What Will Occur After Three Months of the Hudna?

October 3, 2003 goes into the history books as "black Friday." At 2:00 p.m., a group of soldiers that had just finished its shift at the General staff headquarters stood on the road passing...

Anatomy of US Embassy Response to Official PA Policy

Preface Throughout the day on Thursday, January 29th, 2004, the PLO's mainstream Fateh celebrated the fact that it had taken credit for murdering a dozen Jews and maiming another 40 Jews in Jerusalem. As the...

Defending the Invitiation to Sari Nusseibeh to Lunch

I want to give a full report on the Nusseibeh meeting, because it has caused a firestorm around the country that no one expected. I suggest that my remarks be sent to all the chapters...

Goodbye Gaza, Hello Hamas

Anyone who believes that Israel's withdrawal from Gaza has even the remotest chance of fostering a spirit of reconciliation among Palestinians ought to consider the ongoing, venomous declarations of 60-year-old Mahmoud al Zahar, the...

How the Hamas-led Palestinian Regime will Gain International Legitimacy: By Recognizing Agreements Never Ratified...

On Thursday, Hamas, formally defined by the U.S. and almost all Western nations as an Islamist terrorist organization, formally assumed the reigns of the provisional government of the Palestinian Authority, without relinquishing its principles. The...

Hamas Exploiting Internet: Launch of AqsaTube

Hamas, like terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and al-Qaida, have learned to use and exploit the Internet.With the six-month cease-fire with Hamas scheduled to conclude on December 19, Hamas has launched a new Web...

In the Line of Verbal Fire:Pro-Palestinian group visits in Sderot

I recently had my second opportunity in Sderot to host a group from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). EAPPI is a program supported and funded by the Geneva-based World Council...

Should People Reconsider Support for the Infrastructure of an Entity at War with the...

Now and then, people remind me of my passionate advocacy for a Palestinian State more than thirty years ago. In a position paper delivered at a Weiss’s Farm Retreat in 1978, I spoke of a...

Is the Palestinian Authority in Violation of American Law?

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/is-the-palestinian-authority-in-violation-of-american-law/?singlepage=true The writer served as a senior Israeli diplomat in Washington. Today he is a consultant on public affairs and blogs at www.lennybendavid.com. On Thursday, May 27, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Paris to formally...

Lion’s Den: Trust the Palestinian Authority?

The writer (www.DanielPipes.org) is director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. Israelis, Americans and others too often accept the dulcet tones they hear directly...