Iran Makes Headway In Fatah

http://www.menewsline.com Iran was said to have forged relationships with leading members of the Fatah movement. Officials said Iran and Hizbullah were seeking to coopt members of the Fatah leadership, particularly the Central Committee. They said the...

An Improved Arab Peace Initiative?

http://jcpa.org/an-improved-arab-peace-initiative/ The Arab Peace Initiative, which was adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, returned to the diplomatic discourse after an April 29 visit to Washington by an Arab League delegation. Politicians and commentators attributed supreme...

An Improved Arab Peace Initiative?

http://jcpa.org/an-improved-arab-peace-initiative/ The Arab Peace Initiative, which was adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, returned to the diplomatic discourse after an April 29 visit to Washington by an Arab League delegation. Politicians and commentators attributed supreme...

Erekat: Arab League stance ‘not something new’

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=591068 BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The PLO's top negotiator said Tuesday that a concession by the Arab League that Israel and the Palestinians trade land was already an official position. “This is not something new,” Saeb Erekat...

Victory: UN Reverses Course, Condemns Richard Falk

http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1285603&ct=13095117&notoc=1 Good News: Thanks to a firestorm sparked by UN Watch, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon -- after initially refusing to act -- has finally accepted UN Watch's demand and condemned UN Palestine expert Richard Falk for...

UN official blames Boston Marathon bombings on American “domination”

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/23/watchdog-group-blasts-un-official-for-blaming-boston-bombings-on-american/ A United Nations official known for blaming the U.S. for unrest in the Middle East has angered critics again by blaming the Boston Marathon bombings on “American global domination.” "The American global domination project is...

The Honey-Trap of Moral Equivalence

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3683/moral-equivalence Today, in an age that often seems of pragmatism and managerial-ism in politics, if there is a way not just to honor the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's memory but to continue her legacy...

Fayad; Hardly a Moderate

The recently resigned former Palestinian Prime Minister Salman Fayad is being eulogized as the late great hope of moderation for the Palestinian Authority. The time has come to question such a characterization of Fayad. A case...

UN Chief Says “Not responsible” for Official Who Blamed Boston Attacks on US &...

http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1316871&ct=13090259 April 23, 2013 - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has rejected calls to condemn a top UN human rights official who blamed the Boston terror attacks on “American global domination” and “Tel Aviv.” In a letter...

Shut That Window of Opportunity, Please

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/04/shut_that_window_of_opportunity_please.html Almost lost in the terrible events in Boston is the Obama administration's dire warning this week that the window for diplomatic success in the Middle East is closing -- not on Iran's quest for...