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Commentary for Yom Kippur
October 1, 2006
As Yom Kippur approaches, and with it the time for deep reflection and turning to Heaven for forgiveness and redemption, I will provide here only a short posting. Deeply do I wish...
ISRAEL TARGETS JIHAD CHARITIES
Israel has targeted Islamic charities... in an effort to block financing to Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Officials said the intelligence community has been identifying and tracking Islamic charities, known as Dawa, in the West Bank...
Towards a Ceasefire?
As I write, the ceasefire mandated by the Security Council is ostensibly less than 12 hours away. However... the Lebanese cabinet has indefinitely postponed a meeting that was supposed to be held today to...
How to Defeat Hezbullah: Hold Syria Accountable
This war is unique in the history of Israel's wars.
Contrary to other wars, the enemy on the other side of the border is not a state, it is an organization.
Governments throughout the world, with...
Are Israel’s Settlements Legal?
Assuming the Middle East conference actually does take place, its official task will be to achieve peace between Israel and its Levantine neighbors in accordance with Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338. Resolution 242,...
The PA and the UN allow Hamas to facilitate a TV Station in in...
Almost every media outlet covered the Palestinian elections this week in terms of the rivalry between the Hamas Islamic terror organization and the Fateh, which is also defined by Israeli and American law as...
The Palestinian Broadcasting Media: A Survey Report
General Summary
On the eve of PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas's planned visit to Washington, the broadcast media of the Palestinian Authority (PA) maintained a generally tough anti-Israeli and sometimes even anti- American posture, regarding talks...
Some US Congressional leaders worry that Gaza pullout amounts to appeasement
Nobody in the Republican-controlled Congress wants to be seen as opposing the wishes of both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Bush administration. But quietly, the unilateral Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip...
PA Media Reflecting Internal Strife
June 16, 2005
Background Analysis-up front
There are several strong messages at the edges of the press reports in the Palestinian Authority (PA) which do not always find themselves in the headlines but which is becoming...
