The Palestinian Authority: Facing Genuine Financial Crisis or Not?
Children are begging on the streets. The medical system is on the verge of collapse. The Palestinian Authority appears to be facing a humanitarian crisis of major dimensions - presumably because donors have decided...
Nazis ‘shipped arms to Palestinians’
British National Archives unveil presence of Nazi S.S. agents in Mandatory Palestine, working closely with Palestinian leaders
Historical documents in Britain's National Archives in London show that Nazi Germany attempted to ship arms to Palestinian...
The Million Person Gap: A Critical Look at Palestinian Demography
Executive Summary: Population statistics and predictions of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) are unreliable. A BESA study that subjects Palestinian demography to rigorous analysis shows that the 2004 Palestinian population of the...
Iran And The Holocaust:Cause For Concern
As a student of modern Jewish history and anti-Semitism, I have always tried to refrain from using the term "Holocaust" for rhetorical purposes. But this time, Holocaust Memorial Day is different, so it seems,...
Abbas Steers Clear Of Condemning Attack
Following Monday's Palestinian bombing in a Tel Aviv restaurant which resulted in the deaths of nine people, the media was rampant with the news of a "clear condemnation of the bombing from Palestinian Authority...
Disengagement Lessons: Flawed Pullout Predictions Should Make Olmert Rethink His Plan
Eight months after the withdrawal from Gaza, or what was referred to as a "unilateral disengagement," things are not developing according to the early scenario marketed to the public.
Almost nothing has materialized in the...
UNRWA ‘will not shun’ political leaders of Hamas
The American head of the UN agency aiding Palestinian refugees said yesterday her agency will not scale back contacts with the new Palestinian government and will meet Hamas leaders as part of its aid...
How Ehud Olmert Became A Millionaire 2
By Israeli standards, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is considered to be a millionaire, even though he never publicly reported the extent of his financial and real estate assets.
He will probably take care to...
A Public Apology to Steven Spielberg:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3220223,00.html
About two months ago, I published remarks about Steven Spielberg's new movie, Munich:
"The movie Munich, produced by, Steven Spielberg, represents the ultimate of moral equivalency, since it equates the 'human interest' story of PLO...
An Update on the Legality of Jewish Settlement Activity
A report was presented on February 21st, 2006 by "Bitselem" which claims that Israel's policies of settling Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem, in areas that came under Israel's control after the 1967...