Palestine

This week, the Palestinian press dwelt on the Palestinian achievements in the Camp David summit, and how Israel was pulled closer to the positions held by the Palestinian Authority (P.A.). In one interview, Palestinian...

Resolution 181's Revival In the May 9, 1999, edition of Al-Ayyam, Journalist Tawfiq Abu Bakr reported on the Palestinian Central Council meetings that discussed Palestinian measures on May 4th 1999: "Minister Nabil Sha'ath said... that...

"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...

http://washingtonjewishweek.com/origin-of-the-palestinian-claim-of-a-right-of-return/ Reports emanating from the current Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations reveal that the Palestinian side continues to demand recognition of “a right of return,” under which about 5 million Palestinians now living outside Israel would migrate...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=58871 The Legal Basis of Israel’s Naval Blockade of GazaProf. Ruth Lapidoth, July 18, 2010 Jerusalem Issue Briefs Vol. 10, No. 4 http://jcpa.org/article/the-legal-basis-of-israel%E2%80%99s-naval-blockade-of-gaza/ -The relations between Israel and Hamas are in the nature of armed conflict. Nowadays no...

"A Pre-Sukkot Contemplation" I received an e-mail from a very serious reader (who shall remain anonymous here, as I've not received permission to use his name). Things are dire, he told me with a heavy...

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday, October 3rd, 2004, demanding the dismissal of Peter Hansen from his position as commissioner-general of UNRWA...

At an Independence Day reception for foreign diplomats, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of Israel’s desire for peace with the Palestinians. “Peace will be based on the principle of two states for two peoples,”...

"They may have won all the battles. We had all the good songs" Tom Lehrer, That Was The Year That Was - 1966. "When you promote our cause, never say that it is a military struggle...

Thursday Midnight News Round-up, February 8/9 "His Excellency President Yasser Arafat receives two telephone calls-one from President George Bush and one from his Secretary of State Colin Powell dealing with the peace process; Mr. Nabil Abu-Irdeineh,...