Middle East

What Palestinian students are taught in the classroom and what textbooks they read have somehow become a major issue in the current debate on ways to end the cycle of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian...

Wednesday: At 6:10 this morning the first mortar shell fell on Neve Dekalim. I and several others ran out of shul -- amazing how some people will use any excuse to get out of shul...

The Middle East peace process initiated with the Oslo Accords has attracted many supporters of which the European Union is pre-eminent, with a financial aid program from the EU and the European Investment Bank...

Amos Asael, veteran left wing columnist for the Jerusalem Post, was asked, shortly after the Israeli election in February, as to whether he would define himself as a "former peace activist". Amos retorted that he...

A little more than a year ago, at the beginning of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on permanent status, the almighty Israeli Security Services, the famous Shin-Bet, handed over to the prime minister a report incorporating...

This week "Palestine Report" interviewed Marwan Barghouti, General Secretary of Fateh higher committee in the West Bank, on the escalating crisis between Palestinians and Israel. PR: Some people are saying that Palestinians have not learned...

IMRA sent two notes with questions to Amnesty International: First message: Dear R Campbel of Amnesty International, Further to our telephone conversation, the following is our question: The following line appears in your report "Israel/Occupied Territories: Amnesty...

The secretary general of Amnesty International, Mr. Pierre Sane (pronounced Sa-Ney), gave a press conference this week during his visit. Sane reported about his visit to Arab homes that had been shelled in Gaza, to...

There are hopeful signs regarding the Bush administration's policy toward Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. Unlike his predecessor, President Bush refrained from interfering in the Israeli election and has said that he will not...

Excerpts From Jordan Times: Palestinians deny killing Jewish infant * Israel Journalists ejected from Arab summit * Arab League ineffective and bankrupt. Headlines: "Israel blockades Hebron to punish Palestinians after death of baby." Quote from Text: "Palestinian cabinet minister...