Mahmoud Abbas can’t meet Israel’s basic requirement for peace
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,”...
Abbas Condemned Terror in English, for Jews in New York, But not in Arabic,...
This past Tuesday morning, Palestinian Authority (PA) foreign minister Riad Malki announced on the Voice of Israel Radio that PA leader Mahmoud Abbas would meet with Jewish community representatives in New York during his...
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (January 14-8, 2020)
This past week as well no return march was held in the Gaza Strip. Several dozen Palestinian demonstrators gathered near the border fence in two locations. No exceptional events were reported.
This past week the...
US Tax Money Funding Palestinian Propaganda, Critics Charge
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - U.S. tax money is underwriting a Palestinian anti-Israel lobbying and propaganda campaign, according to an independent analyst and researcher in Israel.
A Palestinian non-governmental organization called the Palestinian Academic Society for the...
The Disengagement Plan’s Ten Questionable Premises
1. "The successful withdrawal from Southern Lebanon is a precedent for everything that will take place in Gaza and Northern Samaria after the withdrawal from these areas".
Deputy prime minister, Minister Ehud Olmert, said in...
If Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound Collapses Israel is at Fault
Shortly after official Israeli warnings that Jewish terrorists are threatening to blow up Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Israel is again threatening to restrict access to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan...
Palestine is a Geographical Area, Not a Nationality
Palestine is a name coined by the Romans around 135 CE from the name of a seagoing Aegean people who settled on the coast of Canaan in antiquity – the Philistines. The name was...
Assessment: Gaining Perspective on the Larger Picture in Jerusalem.
As events in the Middle East unfold, it is hard to gain perspective on the larger picture of what is developing. After forty years of Israel and twenty five consecutive years of full time...
The Mitchell Report: “Balanced and Fair?”
In late October, 2000, US president Clinton appointed an international investigation commission to investigate the causes of the rioting in Israel, naming an Arab American and former US Senator, George Mitchell, as its chairman,...
Dominic Lawson: So who still thinks Israel is the root of Middle East problems?
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Forget the massacre of thousands in Syria and Egypt, whether by chemical weapons or more conventional methods of mass slaughter. The Middle Eastern issue galvanising some of our musical mega-stars and their followers, even...