Palestinian Authority to Pay All Salaries in Gaza, Including Hamas

The Palestinian caretaker government has resumed payment of members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), including Hamas members such as deposed Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and former Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahhar. The caretaker government,...

Terror Threat High For Israelis

It warned of a retaliatory attack by Hezbollah to mark the anniversary of the death of Imad Mughniyah, a high-ranking operative of the organization, in February of last year. An attack by Hezbollah against Israeli...

FBI Cuts Ties With Pro-Saudi Muslim Lobby

Israel's intelligence community has determined that Egypt, despite numerous operations in 2008, failed to reduce the weapons flow to the Hamas regime in Gaza. The Middle East Newsline has confirmed that the U.S. law enforcement...

Israeli Intelligence Assessment: Egypt Fails To Reduce Hamas Arms Flow

Israel's intelligence community has determined that Egypt, despite numerous operations in 2008, failed to reduce the weapons flow to the Hamas regime in Gaza. The Israel Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/site/home/default.asp ) reports that...

Mahmoud Abbas: Hostile Palestinian Leader With Image of Moderation Whom Israel Must Now Contend...

With Israel's Gaza campaign against Hamas and the Israeli election in the past, Israel must now contend with its next challenge - Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority. Although Mr. Abbas has been broadly...

Why Must Israel Pay Ransom for his Release?

On Wednesday, the outgoing Israel government's Security Cabinet approved Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's proposal to link the Israeli POW Cpl. Gilad Shalit's release to any future security arrangement with the Hamas. Now, say government sources...

Challenge To New Israeli Government

On February 5, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered 170 million shekels, the equivalent of $43 million, to be transferred to Gaza. Mr. Olmert said the funds represented an Israeli commitment to divert tax...

Canadian Immigration Minister Fighting Anti-Semitism Criticized

A Canadian member of parliament who helped organize a conference meeting this week in London to confront the problem of anti-Semitism has himself become the target of an anti-Semitic attack. The purpose of the conference...

A review of Middle East Rules of Thumb by Professor Steven Carol (Universe 2008)

During the course of the 20th century, and especially in the years since the 1967 Six Day War, there has been a dramatic change in the academic and popular historiography of the Middle East. The...

Israel Considering Release Of Top Terrorist Barghouti

The Israeli security establishment is examining the release of a convicted multiple murderer - Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti - as a means of strengthening Fatah chairman and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas. Israeli security...