Policy Statements and Actions of PA Chair Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen)

GAZA, February 20, 2005(IPC+ Al-Ayam)- The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, renowned as "Abu Mazen" stated on Saturday that he is seeking to clinch a deal for cease fire with the armed resistance factions not to...

Will the Real mahmoud Abbas/Abu Mazen Please Stand Up??

JERUSALEM, Israel For at least 12 hours after the murderous terror attack on the nightclub in Tel Aviv last weekend, Sawt Felasteen, Voice of Palestine radio, the official voice of Mahmoud Abbas, told its listeners...

Beneath the Moderate Veneer

"If anyone deserves to be given a chance, this is the guy." So declared Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, referring to PA Chair Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen), in an address just this past...

What Do They Teach the Student about Israel and the Jews, and to What...

Introduction School textbooks constitute the backbone of education in any nation. As such, they provide a keen insight into the values and ideals the educational system endeavors to instill in the younger generations' mind. The...

A Message to Europe

The world is divided into two camps. On one side are those people who see terrorism as a warning of danger ahead. Unless something is done, they say, a catastrophe may happen. On the...

This is Not a Foreign Land

In the wake of the Feast of Lights, Hanukkah, and mindful of the confusion and the darkness that appear to have descended upon so many of us, we would do well to take a...

The Palestinian Authority After Arafat

With Arafat out of the picture, the only difference between Arafat and his followers is that his successors wear business suits. Each PLO official who runs the Palestinian Authority maintains a clear record who continues...

A Text Analysis of the Palestinian State Constitution

I. Introduction A. Why a Palestinian State Constitution More than anything else, the Palestinian State Constitution represents the attempt to present to the world the face of a modern Palestinian state. The constitution is meant to...

Israeli Pundits React to the Death of Arafat

All clips from Friday, November 05, 2004: Irrelevant Ma'ariv (p. 1) by Dan Margalit (news analysis) -- Yasser Arafat is dead. At least, he is as good as dead. He hoisted a flag. Stabbed with a sword....

If Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound Collapses Israel is at Fault

Shortly after official Israeli warnings that Jewish terrorists are threatening to blow up Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Israel is again threatening to restrict access to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan...