Reining in Abbas: How America Should Punish the Palestinian Leader

http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/reining-abbas-how- america-should-punish-the-palestinian-lead-6028 A new budget battle is brewing between the Republican-led Congress and the Obama White House. This time it’s not about trimming domestic spending. It’s about the $600 million in annual financial assistance the United...

The other side speaks out

Together with the euphoria that many Israelis feel about the return home of Gilad Shalit, victims of terror are dealing differently. Granted, there have been a few who came out in support of the...

The Simplest Thing in the World to Understand: Why There Isn’t Israel-Palestinian Peace

http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2011/10/simplest-thing-in-world-to-understand.html Media, "experts," and governments finds it very hard to understand an amazing phenomena. No matter what they offer to the Palestinian Authority (PA)--even if it includes money, concessions, and steps toward statehood--the PA says...

Gilad Shalit Release: Israel’s Joy Tempered by Memories of an Intifadeh

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2097192,00.html Israel was happy, very happy. The news of a deal to bring home the kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit arrived with the holiday of Sukkot, a traditionally cheerful weeklong harvest festival made effervescent by the...

The simple truth: They want it all

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=241973 No matter what the Palestinian Authority is offered - money, concessions and even steps toward statehood- the response is always “no.” Media, academic “experts” and governments seem to find this amazing phenomenon very hard...

Anatomy of a deal

http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/ CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-4134431,00.html The military impasse, the stands taken by the Shin Bet and the Mossad, Hamas elasticizing its stance, the Arab Spring and the Palestinian bid in the UN - all of these contributed to Prime...

Gilad Shalit: Israel Succumbs to Ransom

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10720#.TpWVB5sr2so When Israel succumbs to the ransom demanded by a regime which has kidnapped a citizen of the free world, that creates a precedent that will reverberate across the globe. Despite their desire to see Cpl....

The Olive Tree Initiative and Terror

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/06/the-olive-tree-initiative-and-terror-1-1/ The danger of sending American college students on Olive Tree Initiative trips to the West Bank was underscored by the recent discovery of 13 Hamas terror cells and a foiled suicide bombing plot in...

Abbas Gives the Finger to Obama

http://www.hudson-ny.org/2454/abbas-gives-finger-to-obama By rejecting both of US President Barack Obama's requests -- to avoid a United Nations bid for Palestinian Statehood and to return to the negotiating table -- the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, is...

U.S. Moves To ‘Advise’ PA Forces

The United States has decided to change its focus in helping Palestinian Authority security forces. The administration of President Barack Obama intends to move away from equipping PA security forces. Instead, the State Department, amid...