ABBAS REITERATES SUPPORT FOR THE ARMED STRUGGLE
(video footage available from the Center for Near East Policy Research. policyresearchi@yahoo.com )
"Our rifles, all our rifles are aimed at The Occupation," declared Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas today (January 11) in a major...
Commentary: Abbas’s Assurances to Olmert…
Well... yesterday we were told that during their meeting Abbas assured Olmert that the release of Shalit was imminent, and that he would be working to try to make it happen before the unity...
Palestinian Authority (PA) Cheerleading Increasing Terror Attacks
Palestinian terrorists staged a massive series of rocket and mortar attacks along Israel's southern border in an apparent attempt to abduct another Israeli soldier, and Israeli army officers renewed their calls for a major...
Bush To Make Visit To Israel
It was announced last night that United States President George W. Bush will make his first official visit - while in office - to Israel and the Palestinian Authority in January.
This visit will be...
Incisive Commentary
December 6, 2007
"Stumbling Blocks"
Here we have, as if they were needed, more reasons why negotiating with the PA is impossible:
The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council has passed a law (first reading) saying that any concession...
If ‘Never Again’ is to be a pledge
Collective memories are usually celebratory, focusing on elements of the past that a society is most proud of. This is unfortunate. After all, societies stand to learn as much from their failures as from...
ARMED STRUGGLE ON THE TABLE: Middle East Newsline Provides Hands-On Coverage of Fatah...
The ruling Fatah movement has been bolstered by dozens of military commanders abroad, some of whom prepared to
stay in the West Bank.
Nearly 100 Fatah commanders and senior operatives have arrived in the
West Bank for...
One Year After His Inauguration : Does President Obama Seek a Weak Israel?
The author was formerly senior advisor in the Privy Council Office serving Canada's Prime Minister and the federal cabinet. Earlier he worked in Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and taught history and law at...
Why Are the Palestinians Opposed to Ending the Occupation?
Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi is a senior researcher of the Middle East and radical Islam at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He is a co-founder of the Orient Research Group Ltd....
The Arab Lobby: The European Component
In the early 1980s, there was a palpable concern among staffers at the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) of the looming rise of an
Arab-American lobby aimed at challenging the pro-Israel community. The
National Association of...