Are Israel’s Settlements Legal?
Assuming the Middle East conference actually does take place, its official task will be to achieve peace between Israel and its Levantine neighbors in accordance with Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338. Resolution 242,...
CROSSING THE RED LINE : When an Israeli Arab leader is arrested for espionage
Ben Dror Yemini, Senior Writer at the Maariv Newspaper in Israek, was born in Tel-Aviv , Israel in 1954, on the eve of Passover. Hence the name, Ben Dror: the son of freedom..
He studied...
Annapolis Summit: Plans Are On, Gaps Remain
The die is cast. The Annapolis summit is on.
On Monday, the Israeli Ministry of Finance received Knesset Finance Committee Approval for a $1.5 million budget to cover the Israeli government costs of expenses pertaining...
Years of Hope
Years of hope, Z.B. Begin, Ha'Aretz, September 6, 2002
A reminder
September 9, 1993
Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel
Mr. Prime Minister,
The signing of the Declaration of Principles marks a new era in the history of the...
Incisive Commentary from Arlene Kushner, Augu. 5th-10th, 2007
Posting: August 10, 2007
"Our IDF"
I want to return here to the issue of soldiers who refused to participate in evicting Hevron residents from the marketplace, Mitzpe Shalhevet.
The story as it was widely presented, was...
Lawmakers Told of Alleged UN Links to Middle East Terror
Recently declassified documents by Israeli intelligence links United Nations workers with Middle East terrorist organizations, an Israeli journalist and social worker told Capitol Hill lawmakers Wednesday.
David Bedein, bureau chief of the Jerusalem-based Israel Resource...
Would Uprooting Jews Violate International Humanitarian Treaties?
Plans by the Israeli Government to forcibly remove Jews from their homes in the West Bank and Gaza breach the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 as well as the United...
King Abdullah Warns Against ‘Extremist’ Arab Alliance
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2012/12/jordan-king-abdullah-extremists.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5526
King Abdullah II of Jordan warned against the formation of a new Arab alliance controlled by "extremism." The king openly attacked two Arab states and another regional state for seeking to launch a "new...
Incisive Perspective: Syria and Saudi Arabia
Syria Murders Hundreds; "Pro-`Arab Spring'" West Yawns or Supports Syrian Regime
The situation in Syria is terrible. Hundreds of people have been shot; others arrested and tortured. And yet after weeks of demonstrations and repression...
Red Crescent donates cash for food supplies in Gaza
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/palestinian-territories/red-crescent-donates-cash-for-food-supplies-in-gaza-1.1029757
Gaza The United Arab Emirates Red Crescent Authority (UAERCA) has generously contributed around Dh3 million ($817,000) for food for the poorest refugees in Gaza.
Over the last five years, the UAERCA offered Dh18.4 million in...