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Fatah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad: How Islamic Jihad Derived from the Fatah
Jerusalem Issue Brief Institute for Contemporary Affairs founded jointly at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs with the Wechsler Family Foundation
Vol. 6, No. 21 - 1 March 2007
Fatah was the main supporter in the...
Condi on a Learning Curve About Abbas?
During Condoleezza Rice's three-hour meeting with Mahmoud Abbas last week in Ramallah, she reportedly "employed a threatening tone." A Palestinian Authority official said that "We've never seen her in such a bad mood."
Later at...
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: A Word of Caution
A word of caution is in order today regarding what seem to be peaceful overtures.
Spain has just hosted a Spanish-Arab conference in Madrid that 19 members of the Arab League attended.
(It is, I will...
Palestinian government accuses US of political blackmail
The Palestinian government has expressed its concern at the outcome of the Quartet's meeting on Wednesday in Berlin in which the Quartet - comprising of the EU, UN, US, and Russia - issued a...
Testimony presented to: Hearing of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia...
February 14, 2007
2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Chaired By: Representative Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)
Witnesses:
David Makovsky, Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy;
Martin S. Indyk, Director, Saban...
Responding to UJC Misrepresentation of news piece on UJC allocations to Sderot
February 20th, 2007
To: Open letter to UJC, New York, New York
From: David Bedein, Bureau Chief, Israel Resource News Agency Correspondent, The Philadelphia Bulletin
Our piece clearly states that the UJC allocated funds for the calender...
Commentary on the summit between Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert,...
It was a nonsensical bit of political theater in my opinion, and not much more: The "summit" today at which Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, and PA President Mahmud Abbas...
The Illusion of “Peace in Exchange for Territories”
For years, especially since the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference, Arab leaders have repeated the mantra that peace with Israel hinges upon a withdrawal to the pre-1967 border. Similar rhetoric followed with the Arab Summit's...
Will the UJC – the Umbrella Organization of US Jewish Philanthropy – Fulfill its...
Most people who follow the Israeli news of the missiles that fall in southern Israel would know the toll that it has taken upon the people there. What you often hear on the news...
