AN INTERVIEW WITH HAMAS
In October of 2009, I had the opportunity to sit down with Talal Nasser, a senior Hamas official in the Hamas office in Damascus, Syria. Hamas is designated by the West as a terrorist...
Official PA radio news – P.B.C. V.O.P. (Voice of Palestine) Radio, February 9-10
Summary and Analysis
Throughout its newscasts on Friday and Saturday, the Voice Of Palestine-unlike the Voice of Israel-made no mention whatsoever of any contacts between Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon. It certainly did not report...
Comments for Yom Kippur
First two quick comments about the operation in Jordan: When President Clinton commented that its illegal for the U.S. to send agents to knock off people there was an implied air of moral superiority.
Let's...
A Kerry Middle East Man: US troops to the Middle East?
Dr. Martin Indyk, who served two stints as ambassador to Israel, introduced himself to Israeli reporters who covered last week's Democratic National Convention as one of the key Middle East advisors to Democratic presidential...
U.S. Intelligence Training for the P.L.O.
Subject: Philadelphia's Finest and American intelligence Training for the Palestine Liberation Army Police Force
There are times when a most clandestine or discrete intelligence operation is revealed quite by accident.
This was the case of the...
Official Fatah Editorial – Preparing for State
The following is the complete and unedited text of an editorial on the official Fatah Website 15th September, 1998, http://www.fateh.org/e_editor/98/150998.htm
President Clinton has sworn that he will remain committed to the peace process in the...
A Review of the New Palestinian Authority School Books
Well, Palestinian Arab children are in the midst of their sixth week of the school year. These school children are learning from new Palestinian Authority school books, made possible through grants made possible by...
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...
Red Lights & Green Lights: Weapons Control in the Palestine Authority?
At a time when Hamas threatens more terror activity against targets throughout Israel, it may be instructive to note the extent to which the Palestine Authority directly licenses arms for the Hamas instead of...
Official PA Radio News – the PBC Radio, November 8
Summary and Analysis
The Voice of Palestine downplayed the murder of an Israeli woman near the Gaza Airport this morning, first largely ignoring the event and then treating it only as an Israeli claim.
The item...