Interview With Marwan Bargouti, Tanzim leader
This week "Palestine Report" interviewed Marwan Barghouti, General Secretary of Fateh higher committee in the West Bank, on the escalating crisis between Palestinians and Israel.
PR: Some people are saying that Palestinians have not learned...
TIPH — A textbook case in the failure of “peace observers”
The specified objective of the TIPH (Temporary International Presence in Hebron) observers is "to provide a feeling of security among the Palestinians in the city of Hebron and to contribute to the renewal of...
Israel Foreign Minister Shimon Peres: Oslo Process Cannot be Erased
The Oslo Process was a moral and a Jewish choice. The late Yitzhak Rabin and I went to Oslo for moral reasons: not because we had no choice, not out of weakness, but with...
An Open Letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Thomas Schmelzer
Efrat 90435
Office of the Prime Minister
Honorable Ariel Sharon, Director General of the Office of Prime Minister
c/o Uri Shani
Via Facsimile Transmittal and Registered Mail
Dear Mr. Prime Minister,
I am a lawyer practicing in the United...
Legal Action in France Against Al Aharam – Anti-Semitic Jewish Campaign Faces Litigation
Whoever thinks the French are all hostile towards Israel, can find a certain comfort in the following: a court in Paris is currently carrying out an investigation against the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, on suspicion...
Beillin’s Foundation Will not Disclose Basic Data Required by Israeli Law
The Economic Cooperation Foundation, pioneered by former Israel Justice Minister Yossi Beillin, finally submitted its financial report for the year 2000 to the Registrar of Non-Profit Organizations, yet neglected to report the income that...
“Between Palestine and Hamastine”
"Our situation is firm, we are expecting an upheaval." This was the closing sentence of the latest report sent from Hamas headquarters in the territories to the headquarters in Syria. The strengthening of Hamas...
Islam as State Religion, No Juridical Rights for Other Religions, Guarantee for the Right...
This week, a senior foreign diplomat provided Israel Resource News Agency with the finalized Arabic version of the Palestinian State Constitution which has been framed by the official constitutional committee of the Palestinian National...
Incitement in the Palestinian Authority After the Aqaba Summit
In his June 4, 2003 speech at the Aqaba summit, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said, "We will also act vigorously against incitement and violence and hatred, whatever their form...
Sharon’s Unilateral Retreat
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Deputy Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, arrived in Washington on Thursday to present Sharon's program for unilateral retreat from the 17 Jewish farming communities that are contiguous to Gaza.
Sharon and...