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The Secrets that were Buried With Arafat: Few People Know That Arafat Never Got...
Two uniformed PA gaurds stand by Arafat's grave in Ramallah in the West Bank. The grave has a verse from the Koran.
Photo by Rhonda Spivak.
The newly rebuilt Muqata in Ramallah, which is located...
The Gaza Strip: Why Is Washington Sticking Its Head in the Sand?
The US Administration, which just forced Israel and the Palestinian Authority to enter direct peace negotiations, seems to have completely forgotten about the Gaza Strip. Perhaps Washington is deliberately sticking its head in the...
A Time of Dialogue: Questions that Jewish Groups Can Ask PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY LEADERS, ABBAS...
This week, Palestinian Authority leaders Machmud Abbas and Salam Fayyad arrive in Washington. According to reports that have appeared in both the Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post newspapers, the purpose of their trip is...
Will New Middle East Negotiations Trigger The Next IDF Incursion into Gaza?
Palestinian armed forces have fired 19 rockets, missiles and mortars from Gaza into Sderot and surrounding farming communities in Israel's Western Negev region since September 4th.. Residents of Sderot and the Western Negev...
These Talks Are Doomed
Mona Charen is a syndicated columnist and political analyst living in the Washington, D.C., area.
Mona Charen received her undergraduate degree at Barnard College, Columbia University, with honors.... read more Mona Charen also holds a...
Monograph: As Negotiations Resume: The Palestinian Authority Stand on the “Right of Return”
Mahmoud Abbas
Of primary interest when examining the position of the Palestinian Authority with regard to the “right of return” is the stand of Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen), president of the PA.
Abbas’s position on...
NO INDICATION OF ABBAS POPULARITY IN RAMALLAH: WHERE IS THE MURAL OF ABBAS NEXT...
Mural of Palestinian Leader Marwan Barghouti on Wall near Ramallah, Qalandia checkpoint. All photos by Rhonda Spivak.
Mural of Yasser Arafat painted on Wall near Ramallah, qalandia checkpoint
Billboard glorifying Palestinian "martyr" with map of Israel...
Palestinian Authority Referred to the terror attack as a “military operation” .
Dr. Michael Widlanski is a specialist in Arab politics and communication whose doctorate dealt with the Palestinian broadcast media. He is a *former reporter, correspondent and editor, respectively, at The New York Times, The...
Is the US Training Israel’s Enemies?
There are strong reservations about the wisdom of the US training a Palestinian security force.
Israel recently approved the delivery of Russian armored personnel carriers for the Palestinian Authority, while it continues to laud American...
Refuting David Malovsky’s Comments in the Washington Post Concerning Palestinian Authority Education
In his recent article, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/23/AR2010082304204.html, David Makovsky writes:
“The PA has begun reshaping the curriculum of Palestinian institutions that accredit imans, and screening is also being conducted to weed out school teachers who support Hamas...
