U.S. aid to Palestinians in jeopardy over Hamas link

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110712/NEWS02/707129860 American aid to the Palestinians is in jeopardy over their ties to the terrorist group Hamas, unwillingness to restart negotiations with Israel and push for statehood at the United Nations over U.S. resistance, congressional...

UNWRA spokesman: Better for countries to act against Israel than contribute to UNWRA

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=53210 "From UNRWA's point of view, it would be better for those states and organizations with the power to bring the necessary pressures to bear to end the collective punishment rather than pay UNRWA to...

Urgent NGO Appeal to End Syria’s Ramadan Massacre

http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2. aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1330815&ct=11106989 H. E. Laura Dupuy Lasserre President, Human Rights Council United Nations Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland Aug. 9, 2011 Dear Madam President, We, an international coalition of non-governmental and human rights organizations, urge the UN Human Rights Council to end...

Ashkelon – the new Sderot?

http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrint Preview/1,2506,L-4142607,00.html Sixteen-year-old Liz Sheetrit and her family stand in their homes with shell-shocked expressions as they point to their burnt front yard and shattered kitchen window. "I can't believe this happened to us," Liz exclaims....

Iran Signals Its Readiness for a Final Confrontation

http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1 &TMID=111&FID=442&PID=0&IID=9990&TTL=Iran_Signals_Its_Readiness_ for_a_Final_Confrontation Since the publication of the November 2011 IAEA report, which explicitly spotlights Iran's plans to build nuclear weapons, senior figures of the Iranian regime and the state-run media have begun to use threatening, defiant,...

How Can Israel Please the American Government, Media, and “Experts”? It Can’t

http://www.gloria-center.org/2011/12/how-can-israel-please-the-american-government- media-and-%e2%80%9cexperts%e2%80%9d-it-can%e2%80%99t/ There is a constant effort-especially by the anti-Israel left-to portray those who express mainstream Israeli public opinion and the views of professional analysts as “right-wing” or “Likudnik.” This leads me to wonder what one...

Middle East Myths Metastasize, Iran War Hysteria Rages Onward

http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2012/02/middle-east-myths-metastasizes-iran-war.html Much written and said about the Middle East has always been fantasy. But nowadays the proportion of fantasy to reality is higher than ever. And number one on that list is the war hysteria...

Rock Throwing by Arabs

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/07/opinion/rock-throwing-by-arabs.html?_r=4&ref=global#h To the Editor: Thomas L. Friedman (“A Middle East Twofer,” column, April 4) endorses what he calls “nonviolent resistance by Palestinians” against Israel. He adds that Palestinians need to “accompany every boycott, hunger strike or...

“I Will Make London a Beacon of Islam”

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2967/ken-livingstone-london-islam Ken Livingstone, the British Labour Party's candidate for mayor of London, says he wants to turn the capital city into a "beacon" of Islam. Speaking to Muslim worshippers on March 16 at the North London...

Palestinian Authority Bans Contact With Israeli Security Officials

MENL, http://www.menewsline.com The Palestinian Authority has banned Palestinian contact with Israel's military. The PA has ordered Palestinians not to visit or contact the Israel-Palestinian District Coordination Office, which provides permits for work or medical treatment in...