Syria, Lebanon Trying to Stymie UN Help in Israeli Pullout

Lebanon and Syria are trying to stymie United Nations cooperation for an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon. Lebanon and Syria have set tough terms for an expanded UN peacekeeping presence in Lebanon in the wake...

Why Do Children Learn the Art of War During the Peace Process: Review...

On the day that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak was en route to Washington to meet with President Bill Clinton to revive the peace process with the Palestinian Authority, the "Center for Monitoring the...

Pope’s Planned Visit to UNRWA Refugee Camp Portends Disaster

The Pope's planned March 21 visit to the UNRWA refugee camp of Deheishe, just south of Bethlehem, portends disaster. The Pope's intention in his visit to the camp is rooted in his genuine identification with...

This Hallowed Ground: Personal Insights Into the Golan

At a time when the Golan Heights is so widely discussed, I decided that the time has come to discuss the Golan Heights and Israel's security in clear, human terms. So here are some...

Arthur Hertzberg: No Red Carpet for the Pope When He Lands in Israel

Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, the Bronfman Professor of the History at NYU and the author of such seminal works as The Zionist Idea and The French Enlightenment and the Jews, who in the 1970's served...

Sermon on Temple Mount

The International Conspiracy Against This Deen: The Pope's Visit In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds, and may peace be upon prophet Muhammad,...

Faulty Peripheral Vision of Goliath May Have Aided David in his Historic Battle in...

Beer-Sheva, February 16, 2000 - Goliath, the giant and fearsome Philistine warrior of the Bible, may have suffered from visual field impairment, a condition working in favor of David in his historic battle with...

“Say No to Haider” and Say Nothing About Assad and Arafat

The World Zionist Organization this week hired a major public relations firm to mobilize world opinion against the inclusion of the rightist Jorgen Haider in the new Austrian government coalition. The slogan adopted by the...

Basic Agreement Between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israeli Reaction

Preamble The Holy See, the Sovereign Authority of the Catholic Church, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (hereinafter: PLO), the Representative of the Palestinian People working for the benefit and on behalf of the Palestinian Authority: Deeply...

Eye on Syria: Timely Report on Developments

Our Top Stories Syria Expected to Become Missile Exporter Assad's New Man is His Son-in-law Syria Compares Israel to Nazis; Denies Holocaust Syria Expected to Become Missile Exporter Syria is building its arsenal with North Korean help and is...