Palestinian Official Acknowledges Torture
Palestinian security forces abused some prisoners' human rights, a colonel in those forces acknowledged last week.
Col. Jabril Rajoub, head of the Preventive Security forces of the West Bank city of Jericho, acknowledged those abuses...
PA Democracy in Action: Palestine Legislative Council Meets… And PA Security Services Round Up...
A side show to the middle east international news attention this week that was focused on Saddam Hussein was provided at the meeting of the Palestinian Legislative Council at the private office compound of...
Does Abbas really want peace?
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/317719-does-abbas-really-want-peace
Diplomats may sign treaties, but only people make peace. If true, then Secretary of State Kerry’s Middle East peace initiative-on-steroids may be doomed. Forget the thorny challenges of border-drawing, land-swaps, and water-sharing. Put aside...
Remarks To the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, Regarding the Situation of Palestinian Refugees
Mr. Chairman, thank-you for the opportunity to address this report on the situation of Palestinian refugees. While Canada is only an observer in this Assembly, we have a significant interest in this issue as...
The Long-Term Implications of the Israel-Hamas Clash
http://jcpa.org/article/the-long-term-implications-of-the-israel-hamas-clash/
Vol. 12, No. 26 21 November 2012
The current clash between Israel and Hamas did not begin with rocket fire but with ramped-up terror activity on the Israel-Gaza border. Hamas’ strategy has changed over the...
Lack of a U.S. Response to the Planned Executions of “Collaborators” at the Order...
This much seems clear: Palestinian Authority executions of "collaborators" are scheduled to take place shortly. The full particulars are difficult to verify.
On February 17, 2005, news broke in Israel that Palestinian Authority Chair Mahmoud...
Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 14th
Summary and Analysis
In its Sunday morning broadcasts, the VOP news coverage was fairly evenly divided between three subjects:
Continuing talks on final status issues, despite Palestinian views that nothing substantive is being accomplished;
Continuing coverage of...
PM: Abbas does not seek peace
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=3223
What's behind Abbas' new tone?
Mahmoud Abbas delivered a speech on Jan. 4, on the anniversary of the founding of Fatah, that may have marked a turning point in the relations between the Palestinian Authority...
‘Moderate’ Palestinian President Abbas Praises Dead Terrorists as ‘Martyrs’
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/01/14/Palestinian-President-Abbas-Praises-Dead-Terrorists-as-Martyrs
An example came earlier this month, when Abbas praised a litany of deceased Palestinian terrorists as martyrs; included in his praise were Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian Islamic Jihad founder Fathi Shikaki, and...
Fact-Free Middle East Negotiations?
The dispute between Israel and the Palestinian Authority with regard to the freezing of Israeli construction in Judea and Samaria (aka the West Bank) is predicated on the assumption that Israel's border is the...