Inside The Palestinian Authority: Issue 2

Produced by the Center for Near East Policy Research Editor's note: Welcome to the second edition of "Inside the PA," a weekly on-line publication designed to provide valuable insight into the workings of the Palestinian...

Police and Harsh Rhetoric in Bethlehem

Rhonda Spivak, an attorney and a writer, is a member of the Canadian and Israel Bar Associations. It was a hot Friday afternoon on August 7, when I went to Bethlehem on. I didn’t have...

Iran’s Plans to Take Over Syria

http://jcpa.org/article/irans-plans-to-take-over-syria/ In mid-April, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah paid a secret visit to Tehran where he met with the top Iranian officials headed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Gen. Qasem Suleimani, the commander of the...

On the Jewish Question in Annapolis

Herewith some thoughts about tomorrow's Annapolis peace conference, and the larger problem of how to approach the Israel-Palestine conflict. The first question (one might think it is obvious but apparently not) is, "What is...

WHERE ARE THE VOICES OF CONSCIENCE FOR IRAN?

Where is everyone? Where did all the people who demonstrated against Israel’s brutality in Operation Cast Lead, in the Second Lebanon War, in Operation Defensive Shield, or even in The Hague, when we were...

Where Jerusalem Jews Worship: Tracing the changing location of the “holiest site in...

The Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem was Judaism’s holiest place in Bible times because God’s presence dwelt there (I Kings 8:27-30). Even when toward the end of the Second Temple period synagogues were functioning...

“Put Arafat on Trial”

The rule of law requires that murderers be brought to justice. Yasser Arafat is a cold-blooded, premeditated murderer. It would seem to follow that he should be brought to trial. The incontrovertible evidence of Arafat's complicity...

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...

Cold Peace Encouraged at Palestinian Israeli Social Workers Workshop?

Monday March 9, by invitation of Dr. Elia Awwael, I attended the Palestinian-Israeli Social Workers Workshop held at the Nativity Hotel located in Bethlehem. The stated goals of the workshop included allowing Israelis and...

Origin of the Palestinian claim of a ‘right of return’

http://washingtonjewishweek.com/origin-of-the-palestinian-claim-of-a-right-of-return/ Reports emanating from the current Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations reveal that the Palestinian side continues to demand recognition of “a right of return,” under which about 5 million Palestinians now living outside Israel would migrate...