Middle East

The following is a translation of a column by the editor of Maariv, Ben Dror Yemini, which appeared in the paper April 15, 2010 – in Hebrew it is here: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/094/934.html#after_maavaron (Steven Plaut's translation) A Conference...

(from Wikipedia) Elyakim Haetzni (Hebrew : ××œ×™×§×™× ×"עצני‎, born 22 June 1926) is an Israeli lawyer, and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Tehiya from 1990 until 1992. Biography Born Georg Bombach...

Relevant History in Brief In 1922, following the Allied victory in World War I, the organized international community of the time, the League of Nations, with the special concurrence of the U.S. (not a member),...

By focusing attention on Israel and its crimes, Europeans, American admirers ignore Islamic war against Israel, global jihad. It was a stunning moment of moral clarity. As the South Vietnamese refugees clambered onto rickety boats in the...

Benjamin Netanyahu, in his office in Jerusalem, stands in front of a photograph of his greatest British hero, Winston Churchill Photo: DEBBIE HILL By Charles Moore 11:06AM GMT 26 Feb 2011 310 Comments "When I attended an...

Hamas handed out candy last night as residents took to the streets of the southern Gazan city of Rafah to celebrate the brutal terror attack in Itamar, where five members of a single Israeli...

Israel heard the news at the end of the Sabbath, on Motzaei Shabat. Thousands of Israelis came from all over Eretz Yisrael. Throughout Yerushalayim traffic was swollen by Yehudim in cars and on foot. The...

J Street has dispatched a delegation this week to Jerusalem, to meet with Israeli officials, presenting itself as a “pro-Israel”and “pro peace”. The reality is that J Street plays a critical role as part and...

The hardest part of telling Daniel’s story is that it is in the past tense. Otherwise, it’s inspiring and uplifting. In April 2006, during the intermediate days of Passover, Daniel Cantor Wultz suffered devastating life...

http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/un-statehood- initiative-raises-hopes-and-fears-in-palestinian-refugee-camps BEIRUT // Alia Hussein has lived all of her 59 years in Bourj Al Barajneh refugee camp in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. Her nine children were also raised in the crowded camp,...