Incisive News Coverage of Israel
Posting: September 21, 2008
"Narrative"
In the Torah reading for this past Shabbat -- Ki Tavo -- Moses speaks to the children of Israel shortly before they cross the Jordan River "into the Land that G-d...
Real tragedy in Gaza is what people don’t see
Re: "Photo exhibit shows conflict's toll on Gaza residents; Organizers seek to open eyes to lives torn apart by war," The Journal, Nov. 20.
I was just sent the link to The Journal article regarding...
Three credible perspectives on the scheduled March 23rd “right of return” march on...
https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/gaza-march-return/
http://jcpa.org/the-palestinian-return-march-a-futile-publicity-stunt/
http://jcpa.org/gaza-march-of-return-the-complete-picture/
Yasser Arafat and Hamas: the Cooperation Has Deepened
The cooperation between the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas and Jihad, was not limited to the maintenance of a dialogue between them. The Israeli security establishment knows about dozens of Hamas activists who have...
PLO Saddam Support and Clinton’s Middle East Credibility
Barely 72 hours after the high point of US President Bill Clinton's recent Middle East mission, when he participated in the Palestine National Council in Gaza, where he witnessed the PNC annulling the PLO...
The Scenarios of the Palestinian State in Formation
An elder statesman of Great Britain in the late eighteenth century, Sir Edmund Burke, reported that he was often asked why he would not support the French revolution.
After all, Burke's colleagues noted, he had...
Bethlehem’s Massive Tourist Plans Include … One New Hotel
At a time when hundreds of thousands of tourists may possibly make their way to Bethlehem next Christmas and New Years to usher in the new century, including the Pope, and another possible visit...
Al-Ahram Weekly
Making Anti-Terrorism Global
by Jailan Halawi
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"Egypt's interior minister El-Adli seized the occasion of the Arab interior ministers' meeting in Amman to renew Egypt's call for an international conference on terrorism. The meeting, resolving to escalate...
Incitement: The Missing Element in the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum*
The agreement signed between Israel and the PLO on Sept. 4th, 1999 was different in one significant way from the Oslo accords that were reached in August, 1993 and the Wye Accords that were...
This week in the official Palestinian Authority media
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...