With UNRWA’s Mandate Up for Renewal on June 30th. Should the UNRWA Mandate be...

There are over 21,000,000 refugees in the world: Some 17,000,000 in various places, for whom UNHCR (UN High Commission for Refugees) has responsibility, and some 4 million Palestinian Arab refugees, for whom UNRWA (UN...

Is the Palestinian Authority Headed for Collapse?

The Palestinian Authority is quietly bracing for the prospect of collapse. PA officials said numerous officials have fled or plan to leave the West Bank for Jordan and other Arab states. They said the assessment...

Official Palestinian Authority Media Report that Israel has Agreed that “Badr Division” of Palestinian...

June 11, 2005 Voice of Palestine radio reported late Saturday that Israel had reached agreement with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to allow the "Badr Division" of Palestinian forces to enter the West Bank...

The Disengagement Plan’s Ten Questionable Premises

1. "The successful withdrawal from Southern Lebanon is a precedent for everything that will take place in Gaza and Northern Samaria after the withdrawal from these areas". Deputy prime minister, Minister Ehud Olmert, said in...

Palestinian Authority Responds to Charges of Incitement in Their Text Books

In a report titled "The Myth of Incitement in Palestinian Textbooks," the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education has refuted as "unfounded" the Israeli and US allegations that Palestinian textbooks incite hatred and...

Living in the Only Place in the World Where There are No Human Rights...

This morning, I came to my office at the press center in Jerusalem at 9:45 a.m. and was greeted with two new dissonant realities within minutes. An official letter from the Israel Government Lands Authority...

“Evacuation Liable to Fatally Damage Water”

"The implementation of the disengagement plan in northern Samaria will make it possible for the Palestinians-on the assumption that there is no coordination and agreement with Israel-to pump 50 million cubic meters of water...

The Hidden Clauses of Oslo

One senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official has documented the Israel-PLO negotiations and through a second-party permitted them to be leaked to the Israeli media. The story told is a shocking indictment of Deputy Foreign Minister...

Maariv attacks HaAretz Editorial for Demonizing Israel

The process of demonizing the State of Israel took a step up this week when the publisher of Ha'aretz, Amos Schocken, published an article that made grave allegations against the State of Israel. According...