PLC Rep. Hatem Abdul Kader: Arafat Can’t Compromise On Jerusalem
IMRA: interviewed Jerusalem Fatah Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Representative, Hatem Abdul Kader, in English, on January 3rd. The entire interview follows:
IMRA: You are quoted in the weekly "Al-Bayader Al-Siyasi" today as saying that you...
Redeployment – What Does That Mean?
The next round in the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations deals with the redeployment issue. The Israelis want redeployment from a minimum amount of territory in Judea in return for a maximum effort to meet their security...
Can Palestinian Authority Request the Transfer of Israelis?
Recently a number of Israeli commentators have defended the Palestinian Authority's (PA) refusal to transfer terrorists to Israel by claiming that this is acceptable behavior since Israel does not extradite Israelis to the PA....
Palestinian Arab Refugees as “Peripheral” to the Peace Process
A commonly held assumption is that the entire matter of Palestinian Arab refugees is "peripheral" to the progress of the peace process. This view is shared on all sides of the Israeli political spectrum...
Myth of a Demilitarized Palestinian State
It is a commonly held assumption that a demilitarized Palestinian Arab state would emerge from the current entity known as the Palestine Authority, which would serve the "security interests of the state of Israel",...
Brig. Gen. (res.) Aharon Levran
IMRA interviewed former senior intelligence officer Brig. Gen. (res.) Aharon Levran, in Hebrew, on December 14th.
IMRA: The IDF's "security map" is now public and it shows a security area of three kilometers depth as...
The Gaza Human Rights Conference
On the 13 of December, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights released a press reporting on the International Conference on human rights and final status issues. The conference was held at the Rashad Shawa...
Indyk 13th December Remarks Following Meeting With Arafat
GAZA: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East Martin Indyk, on an introductory tour of various Mideast capitals, said President Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright remain committed to moving the...
Arafat’s Gaza … on CBS TV
Washington - 18 December: Just a few weeks ago when Madeleine Albright made her first swing through the Middle East, CBS News' veteran correspondent Bob Simon broadcast an unusually candid report from Gaza. Network...
Peace Now on PA Material and Hebron
IMRA interviewed Mossy Raz, political secretary of Peace Now, in Hebrew, on December 19.
IMRA: This week the Prime Minister's Office released a collection of anti-Semitic material which has come out of the Palestinian Authority...