Incisive Commentary from Arlene Kushner

Posting: November 11, 2007 "Protest" I am in a holding pattern on personal matters. I cannot apologize for putting first things first -- for what matters more than attending to family when a new life is...

Education for war: Delegitimization, Demonization, and Violence

Reviewed by Arlene Kushner, Senior Policy Research Analyst, Center for Near East Policy Research Ltd. The American Jewish Committee, in cooperation with The Institute for Monitoring the Impact of Peace and Tolerance in School Education...

Obama Distances Himself From Malley

The Obama transition team is working to distance itself from a controversial negotiator who has been negotiating with Israel's enemies. Robert Malley, Middle East director of the International Crisis Group, a think tank that has...

Top Obama aide invites head of terrorist-linked org to join administration task force

A top aide to President Barack Obama provided a keynote address at last weekend's 46thIslamic Society of North America (ISNA) national convention, a gathering that attracted thousands of people and also featured anti-Semitic, homophobic...

Israeli Academic Think Tank Appeals to UN to declare Palestinian state

Gershon Baskin, CEO of the Israel-Palestine Centre For Research and Information (IPCRI) - a joint Israeli-Palestinian think-tank in Jerusalem - believes the only way to achieve Mideast peace is by having the international community...

CONTINUED U.S. TRAINING OF PA SECURITY FORCES: A DANGEROUS VENTURE

It has been reported that U.S. President Barack Obama recently pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to continue the American program for helping the Palestinian Authority upgrade its security forces That program in question began...

EAST JERUSALEM ARABS TELL ME THEY PREFER ISRAEL OVER THE PA

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=298&sec=1&title=EAST_JERUSALEM_ARABS__TELL_ME_THEY_PREFER_ISRAEL_OVER_THE_PA Carob juice vendor outside Damascus Gate, Old City, East Jerusalem. (Note: the person in this photo was not interviewed.) Photo by Rhonda Spivak. Shopkeeper in East Jerusalem's Arab Market sells a PALESTINE socccer team shirt, even...

Gaza Regime once again fires phosphorus-containing 120-mm mortar shells

One of the phosphorus mortar shells located in Israeli territory (Eshkol Regional Council PR department) Overview 1. On November 19, a phosphorus-containing mortar shell was fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip. It was part of an...

Terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip may exploit the recent events to increase arms...

http://www.terrorism-info.org. il/malam_multimedia/English/ eng_n/html/ipc_e165.htm Exporting terrorism and subversion from the Gaza Strip: in our assessment terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip may exploit the recent events to increase arms smuggling and infiltrate operatives into Egypt. The Gaza-based jihadist...

Peres to US After His Embrace of J Street and Letter of Assurance: “remaining...

Much of this piece is sourced at: http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/search.cgi?match=AND&keywords=j+street+pundak+spivak&submit=Search ========================= President of Israel. Shimon Peres flies to meet with US President Obama after the recent Peres embrace of J Street, the organization which tried to get the US...