The Rhetoric of Nonsense

http://www.meforum.org/3262/palestinian-history-nonsense For nearly two decades the Palestinian Authority (PA) has been denying Israel's right to exist, and a recent "Nakba Day" was no exception. In a Gaza speech on behalf of Mahmoud Abbas, his personal...

Israeli leadership suffers from unilateral withdrawal syndrome

http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/israeli-leadership-suffers-from-unilateral-withdrawal-syndrome.premium-1.434427?trailingPath=2.169%2C2.225%2C2.227%2C It seems that some of our military-men-turned-politicians are suffering from the unilateral withdrawal syndrome. It may be typical of the military mindset: Get it over with! Finish the job! Do something! Do anything! Actually,...

So you thought Netanyahu is tough on terrorism? Not exactly

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/so-you-thought-pm-netanyahu-is-tough-on-terrorism-not-exactly/ Last week, our government sent my daughter’s murderer, Ahlam Tamimi, a pre-wedding gift. Tamimi, the woman who engineered the 2001 massacre in Jerusalem’s Sbarro restaurant, was released from prison by the Israeli government in October...

Exposing the Palestinian ‘Refugee’ Charade

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/11/exposing-the-palestinian-refugee-charade/print On May 24th, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved a resolution virtually certain to create a controversy in Washington, D.C. The Kirk Amendment, named after its drafter, Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), authorizes the State...

Showdown Brews Between Obama, Congress Over Accuracy of Count of Palestinian Arab Refugees

http://www.nysun.com/foreign/showdown-brews-between-obama-congress-over/87849/ A showdown is brewing in Washington over how the number of Palestinian Arab refugees is being counted, and it could be explosive. This is because numerical accuracy would undermine claims by the Palestinians that...

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...

USAID Vets-Hiring Review, Support for Israel, Top Kirk Priorities Included in State-Foreign Ops

http://politicalnews.me/?id=14517&keys=USAID-APPROPRIATIONS-FOREIGN-ASSISTANCE WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator will be required to review the agency's veterans-hiring practices under a bill passed by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate’s fiscal year (FY)...

Egypt: If There’s No Danger of Radicalism and Islamism Why Can’t You Provide Evidence?

http://www.gloria-center.org/2012/05/egypt-if-theres-no-danger-of-radicalism-and-islamism-why-cant-you-provide-evidence/ Consider one fact that demolishes the apparatus of nonsense about moderate Islamists and the credibility of those claiming there is nothing to worry about. These are the same people who have been declaring for...

U.S. envoy for combating antisemitism: jordan refuses to teach about holocaust because it will...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=2494&sec=1 Hannah Rosenthal, the State Department's envoy for combating anti-Semitism was very dissatisfied with a visit she had with Jordan's Minister of Education in 2011 because he told her he refused to teach about the...

The Relegitimization of Israel and the Battle for the Mainstream Consensus: Article from the...

Joel Fishman is a historian and a fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He is also a member of the board of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and served as...