The Revival of UN Resolution #181

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...

Racism, Genocide and Politicide in Syrian Textbooks

Introduction To use the term "anti-Semitism" would be understating the degree of hostility displayed in Syrian school textbooks towards Jews and Israel. Professor Bernard Lewis defines anti-Semitism as an unprecedented degree of hatred which is...

General Assembly of Jewish Federations Gathers in Philadelphia Under a Cloud of War

It is difficult for any large organization to switch gears. The United Jewish Communities The UJC of North America, which comprises all major Jewish organizations in North America, gathers this week for its annual "General...

Terror in the North, Nabil Shaath, Accountability for Terror Attack in Jerusalem, Arafat Still...

Funding Terrrorism in Northern Israel? The Attack In the August 11 edition of the Israeli paper Ha'aretz, the leading military analyst Zev Schiff noted that the "Hezbollah uses anti-aircraft aimed to explode over Israeli communities and...

How Ehud Olmert Became A Millionaire 2

By Israeli standards, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is considered to be a millionaire, even though he never publicly reported the extent of his financial and real estate assets. He will probably take care to...

A review of Middle East Rules of Thumb by Professor Steven Carol (Universe 2008)

During the course of the 20th century, and especially in the years since the 1967 Six Day War, there has been a dramatic change in the academic and popular historiography of the Middle East. The...

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...

Letter from Palestinians to Abbas: Retract refusal to deny Jewish right to Israel

(With thanks to IMRA.org.il for helping locate this article) http://twitter.com/IMRA_UPDATES Don't deny our rights: An open letter to Mahmoud Abbas MAAN Published Wednesday 18/08/2010 (updated) 18/08/2010 19:52 22 July 2010 www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=309072 We are Palestinians of diverse perspectives and affiliations...

Searching for the Al Aqsa Brigades in Ireland?

This article was authored by reporter Samuel Sokol: In 2007 the Israeli government under Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced that it was willing to grant amnesty to members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades,...

No longer a journalist’s paradise

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=249682 Hebrew-language journalism in Israel is robust, comprehensive and often-courageous, but it has several flaws that ought to be brought to light if only to stimulate self-criticism and if possible, improvement. One of them is the...