Israel and Jordan sign joint declaration to preserve the Jordan River

Israel and Jordan have agreed to cooperate on restoration, ecological rehabilitation and sustainable development of the Jordan River. The nations signed a joint declaration at the COP27 environmental conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where they...

The Current State of Peres

After years of speculation that the architects of the Sharon plan had an economic motivation up their sleeve, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres, the original architect of the Oslo process, told the AP that...

What Does an “Islamic Caliphate in Iraq Mean?

http://jcpa.org/article/initial-implications-declaration-islamic-caliphate-iraq-syria/ Vol. 14, No. 22 July 1, 2014 The newly declared “Islamic State” is trying to reinforce its battlefield achievements in Syria and Iraq by creating a new Sunni Muslim religious entity to overturn the prevailing...

Until Messiah, forecast is cloudy skies with 100% chance of antisemitism

Many people assumed that antisemitism died with Hitler in his bunker in 1945. Alas, that was wishful thinking. In 2010, then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke of the frustration of combatting antisemitism: “Forms...

SCRIPT of “FOR THE SAKE OF NAKBA”, filmed on location in UNRWA Palestinian refugee...

The SCRIPT of "FOR THE SAKE OF NAKBA", filmed on location in UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in May 2010, and screened on June 9 2010 for staffers of the US HOUSE Middle East Subcomittee...

FIRST HAND ACCOUNT: MY VISIT TO UNWRA PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS

Entrance to UNWRA's Aida Palestinian Refugee Camp near Bethlehem, with key representing the right of return that says "not for Sale" photo by Rhonda spivak Mural of a former Palestinian village (as it was in 1948)...

How the World Enabled 25 Years of Palestinian Decline

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/12/19/how-the-world-enabled-25-years-of-palestinian-decline/ One of the saddest comments I’ve ever heard was Gaza resident Ziad Ashour’s statement to the New York Times last week. Ever since the first intifada erupted in 1987, the 43-year-old butcher said, “things...

‘Murdering Jews is the most lucrative profession’

The Ofer military court on Friday morning began hearing the defense and prosecution's views on sentencing the terrorist who killed three members of the Salomon family in July. The military prosecution demands 19-year-old Omar al-Abed be...

The Palestinian Security Forces and the Second Intifada

Presentation given at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on July 24th, 2003 (Presentation hosted by the Center For Near East Policy Research and the Israel Resource News Agency) Copyright © Gal Luft Introduction In the period...