Assessing PM Ariel Sharon’s Crisis
Perhaps it really is hunting season, as Sharon described what he thinks is being done to him, but now is also the season of inflamed passions and dizziness over the innumerable spins, over the...
Covering a Conference to Mobilize Support for the PLO in Jerusalem
The Invitation:
"SHAML Palestinian Refugee & Diaspora Center & The Alternative Information Center Humanitarian and Political Aspects of the Palestinian Condition
Wednesday afternoon, 8 January 2003
Ambassador Hotel, East Jerusalem
Palestinian Refugee and Diaspora Center (Shaml) and the...
Does Arafat have an American Insurance Policy??
It is safe to assume that Yasser Arafat did not wait last night anxiously for the decision of the Israeli political echelon, which convened in the Prime Minister's Bureau in Tel Aviv last night...
Final Draft of Bush Road Map Rejects Israeli Demands
In the final version of the road map for an Israeli-Palestinian arrangement, most of the Israeli demands for corrections were rejected,as indicated by an analysis comparing the final document to the Israeli comments. This...
Danger of Foreign Troop Intervention in Jerusalem
The latest panacea for Middle East peace, now gaining momentum, is the dispatching of foreign troops whose dual task would be to create a Palestinian Arab state and mitigate Arab terror. Foreign troops would...
Shefa Fund Fights Charge of Aiding IDF Deserters: Bedein Responds
At a time of economic difficulties in Israel, it has now become a profitable enterprise to desert the IDF and to "refuse to serve".
Now that is what we call a financial incentive for IDF...
Does the Palestinian Authority official media prepare their people for war against the US?
It would indeed seem that the official Palestinian Authority media has been increasing their enmity toward the United States. The sentiment could be seen particularly during the sermons broadcast on PA radio and television.
On...
How Many Attacks Occurred During December 2002?
Following the murder of four Yeshiva students in Otniel on Shabbat, December 27th, 2002, it was widely reported in the media that this came after a lull in terror attacks. The only other instance...
Lieberman Optimistic about Hamas-PA talks
Significant leaders inside the Palestinian Authority are very hopeful that this week's talks with Hamas in Cairo could lead to a joint declaration of a cease-fire, US Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Monday.
He made these...
Sen. Lieberman: Solution here would serve as global model
At a meeting with journalists in Jerusalem yesterday, Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman recalled a trip he once took to Asia with his good friend, Republican Senator John McCain. On that trip, he received the...