Should Legal Action Be Brought Against ‘Ichad’, Which is Funded in Part by the...

First Israeli peace group to call for sanctions, and the first Israeli group to support the divestment campaign against Israel. The question remains: Should legal action be brought against the ICHAD organization? Should...

Fighting Israeli Jewish Settlement Activity in the Negev

Another 1,200 acres of Bedouin crops in the Negev are destroyed this week. Is this Ben Gurion's dream, to 'make Israel's desert bloom'? Hundreds of soldiers, border police, tractors, helicopters, and horses awakened the winter...

Incitement in Today’s Mosque Speeches

(February 4, 2005-1330 Jerusalem/6:30 a.m. NY) The official Palestinian news media today broke Mahmoud Abbas's promise to halt incitement to violence and hatred in the course of radio and television news programs as well as...

USAID Releases $2 Million for Women Entrepreneurs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 January 2005 Press Office: 03 511 4846 Email: < a>www.usaid.gov/wbg/ Ramallah, West Bank - The American government is releasing $2 million to the "Palestine for Credit & Development" organization, FATEN, to support micro-finance activities...

Conflict of Interest to be Raised.

On February 8th, 2005, the Knesset Ethics Committee will hold a hearing to discuss the issue of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres's investments in the Palestinian Authority, as previously revealed by David Bedein on...

Forum at the Knesset for Foreign Diplomats on the Subject of Developments Inside the...

On January 4, 2005, Israel Resource News Agency, acting under the auspices of the Center for Near East Policy Research sponsored the "Knesset Forum on the Middle East" in the Israeli Knesset - the...

The Briefing on the Hill in Washington by Israel Resource News Agency and the...

A January 12,2005 briefing on Capitol Hill by Israel Resource News Agency, acting under the auspices of the Center for Near East Policy Research, drew 44 staffers of the US House International Relations Committee...

Arafat’s Gone – But So What?

Ever since Mahmoud Abbas won the Palestinian presidency, the news out of Israel has been almost consistently positive. Violence against Israelis in the Occupied Territories and Israel proper is down. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon...

The “Peaceful Jihad” of PA President Mahmad Abbas

Like a veteran baseball pitcher who keeps opponents and fans guessing by mixing fastballs, curves and sliders, Mahmoud Abbas continues to perplex observers who try to read his intentions. On the night of his election...

The Sharon Plan: Not Disengagement – PLO Empowerment

The Sharon Plan, often described as the "disengagement" process, has become one of the most hotly debated news items in Israel. What is most newsworthy, given the charged emotions that this debate has created, is...