What was it like to cover Arafat and to speak with him?
Here is a short news story that says it all:
On November 28, 1996, Thanksgiving eve in the US, I covered a delegation of 10 Israeli residents from Judea and Samaria who met with Yasser...
Incitement from Official PA Cleric in Friday Mosque Sermon
Palestinians warn of al-Aqsa attack in mosque incitement, Qreia briefing, while pushing tough line
In a fiery official sermon on Palestinian State Television Friday (March 18, 2005), Palestinian preacher Sheikh Ibrahim Mudeiris declared that the...
Israel Desecrates the Quran
JERUSALEM--June 8, 2005-- Voice of Palestine radio offered great air time Wednesday morning to charges that Israeli jailers in the Megiddo Prison had deliberately desecrated three copies of the Quran, Islam's scripture, by throwing...
How Rice Was Received, Welcome afforded to Hamas
The Palestinian Authority welcomed US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to the Middle East this weekend in five main ways:
Reporting the Rice visit with accompanying pictures of her with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas;
Showing and...
Iran And The Holocaust:Cause For Concern
As a student of modern Jewish history and anti-Semitism, I have always tried to refrain from using the term "Holocaust" for rhetorical purposes. But this time, Holocaust Memorial Day is different, so it seems,...
Testimony presented to: Hearing of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia...
February 14, 2007
2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Chaired By: Representative Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)
Witnesses:
David Makovsky, Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy;
Martin S. Indyk, Director, Saban...
Commentary from Arlene Kushner
Posting: August 27, 2007
"Dose of Reality"
Avi Dichter, Minister of Public Security, today said on Army Radio that Egypt's failure to stop the flow of weapons into Gaza is tantamount to support for Hamas.
"Any rational...
The Two-State To Nowhere: Another Futile Attempt At Appeasement
Dr. Alex Grobman is a Hebrew University trained historian. His is the author of a number of books, including Nations United: How The UN Undermines Israel and The West and a forthcoming book on...
“Beat your swords into investment portfolios?”
Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, Danny Ayalon, who is a former Israel Ambassaor to the U.S. and a leader of the Israel Beiteinu party told a group of about 70 Palestinian women - who...
U.S. National Security Advisor Reiterates US Commitment to Palestinian State Without Preconditions
http://www.americantaskforce.org/in_media/pr/2009/10/16/1255665600
Washington, DC, Oct. 16 -- At the Oct. 15 Fourth Annual Gala of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), the National Security Advisor, General James L. Jones, reiterated the Administration's commitment to...