Will the New Israel Fund Change its Policies? Two Leading Israeli Journalists Offer their...

PREMATURE TO CELEBRATE Ma’ariv. Sept. 21, 2010 by Ben-Dror Yemini (comment) -- The New Israel Fund assists dozens of organizations that do sacred work in fields such as social assistance, women’s rights, environment issues and...

U.S. Congress Backs Israel, Will Israel Join In?:Interview with David Bedein

Several members of the United States Congress have sponsored legislation aimed at putting an end to Arab incitement against Israel. Now an Israeli reporter is calling on the government to state its own position,...

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Ready to play hardball

Photo by: courtesy The new House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman says she is determined to ‘show Israel that we are strongly in its corner.' WASHINGTON - Ileana Ros-Lehtinen wasn’t pleased. She had just moved into her...

EDITORIAL: The next Mideast war Obama policies are pushing volatile region to the brink

The Obama administration is pressing a reset button to return the Middle East to the bad old days of open Arab-Israeli warfare. The White House is requiring participation of the Muslim Brotherhood in any...

Israeli Cabinet Minister Edelstein ask CEO of Facebook to drop Third Palestinian Intifada page

MK YULI YOEL EDELSTEIN MINISTER OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND DIASPORA AFFAIRS To Mr. Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Founder and CEO Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, During these past few days a Facebook page entitled "Third Palestinian Intifada" has been garnering attention on the web...

46 key lawmakers sign anti-Palestinian incitement letter

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/153133-46-key-lawmakers-sign-anti-palestinian-incitement-letter- A bipartisan congressional letter condemning Palestinian incitement of violence against Israel gained 46 signatures from key members of Congress, according to a list of signers obtained by The Hill. The letter, circulated by Reps. Steve...

The Reconciliation Agreement between Fatah and Hamas – An Initial Evaluation

http://jerusalemcenter.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/the-reconciliation-agreement-between-fatah-and-hamas-an-initial-evaluation/?tr=y&auid=8326240 The Reconciliation Agreement signed by Fatah and Hamas is the old “Egyptian paper” with a protocol that added Hamas’ reservations. It marks an outstanding political achievement for Mahmoud Abbas. He well understands that Europe is...

Middle East Studies in Upheaval

The troubled academic study of the Middle East and Islam by Americans is changing in fundamental ways. I offer some thoughts based on 42 years of personal observation: From Western offence to Islamic offence:...

What Are the Palestinians Planning after September?

Source: http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=442&PID=0&IID=7797&TTL=What_Are_the_Palestinians_Planning_after_September? or http://tinyurl.com/69gc47r * * * *Pinhas Inbari is also a veteran Palestinian affairs correspondent who formerly reported for Israel Radio and Al Hamishmar newspaper, and currently reports for several foreign media outlets....

House bill to limit aid to Pakistan, Palestinians

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ ALeqM5gOOsa8xiLe4lkrRBx-PaLIxBRlag?docId=917c0124ea784871b5d488fd870a385b WASHINGTON (AP) - A House panel unveiled a bill Monday that would block U.S. aid to Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority unless the Obama administration reassures Congress that they are cooperating in...