Official Palestinian Authority Newspaper Reports False Rumor Of Mosque Being Converted To A Synagogue

Al Hayat Al-Jadida, the official newspaper of the Palestinian Authority reported on Thursday that Arab Members of Israel's Knesset parliament and activists from the Islamic movement in Israel have "uncovered an Israeli plan that...

Europe’s Stark Options

Europe's long-term relations with its burgeoning Muslim minority, the continent's most critical issue, will follow one of three paths: harmonious integration, the expulsion of Muslims, or an Islamic takeover. Which of these scenarios will...

Fatah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad: How Islamic Jihad Derived from the Fatah

Jerusalem Issue Brief Institute for Contemporary Affairs founded jointly at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs with the Wechsler Family Foundation Vol. 6, No. 21 - 1 March 2007 Fatah was the main supporter in the...

Condi on a Learning Curve About Abbas?

During Condoleezza Rice's three-hour meeting with Mahmoud Abbas last week in Ramallah, she reportedly "employed a threatening tone." A Palestinian Authority official said that "We've never seen her in such a bad mood." Later at...

Fatah Spokesman: In Mecca, We Chose Hamas, Not Israel

The question that has been bandied about over the past 13 months, since the Hamas victory in the elections over the Fatah, led by Arafat's protégé Mahmoud Abbas, has been whether Fatah would choose...

Open Letter to JTA: Why Use the Term “Settler” to Describe a Murdered Jew

The term "settler" connotes "squatter", "intruder", "temporary resident" and as someone who can therefore have his home removed from out from under him or even justifiably murdered. As such, JTA is cordially requested to cease...

Commentary: A Word of Caution

A word of caution is in order today regarding what seem to be peaceful overtures. Spain has just hosted a Spanish-Arab conference in Madrid that 19 members of the Arab League attended. (It is, I will...

Palestinian government accuses US of political blackmail

The Palestinian government has expressed its concern at the outcome of the Quartet's meeting on Wednesday in Berlin in which the Quartet - comprising of the EU, UN, US, and Russia - issued a...

Testimony presented to: Hearing of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia...

February 14, 2007 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. Chaired By: Representative Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY) Witnesses: David Makovsky, Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Martin S. Indyk, Director, Saban...

Responding to UJC Misrepresentation of news piece on UJC allocations to Sderot

February 20th, 2007 To: Open letter to UJC, New York, New York From: David Bedein, Bureau Chief, Israel Resource News Agency Correspondent, The Philadelphia Bulletin Our piece clearly states that the UJC allocated funds for the calender...