Manic Depression in Israel? The Eroded Spirit of Israeli Society
There is a sense among the public of depression, powerlessness, and even despair over the situation. Indeed, we are undergoing a monstrous wave of terror, unprecedented in its atrocity, but still this sense is...
George Mitchell, scheduled to address Lincoln Square Synagogue on March 2, 2002: Is His...
In late October, 2000, US president Clinton appointed an international investigation commission to investigate the causes of the rioting in Israel, naming an Arab American and former US Senator, George Mitchell, as its chairman.
Mitchell...
Documents Seized at the PLO Orient House Reviewed.
The Israeli Ministry of Public Security has hired a team of Arabic speaking journalists to review the vast computer systems and documents that were seized at the PLO's Orient House last summer. The results...
Precedent-making Suit Against Palestinian Authority Security Chief
A Palestinian resident of Jerusalem is suing the Palestinian Authority and the commander of the Preventive Security Service, Jibril Rajoub, for NIS 10 million. In a suit filed at the Jerusalem District Court, he...
Sannctifying Suicide: Analysis of the Islamic Perspective
The great increase in suicide attacks in the course of this past year sparked a debate in the Arab and Moslem world on the position of Islamic religious law toward the issue of self-sacrifice...
The US will not Break off Contact Yet it Defines it as a Terror...
US Response to PA
Bush: We won't replace Arafat and we won't close PLO offices
Yedioth Ahronoth (p. 4) by Shimon Shiffer -- The US does not plan to close the PLO offices in Washington and...
Israel’s Requirement For the Next Palestinian Arab Leader: Declare in Arabic, “No to the...
Details of the meetings held on February 8th between US President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon are emerging.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Bush administration will not protest too vehemently if...
The Palestinians See a ‘Joan of Arc’
Wafa Idris, who detonated a bomb on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem two weeks ago, killing herself and an 81-year-old man, and injuring 140 people, was the first Palestinian woman to carry out a suicide...
Al Quds (Palestinian daily) Editorial Explains Palestinians Won’t Honor Security Obligations if Israel Doesn’t...
The contacts of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his foreign minister Shimon Peres with a number of high-level Palestinian officials have given the impression that the tide may be changing in the region...
Egypt Continues Missile Projects in North Korea
The CIA has dismissed Egyptian assertions that Cairo has ended its missile relationship with North Korea.
In both congressional testimony and in its latest report, the U.S. intelligence community has reported that Egypt continues to...