Will the PNA Make a 100% Effort?

The following are selections from "Basic Fateh Position" - "an editorial submitted to the press by the Palestinian Liberation Movement, Fateh" which was published in the September 5, 1997 edition of The Jerusalem Weekly. The...

Annexation and Sovereignty. Enough with Ideology. Consider Reality

Too often, annexation of territory to Israel is lost in a useless debate between warring ideologies that will never be resolved. Such debates avoid a discussion of reality on the ground where no dispute exists. Take,...

FATAH CONGRESS: NO RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL AS JEWISH STATE

On Tuesday Fatah will hold its sixth congress in Bethlehem, at which point a draft party platform will be put to the vote. That draft explicitly notes that Israel must not be recognized as a Jewish...

Abu Mazen Incorporates PLO Terror Groups into his Cabinet

The new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, visited Gaza Strip on Saturday for the first time since his appointment, meeting leaders of Palestinian movements as he works to form a Cabinet. Abbas has been...

Full Disclosure. Who funds UNRWA

DONOR CHARTS 2020 List of 2020 Pledges by all donors Overall donor ranking Top 20 donors, Overall ranking Pledges of Government and EU, Overall ranking Programme Budget, all donor ranking Top 20 Donors, EAs (oPt...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (March 25 – 31, 2020)

While Hamas has focused most of its attention on trying to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the Gaza Strip, this past week a rocket was fired into Israeli territory. It is unclear which...

THE RISKS OF FOREIGN PEACEKEEPING FORCES IN THE WEST BANK

Israel’s Experience with International Peacekeepers During the 1967 Six-Day War, I was a soldier serving in Battalion 202 of the Paratroopers Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). We entered the Gaza Strip from south...

Welcome To Camp Jihad

The hazy, crazy, lazy endless days of summer are upon us and children are enjoying vacation from school, the luxury of going to bed late and then sleeping in the next morning and for...

Weekly Commentary: Preparing for failed talks

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=61646 According to the common narrative, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to release a group of terrorist murderers as the "entrance fee" for talks with the Palestinians because: #1. In the absence of talks, Israel faced...

Syria Deploys Thousands Of Missiles Near Israel

The Middle East Newsline reports from Israeli military sources that Syria has deployed more than 1,000 missiles and rockets near the Jewish state. Israeli officials said Syria has brought a range of medium- and long-range...