Middle East

An area where Israel continues to cope with is the world wide campaign against Israel’s restrictions of potentially lethal exports into Gaza. Since the Hamas terror takeover of Gaza in June 2007, Israel did halt...

Jerusalem, Israel - For the first time in more than 20 years, Fatah (Arabic for “conquest”), the dominant ruling power of the Palestinian Authority, will gather next week for a conference in Bethlehem, with...

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On Tuesday Fatah will hold its sixth congress in Bethlehem, at which point a draft party platform will be put to the vote. That draft explicitly notes that Israel must not be recognized as a Jewish...

The New Israel Fund most recently told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that it would never cross “four red lines”: http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/24/1006776/new-israel-funds-red-lines • Engaging in racist behavior. • Demonizing any particular group. • Using or advocating violence as a means...

Saudi Initiative - based on flooding Israel with Arab refugees from 1948 - along with their descendents This week, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu praised the nation of Bahrain for endorsing the Saudi Peace Initiative, also...

I read the report that quoted an American official who described President Obama's meeting with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. It was evident from the report that despite the president's amazing powers of persuasion,...

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Overview 1. Iranian media and spokesmen continue to demonize Israel, accusing it of complicity with the West in plotting against Iran. The so-called plots pertain both to Iran 's internal affairs (such as the recent...

I recently had my second opportunity in Sderot to host a group from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). EAPPI is a program supported and funded by the Geneva-based World Council...