Critique of Abu Mazen from a Pro-Palestinian Advocacy Organization
"Among the fancy new villas, fanciest is that of Abu Mazen, key negotiator of the ill-fated Oslo accord. It is not clear who paid for this $2 million-plus affair, all balconies and balustrades in...
Reform Jewish Leader Challenges New Palestinian Leadership to Confront Culture of Hatred Against Jews...
Saperstein: No matter who is chosen as the new leader of the Palestinian people, as long as children are taught to hate, the chance to achieve a true and lasting peace between Israel and...
What Do They Teach the Student about Israel and the Jews, and to What...
Introduction
School textbooks constitute the backbone of education in any nation. As such, they provide a keen insight into the values and ideals the educational system endeavors to instill in the younger generations' mind. The...
Arafat’s Investments
December 22 (Bloomberg) -- In 35 years as Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat raised billions of dollars. He spent the fortune to wield power, to pay militants who attacked Israel and to invest in the...
Is There a Potential Conflict of Interests between Shimon Peres and the Operations and...
At a time when Shimon Peres is once again mentioned as a candidate to return to a senior position in the Israeli government, the time has come for the Ethics Committee of the Knesset...
Did the Jewish Advocate Not Consider the Source of our Translation?
The Jewish Advocate of Boston issued an inappropriate editorial on December 17th, 2004, in which it accuses me and our news agency of willfully distorting an interview with Sari Nusseibeh, so as to "manipulate"...
Will the Real Abu-Mazen Please Stand Up?
Does the Palestinian Arab press know something that the Israeli press does not know?
Even as the Hebrew press headlined the remarks of Mahmoud Abbas (a.k.a. Abu-Mazen) calling for an end to the "Intifada," the...
A Message to Europe
The world is divided into two camps. On one side are those people who see terrorism as a warning of danger ahead. Unless something is done, they say, a catastrophe may happen. On the...
This is Not a Foreign Land
In the wake of the Feast of Lights, Hanukkah, and mindful of the confusion and the darkness that appear to have descended upon so many of us, we would do well to take a...
When Will Nusseibeh Speak “Moderation” on the PBC?
Larry Lowenthal, head of the American Jewish Committee in Boston, misses the point:
At the December 10th lunch in Boston, Sari Nusseibeh was not asked the key question:
Since Nusseibeh holds a key position in the...