The Islamic University of Gaza, A Hamas Stronghold, Has Been Supported by the EU...

The Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) is a radical Islamist academic institution which has been a Hamas stronghold since its founding. Generations of Hamas' military and political leadership grew out of the university, and...

Isma’il Haniyeh, head of Hamas’ political bureau, reiterated Hamas’ position that military buildup and...

On July 27, 2020, Isma'il Haniyeh, head of Hamas' political bureau, was interviewed by the Qatari daily newspaper Lusail. He claimed that as part of the "deal of the century" Hamas had been offered...

Collapse of the PA could provide ‘brighter future’ for Palestinians

Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s release of the “Peace to Prosperity” Mideast plan earlier this year to help resolved issues associated with the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, it remains clear that no...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 10 – 16, 2020)

Israel's southern border was tense this past week after several months of relative quiet due to the Gaza Strip's fight against COVID-19. A rocket was fired at Israel (the first since May 6, 2020)...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 3 –9, 2020)

The Gaza Strip remains relatively quiet. In Judea and Samaria a stabbing attack was prevented at the Hashmonaim Crossing (near Modi'in). Throughout Judea and Samaria stones and Molotov cocktails were thrown at civilian Israeli...

Mandate for Palestine: Sovereignty over the Land of Israel

The Mandate for Palestine, a historical League of Nations document, laid down the Jewish legal right to settle anywhere western Palestine, a 10,000- square-miles area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. The...

The Palestinian Authority plans to establish a bank to enable it to transfer payments...

The Commander of the IDF's Central Command issued an order on May 9, 2020, banning the provision of banking services in Judea and Samaria to Palestian terrorist prisoners and the families of shaheeds. A...

Response to Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz article in the Spectator

Response to Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz article in the Spectator. Kol HaKavod that you continue to publicize "right of return" as the driving issue of UNRWA to wide coverage in the public domain. I...

Editor’s report: A taxi ride to a Palestinian refugee camp

Several years ago, I was asked by an Israeli journalist to go to the UNWRA Palestinian Refuge camp of Deheishe in Bethlehem (under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority) to snap some photos he...

The Palestinian State Constitution 

In 2004,  shortly before the death of PLO leader Yassir Arafat, the Pope's ambassador in Jerusalem, also known as the Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, invited me to his  home on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem to present a document that...