Legal Brief Filed on Behalf of Jewish Residents of the Katif District in the...

A legal brief was filed on Thursday, August 18, 2005, with the Supreme Court of Israel, on behalf of the Jewish residents of Israeli towns in Gaza strip who are being expelled from their...

Serious Weapons Smuggled Into Gaza Strip

The lack of control demonstrated by Egyptian forces on Philadelphi Road continued yesterday: Despite official promises that they had closed all the crossings between the two parts of Rafah, yesterday again Palestinians from the Gaza...

Disengagement Lessons: Flawed Pullout Predictions Should Make Olmert Rethink His Plan

Eight months after the withdrawal from Gaza, or what was referred to as a "unilateral disengagement," things are not developing according to the early scenario marketed to the public. Almost nothing has materialized in the...

Editorial in Palestinian Authority Official Publication, Following Bomb in Tel Aviv

I don't think, no, I am sure that the last Tel Aviv operation did not make any of Israel's leaders lose any sleep over it. They had previous knowledge of the possibility of it...

Double Discrimination: Removal of Human Rights in Judea?

The request of the Israeli government for Israeli citizens to place a sticker on their car if they live in Judea was stated as a way to "ease the situation at the checkpoints" The only...

Jenin Redux: UNRWA Once Again Misleads the Media

Four years ago, Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield in response to a spate of horrendous suicide bombings. The theater of operations was the West Bank, specifically the UNRWA refugee camp in Jenin, referred to...

Human Rights Watch:

"Hezbollah's attacks in Israel on Sunday and Monday were at best indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas, at worst the deliberate targeting of civilians. Either way, they were serious violations of international humanitarian law and...

Official West Bank withdrawal panel commissioned by Israeli Foreign Minister Livni: No solution to...

The realignment committee set up to evaluate the idea of a unilateral withdrawal from most of the West Bank presented senior political officials with its report in which they raised legal, security and economic...

Commnetary

Aaron Lerner, director of IMRA, has put out his weekly commentary. He calls it "Wake up call: Dumbo crashes in Gaza." The message, people think elephants can fly, but guess what? They can't. As...

ISRAEL PLANS MAJOR OPERATION IN GAZA

Israel's military has been developing plans for a major offensive in the Gaza Strip. The General Staff has renewed plans for a permanent presence in the southern Gaza Strip in an effort to halt arms...