The Telltale Silence of the Post-Oslo Palestinian Press
(Lecture for the conference: "A 21st century Dialogue: Media's Dark Age?" Athens, 24th - 28th May 1998, organized by "Women for Mutual Security")
The Palestinian Authority oppresses its people and intimidates its press. In what...
Doodling for Saddam
Section I: Introduction
The Palestinian Authority, taking a lesson from authoritarian regimes, uses its media to mobilize support for the ruling class and its war against Israel. Since 1994, PA Chairman Yasser Arafat has increasingly...
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...
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the “Clash within a Civilization”
http://csis.org/publication/saudi-arabia-iran-and-clash-within-civilization
No one has ever been able to travel to the Gulf without discovering just how different the perspectives and values of the West and the Middle East can be. During the last two...
The legal case for Judea and Samaria
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=14003
If international legitimacy for the settlement enterprise were a horse, one could say that it's been long out of the barn. Those roaming the halls of power worldwide -- from the White House in...
Hamas, Internal Strife, Old Film Clips on PBC TV Against Israel
June 17, 2005
The official Palestinian Authority (PA) media has been giving small coverage to Palestinian-Israeli meetings (June 15/June16), describing the meetings sparingly , occasionally positively (PBC Television June 15/16).
Reports on preparations for a summit...
Incisive News Coverage of Israel
Posting: September 21, 2008
"Narrative"
In the Torah reading for this past Shabbat -- Ki Tavo -- Moses speaks to the children of Israel shortly before they cross the Jordan River "into the Land that G-d...
Salzburg Austria’s Antisemitic Shadows: Finding Jew Alley
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4199&sec=1&title=Salzburg_Austria's_Antisemitic_Shadows:_Finding_Jew_Alley
I had travelled to the enchanting and beautiful city of Salzburg Austria, a two hour train ride from Munich, and was just about to leave its old town when I went into a store...
Investigative Journalist’s Scoop: PA Schools Teaching Kids War?
Audio: Investigative Journalist's Scoop: PA Schools Teaching Kids War?
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/4745#.UcRIxjturTp
David Bedein, a mild-mannered social worker by training, was once described by former prime minister Yitzchak Rabin as "the biggest pain in the tuchess" for sabotaging...
Putting a Human Face on People About to be Evacuated from their Homes
Only a few weeks before the government of Israel proposes to evict the residents of the Jewish community of Sanur from their homes, Israel Resource News Agency dispatched a Russian speaking correspondent to meet...