A Tribute to Archbishop Pietro Sambi, whose memory is being observed today in Washington,...

On September 14, 2011, a memorial service was held for Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Pope's ambassador to the United States and formerly the Papal Nuncio in Jerusalem. He died very recently. I knew this man....

EDITORIAL: I AGREE WITH WEINBERG: BUBBLES HAVE BEEN BURST

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3083&sec=2&title=I_AGREE_WITH_WEINBERG:_BUBBLES_HAVE_BEEN_BURST David. Weinberg, who moved to Israel from Toronto and directs the Israel office of the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs has written a good article in Yisrael Hayom, the daily paper sponsored by...

When PR firms replace Israel’s democratic process

Since the genesis of the Oslo process in 1993, successive governments of Israel, under a binding legal and moral obligation to demand a cessation of virulent anti-Semitic incitement as the condition for negotiation and...

A Road Map to Natural Disaster

If the Quartet's road map is accepted, Yasser Arafat will win the greatest victory of his life. Despite the blatant violation of all his commitments in the Oslo agreements and his responsibility for the...

Inside A Congressional Hearing: Promoting Peace? Reexamining U.S. Aid to the Palestinian Authority

ISRAEL RESOURCE NEWS AGENCY DISPATCHED A REPORTER TO COVER THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE US HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA THAT CONVENED IN SPECIAL SESSION TO DISCUSS U.S. FUNDING OF...

Analysis: Understanding What is Now Transpiring in Egypt

January 31, 2011 "Convoluted and Painful Process" The issues are anything but simple, and resolution of the situation in Egypt will not happen overnight, or in a week or a month. I do not intend to...

Al-Ahram: Egypt’s Options, Lutfi El-Kholi

The following are selections from articles which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, "Al-Ahram" of Al-Ahram Weekly, 2nd - 8th July, 1998 Forging News Alliances by Dina Ezzat Dina Ezzat explores Egypt's options beyond a defunct...

A Palestinian civil intifada

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=1096 The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) published its December 2011 report on Monday, contending that in 2016 Jews will become a minority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. According to the...

Egypt “On the Verge of Bankruptcy”

http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/david-p-goldman/egypt-verge-bankruptcy#.UOHrjeSTjEY Egypt is effectively out of cash. With foreign exchange reserves at a “critical minimum,” Egypt’s central bank imposed exchange controls and let the Egyptian pound exchange rate fall by about 5 percent from the...

Painful Anatomical Symptoms

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/38124/38124 For those Yiddishly challenged this translates as a pain in the posterior. No doubt the diplomatic fraternity will be frantically trying to play this latest revelation down and bury it under the proverbial carpet...