Palestine

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/288231/ending-palestinian-right-return-daniel-pipes Between 1967 and 1993, just a few hundred Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza won the right to live in Israel by marrying Israeli Arabs (who constitute nearly one-fifth of Israel’s population) and...

http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2011/12/28/what-would-a-hamas-fatah-agreement-mean/ There are repeated efforts to forge a unity agreement of some sort between Hamas and Fatah, leading to a new “unity government” for the Palestinian Authority. Such a coalition was briefly in force in...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/12/14/ bloomberg_articlesLW76DW0D9L35.DTL#ixzz1jZFHeEd4 Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Hamas marked 24 years since its founding as an Islamic movement dedicated to fighting for Palestinian independence, while the group's armed wing said it killed 1,365 Israelis in that period. More...

http://www.gloria-center.org/2011/12/how-can-israel-please-the-american-government- media-and-%e2%80%9cexperts%e2%80%9d-it-can%e2%80%99t/ There is a constant effort-especially by the anti-Israel left-to portray those who express mainstream Israeli public opinion and the views of professional analysts as “right-wing” or “Likudnik.” This leads me to wonder what one...

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/12/14/the_end_of_fayyadism The "Arab Spring" may be pushing the Middle East toward transparency and more representative government, but the Palestinian Authority is bucking the trend. Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad, perhaps the only Palestinian leader who earnestly...

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...

Notwithstanding alleged U.N. support for a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, at New York Headquarters Tuesday only the flag of the non-state of Palestine was flown alongside the U.N.’s own flag. The flag...

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign+Relations/Israel+and+the+UN/Speeches+ -+statements/Amb_Prosor_addresses_UNGA_29-Nov-2011.htm Mr. President, A great Jewish sage once wrote, "The truth can hurt like a thorn, at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose." His words came to my mind today. His insight could...

http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=248042 # Every Friday morning in Oklahoma City, a siren wails. The piercing shrieks that the siren emits are a test of the system that warns of an impending tornado that threatens the city. When...

A member of the Israeli Knesset Parliament intends to ask the U.N. to close down the aid agency that assists Palestinian refugees living in Judea and Samaria, Gaza and Jerusalem, saying the organization poses...