Palestinian foreign minister: We will never recognize Jewish character of Israel

http://www.aawsat.net/2014/01/article55327533 Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat-Unsurprisingly, the latest round of talks between Israel and Palestine has been no less difficult than previous ones, with US Secretary of State John Kerry warning shortly before the talks began last...

The Threat of the “Salafi Crescent

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: While Israel and the West are focused on the Iranian threat, another dangerous entity is emerging in the Middle East. Attempts by al-Qaeda and other radical Sunni Islamist groups to challenge the...

Canadian Prime Minister Harper Can Jump Start the Peace Process

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/14410#.Ut2EP_v8IsY Most recently, Israeli President Shimon Peres remarked to the European Union’s Middle East Envoy Miguel Moratinos, that the time has come to revive the dormant Refugee Working Group, comprised of 38 nations, chaired by...

Covering Ariel Sharon’s 2001-06 Term as Prime Minister: A newsman’s report of what transpired...

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Strange Campaign for Migrant Workers to Remain in Quasi-slave-like conditions

Over the past two weeks, 10,000 Sudanese and Eritrean migrant workers have run high profile protests in Israel. Mistakenly described by the mainstream media as “asylum-seekers”, when, in fact, these people are job-seekers -...

How migrant workers got to Israel: a case in Sderot, one mile from the...

Three years ago, a young man in Sderot got a phone call from his landlord to vacate his rental apartment in Sderot, one mile from Gaza. The landlord explained to his surprised tenant that a...

Abbas hardens his stance on Palestinian ‘right of return’

http://www.timesofisrael.com/hard-line-speech-from-abbas-marks-turn-from-position-in-talks/ In a significant hardening of the stated Palestinian negotiating position on the right of return, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that he could not negotiate away the absolute right of Palestinian refugees and...

Abbas Denies His Authority to Make Cardinal Decisions for a Lasting Peace Agreement

http://jcpa.org/abbas-denies-his-authority-to-make-decisions-for-a-lasting-peace/ Mahmoud Abbas - “the president of the state of Palestine,” chairman of the Palestinian Authority, leader of the PLO, and head of Fatah - must recognize that he is not a serious partner for...

Iran: ‘We Will in No Way, Never, Dismantle’ Nuclear Infrastructure

http://freebeacon.com/iran-we-will-in-no-way-never-dismantle-nuclear-infrastructure/ Iran vowed to maintain its nuclear infrastructure and threatened to boost its uranium enrichment capabilities just hours after announcing that it had agreed to a deal to halt some aspects of its contested nuclear...

PA Seeks Land Within Pre-1967 Border

“The Palestinian Authority has sought to acquire Israeli territory beyond the West Bank," the report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs asserted that the PA aimed to acquire portions of Israel during the U.S.-led...