Tenacity of Terror: The Saudi Takeover of the Palestinian Authority

The "Mecca agreement" makes things difficult for Israel. Israel's battle to prevent world recognition of Hamas, an Islamic terror organization sworn to destroy the Jewish state, has ended in defeat, with the ratification of...

Fatah Spokesman: In Mecca, We Chose Hamas, Not Israel

The question that has been bandied about over the past 13 months, since the Hamas victory in the elections over the Fatah, led by Arafat's protégé Mahmoud Abbas, has been whether Fatah would choose...

Commentary: The Saudi Plan and more

I would like to return to the entire issue of the Saudi peace plan and whatever negotiations Israel may or may not have with the Palestinians or with Abbas in particular. Let me begin by...

Abusing the Holocaust

Kenneth Roth, the head of Human Rights Watch, opened a recent response to critics of his statements on Israel (including the author of this column) by referring to his father's "escape" from Nazi Germany....

Washington Institute Report: U.S. Funding Hamas Groups

A report by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy documents that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided funds to institutions controlled by Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...

Insight into the “Humanitarian Crisis” in Gaza

The situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate. Israel has given guarantees that there will be no humanitarian crisis: that sufficient supplies to prevent this will be allowed through crossings. This doesn't mean there will be...

Israel’s Test

The issues facing Israel today are existential, in the most literal sense. It is therefore a matter of grave concern when Israelis who ought to know better offer panaceas that can only bring harm. As...

CAN OLMERT’S SYRIAN INITIATIVE LEAD TO FELONY CHARGES?

On May 22nd, 2008, Adv. Yosef Fuchs, a member of the Israel Bar Association and a founder of the Israel Legal Forum, dispatched a strong letter to Israel Attorney General Menachem Mazoz, in which...

The World Should Know What He [KUNTAR] Did to My Family

Abu Abbas, the former head of a Palestinian terrorist group who was captured in Iraq on April 15, is infamous for masterminding the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro. But there...

Incisive News Diary

Posting: August 25, 2008 "Words, Words" What shall we call it? A lot of hot air? Declarations "signifying nothing"? Barak said that Labor would resign the coalition if the budget were unsatisfactory. Shas ministers said they'd leave...