The Western Wall: Is it the Kotel or Al-Buraq Wall?

"The Shechina will never move from the Western Wall" according to an ancient tradition (Exodus Rabba 2.2). Originally, this saying did not refer to the present Western Wall which is part of retaining...

The Fatah Website: “A Strategy of Peace”

With thanks to IMRA for posting this. The Declaration of Principles (D.O.P.), i.e. the Oslo Accord, signed in 1993, introduced a strategy of peace between the P.L.O. and the government of Israel. The agreement did...

The UN terror connection in Gaza

Breakdown and Introduction At the beginning of November, Col. Nir Press, of the IDF's Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration, registered a complaint with the United Nations Relief and Welfare Agency (UNWRA) regarding the use by...

Geneva Discord

The Geneva Initiative has been offered, with much fanfare, as the final peace solution in the Middle East. However, its significant defects would place Israel in a perpetual state of defense, while doing nothing...

Accidental Eyewitness To 9/11: One Decade Ago

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1464&sec=6&title=Accidental_Eyewitness_To_9/11:_One_Decade_Ago On Sept. 11, 2001, the attack at the Twin Towers caught this reporter in Lower Manhattan, preparing to give a talk in a week long lecture series on how the PLO, the seemingly legitimate...

“Innocent Civilians” were actually…Palestinian Security Apparatus Members

Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan Dahoah-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. and is a former advisor to the Policy Planning Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

PCPO Poll of Palestinians: 56.0 %:41.4% oppose suicide bombings inside Israel, 89.8% Don’t give...

Poll No. 165 Date: June 18, 2008 The most recent poll of the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion prepared by Dr. Nabil Kukali has revealed that: (83.0 %) of the Palestinians support at present the Palestinian-Israeli...

UNRWA hails Qatar’s Al Khater as ‘great advocate’ for Palestinian refugees

The United Nations praised the role of Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah Al Khater and the Gulf nation for its support of Palestinian refugees. In a meeting in Doha between Al Khater and the UN’s...

Hamas’ secret foreign investment portfolio reportedly worth $500m

Hamas has a secret overseas investment portfolio worth more than $500 million, documents seen by a German newspaper have suggested. The investments include interests in about 40 international companies controlled by Hamas in the Middle East and...

What a contrast

Argentina’s newly elected president’s recent visit to Israel was a politically refreshing breath of fresh air. Devoid of doublespeak, diplomatic mumbling and hectoring hyperbole, this head of state stood out for his uncompromising denunciation of...