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...

Commentary on the summit between Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert,...

It was a nonsensical bit of political theater in my opinion, and not much more: The "summit" today at which Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, and PA President Mahmud Abbas...

EGYPT BECOMES LEADING SOURCE OF FATAH WEAPONS

Egypt has become a leading source of weapons for the Fatah movement headed by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Egyptian security sources said the regime of President Hosni Mubarak has offered to send thousands of...

The Illusion of “Peace in Exchange for Territories”

For years, especially since the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference, Arab leaders have repeated the mantra that peace with Israel hinges upon a withdrawal to the pre-1967 border. Similar rhetoric followed with the Arab Summit's...

Will the UJC – the Umbrella Organization of US Jewish Philanthropy – Fulfill its...

Most people who follow the Israeli news of the missiles that fall in southern Israel would know the toll that it has taken upon the people there. What you often hear on the news...

Strange Happenings at Hillel

The Hillel Foundation exists on campuses all across the United States. Its purpose, of course, is to provide a place on campus where Jewish students can mingle, socialize and, of course, do Jewish" things....

A critique of UNRWA commissioner-general, Karen Koning AbuZayd, in “Who UNRWA is, and what...

The defense of UNRWA mounted by UNRWA commissioner-general, Karen Koning AbuZayd, in "Who UNRWA is, and what we do," ( J. Post, February 13th, 2007) obscures several critical issues. In her take, UNRWA is...

Who UNRWA is, and what we do

As frequently as times and seasons change, so do allegations against UNRWA emerge in the media, often at moments of political uncertainty. Hence it is with some weariness that I address the latest spate...