reportedly covertly discussed between Israelis and Palestinians, that would involve a pullback from substantial parts of Judea-Samaria, establishment of a "provisional"...

A Tribute to Archbishop Pietro Sambi, whose memory is being observed today in Washington,...

On September 14, 2011, a memorial service was held for Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Pope's ambassador to the United States and formerly the Papal Nuncio in Jerusalem. He died very recently. I knew this man....

A Point to Make at IAW: Number of Golan Heights Druze seeking Israeli citizenship...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=2938&sec=2&title=A_Point_to_Make_at_IAW:_Number_of__Golan_Heights_Druze_seeking_Israeli_citizenship_is_on_the_Rise Something interesting has been happening in the Golan Heights in the last few months which pro-Israel advocates on campus ought to point ought when detracters launch Israel Apartheid Week on campuses throughout North America,...

Posek HaDor: HaRav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv z”l, who died on July 18, 2012

Harav Elyashiv (referred to in this article as: HaRav) was born 102 years ago on Rosh Chodesh Nissan in the village of Shavik, in Lithuania. His father was the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Elyashiv, the son-in-law...

Analysis: The Israel “Declaration Of Principles” offered to The PLO

On Monday, September 10th, 2007, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met in his office with Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah party along with the...

Minister Sharon, MKs Yahalom & Eitan, Levran

All interviews were carried out in Hebrew on 1st June. All appear in their entirety. Minister of Infrastructure Ariel Sharon IMRA: Is the Netanyahu Government developing today its opening position for the negotiations with the Palestinians...

Sixteen Reservations Concerning the Geneva “Understandings”

The following is based on the text of Yossi Beilin's Geneva Accord as obtained by Haaretz. A key feature of Beilin's "Geneva Accord" is its anarchic rush to drop supervision (supervision to prevent the smuggling...

End Result of Israel-PA Talks Reached 8 Years Ago: Israel’s Secret Retreat Map

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/14055#.UndysXBmiSo There is a code of silence about what is being discussed in current Israeli Palestinian negotiations. However, possible disastrous results of those talks were reached almost nine years ago. In March, 2005, Yuli Edelstein, then...

Commentary on Post- Cease Fire Israel Situation

The Jerusalem Post reported today that Kofi Annan is expected to recommend that the enlarged UNIFIL forces that will deploy in Lebanon will be given rules of engagement that permit opening fire on Hezbollah....

UNRWA’s limited aid focus in Syria, and its consequences

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/UNRWAs-limited-aid-focus-in-Syria-and-its-consequences-319729 Since March 2011, Syria has fallen into a vicious civil war in which over 100,000 people have lost their lives while 1.5 million have fled or been displaced. Before the outbreak of the war,...