The Legal Basis of Israeli Naval Blockade of Gaza

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=58871 The Legal Basis of Israel’s Naval Blockade of GazaProf. Ruth Lapidoth, July 18, 2010 Jerusalem Issue Briefs Vol. 10, No. 4 http://jcpa.org/article/the-legal-basis-of-israel%E2%80%99s-naval-blockade-of-gaza/ -The relations between Israel and Hamas are in the nature of armed conflict. Nowadays no...

The Palestinian Guy Fawkes

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/11/the-palestinian-guy-fawkes/264529/ Today is Guy Fawkes Day, which commemorates the plot by a group of English Catholics to blow up the Houses of Parliament and King James I along with it. The plot was disrupted on...

Anti-Semitism in Newton (MA) Schools

Below is my account of the developing scandal at the Newton public schools. For months a group of Jewish parents and community members has asked the school board for copies of the curriculum, texts...

PA Uses U.S.-Trained Forces Against Protesters

www.menewsline.com The Palestinian Authority has been using U.S.-trained and equipped security forces to disperse protests in the West Bank. Arab Human rights activists said PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has been using elite forces trained by Washington...

U.S. Dems Seek Hamas-Linked Funds

www.menewsline.com WASHINGTON, DC The Democratic Party has sought election funds from groups and individuals linked to Hamas, a report said. The Investigative Project on Terrorism said Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood supporters have been targeted for contributions to...

Following the elections, Mideast peace negotiations should resume

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3432/mideast-peace-negotiations I was invited to meet with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority just before he spoke to the General Assembly of the United Nations. I came to the meeting with an agenda: to persuade...

Superficiality Reigns Before the Election

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2012/11/superficiality-reigns-before-the-election It happens every four years, as U.S. presidential elections roll around: I feel like a stranger. That's because news reports blare out what's not of interest: trivial statistics (171,000 jobs added in October; jobless rate...

Front Page JPOST Magazine, writes about Sderot Media Center’s “Ambassadors of Tomorrow”

The Real Perspective A new program aims to teach residents in the south how to speak to the media and portray the experience of life and terror under constant rocket fire. *Click here to read the...

Into the Fray: Obama, Islam and Israel

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=290199 Photo: Yuri Gripas / Reuters There is much that binds the US and Israel together. Nonetheless, both political prudence and past experience suggest that the Israeli leadership should not disregard the prospect that the congruence...

Election Letter to my American Friends

Sherwin@atid-edi.com Sherwin Pomerantz, a 29 year resident of Israel. is President of Atid-EDI Ltd., a Jerusalem-based economic development consulting firm and a former National President of the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel My fellow...