Incitement from Official PA Cleric in Friday Mosque Sermon

Palestinians warn of al-Aqsa attack in mosque incitement, Qreia briefing, while pushing tough line In a fiery official sermon on Palestinian State Television Friday (March 18, 2005), Palestinian preacher Sheikh Ibrahim Mudeiris declared that the...

Waqf Minister Warns of Deforming Occupied Jerusalem

With thanks to imra.org.il for providing this important press release. Waqf Minister Warns of Deforming Occupied Jerusalem www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=3363 GAZA, Palestine, March21, 2005 (IPC Exclusive)--Palestinian Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs, Yousef Salama, warned on Sunday of frequent...

The New PA/Hamas Cairo Agreement: Authorization for Terror Against Israel

I read the Arabic text of the "Cairo statement"... The best man is Egypt. The happy couple are Abu Mazen on the one hand, and Hamas and the other extremist Palestinian organizations on the...

Uproar Over Israeli Property Acquisition in Old City of Jerusalem

PA officials and the Palestinian street in East Jerusalem were stunned by the Ma'ariv disclosure of the sale of Omar Square in Jerusalem to Jews. The hotel owners in the compound are screaming for help...

List of Wanted Suspects Submitted by Israel to the Palestinian Authority Found its Way...

The list of wanted men that Israel submitted to the Palestinian security forces quickly found its way into the hands of the wanted men themselves. Instead of supervising the wanted men and disarming them-which...

The Palestinian “Temporary Cease-Fire”: A Definition of Terms

The election of Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen)...has brought about a change in the Palestinian Authority's policy on continuing the "armed intifada." At the same time, the paramount interest of Hamas and Islamic Jihad is...

Should the CIA Train PLO Armed Personnel Once Again?

BETHLEHEM, As the U.S. renews its training sessions for Palestinian security forces, a group photo from seven years ago holds a stark warning for the Bush administration about the fate of past CIA trainees. In June...

Talking Peace and Executing Those Who Cooperate With Israel

Israel believed that Abu Mazen's election marked a new attitude in the Palestinian Authority towards human rights, but it appears that with regard to those who cooperate with Israel, the attitude is the same...

Does the US Arms Export Control Act Permit Israel to use US-made Law Enforcement...

Sec. 505 Conditions of Eligibility (505)(a) In addition to such other provisions as the President may require, no defense articles or related training or other defense service shall be furnished to any country on a...

False Media Reports About Rabbinical Ruling Led to Edict Allowing Bedouin Soldiers Who Serve...

TEL AVIV - A leading Bedouin cleric has issued a religious edict allowing Bedouin soldiers to kill anyone who attempts to harm them in the process of settlement evacuation, Channel 2 reported Wednesday. "Whoever attempts...