Remember, remember the fifth of November

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/remember-remember-the-fifth-of-november/29590 Money in those post war years was not as plentiful as today and therefore “a penny for the guy” was seen and heard on every street corner as youngsters scrounged together enough pennies...

America, Israel, Gaza, the World

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/11/18/america-israel-gaza-the-world/ As Israeli airstrikes and naval shells bombarded Gaza this weekend, the world asked the question that perennially frustrates, confuses and enrages so many people across the planet: Why aren’t the Americans hating on Israel...

International Recognition of a Unilaterally Declared Palestinian State: Legal and Policy Dilemmas

http://www.jcpa.org/art/becker2.htm Representatives of the PLO, and of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority established pursuant to the Interim Agreement, have repeatedly threatened to unilaterally declare an independent Palestinian state.1 Indeed, following the conclusion of the Camp...

Video: The Culture of Peace and Incitement in the PA Index – 2 December...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59273 For Video: http://youtu.be/j6rI4mVb_FA As Power Point http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Spokesman/Documents/hasataENG0212112.ppt Video: The Culture of Peace and Incitement in the PA Index - 2 December 2012 Special Briefing on Incitement in the Palestinian Authority The Prime Minister's Office - Jerusalem 2 December 2012 Pursuant to...

Israel isolated? It’s used to it and will withstand it

http://www.fiammanirenstein.com/articoli.asp?Categoria=5&Id=3043 Il Giornale, December 1st, 2012 At Israel’s place, I’d leave the UN: it only serves the purpose of collecting isolation and delegitimation. Israel is tough though, being accustomed to the isolation born in the sick...

Palestine’s strangely stubborn state of mind

http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2229/palestine_s_strangely_stubborn_state_of_mind The UN vote upgrading the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to a non-member state with observer status has done nothing to move the cause of Palestinian statehood forward. Instead, it repeats the old adage of...

What Is Behind Salam Fayyad’s Call for “Economic Intifada”?

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3508/economic-intifada Salam Fayyad, the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, this week called for an economic intifada against Israel. Fayyad, whose government is facing a severe financial crisis, wants Palestinians to boycott all Israeli goods in...

Close but no cigar: Human Rights Watch mentions launching weapons from civilian areas in...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59521 Here is what the top Palestinian NGO once wrote: "Palestinian Centre for Human Rights...Warns of the dangers caused by continued manufacturing or storage of explosive devices by Palestinian resistance groups in civilian-populated areas, which threaten...

Weekly Commentary: Please do not use the extremist label

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59656 I was just watching Labor Party leader Shelley Yichimovitz on Channel Two Television News and I lost count how many times she used the word "extremist" to describe rival parties from the national camp. The...