CIA Training of Palestinian Security Forces Begins

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - The CIA has opened its first training course for PA security forces, designed to help them better combat terror. About thirty PA security officers attended the opening session in PA-controlled Jericho on...

Palestinian Arab Reaction to the Israeli Elections

Palestinians: "Now we will continue the intifada" The Palestinian Arabs were dealt a serious disappointment this week. Their efforts to affect the Israeli political map failed once again. In the past months they openly supported Amram...

Abu Mazen Sources

(1) Mahmoud Abbas (abu Mazen) In 1983, in an early public example of denial from an indigenous Middle Eastern source, a Palestinian named Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) wrote The Other Side: The...

Skeptical About Abu Mazen

Security Establishment: "Sharon, Abu Mazen Meet, Arafat Sponsors Terror" Ma'ariv (p. 2) by Ben Caspit et al. -- On Sunday Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to depart for the United States, where he will meet...

Official PA Website: PA Will Not Fight any Armed Organizations

The Palestine National Authority (PNA) and the opposition groups have both confirmed that "dialogue" is a national decision and ruled out inter-Palestinian fighting to resolve a dispute that erupted over Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas'...

PA Minister of Information: “PM Abbas and President Arafat in Harmony to Formulate Leadership...

In the aftermath of the Palestinian cabinet's weekly meeting, Mr. Nabil Amr, Minister of Information, asserted the cabinet's adherence to the Palestinian national rights, which comes in harmony with those of the Palestinian Liberation...

Prisoner or Terrorist? Terminology Counts

The US demands that Israel release Arab terrorists from its jails. 6,256 Arab terrorists have been apprehended by Israel murdering people or for attempting to murder people in the 18,546 Arab terror attacks which have...

The “Right of Return” The Wild Card of the Middle East Negotiation Process

The 1948 War Continues Israel's 1948 war has not been resolved. The Palestinian Authority and PLO, with the help of the UN, keep that war simmering. How? With the demand to implement the "Right Of...

The Geneva Accord: A Strategic Assessment

A self-appointed Israeli negotiating team, claiming to speak in the name of a majority of Israelis, concluded the Geneva Accord with a Palestinian delegation. It conceded almost all the security arrangements for the West...

European Union Support for the Palestinian Authority against Israel is part of Europe’s “hidden...

European Union support for the Palestinian Authority against Israel is part of Europe's "hidden war" against the United States to become a world superpower, a European parliamentarian said in Jerusalem this week. Washington has often...