Rice to Palestinians: End incitement against Israel

US secretary of state says Palestinians must expunge inciteful material from textbooks, publish maps that include Israel; Bush administration to reduce proposed $86 million security assistance package to PA government... US Secretary of State Condoleezza...

Arlene Kushner Critiques Israel Consulate’s brochure on Israeli Foreign Policy

I write this from Jerusalem as an American-born Israeli citizen. A friend of mine in the States forwarded this material to me, and I would like to take the liberty of making a couple...

PA FINANCE MIN.-DESIGNATE CAN’T FIND DONOR MONEY

The Palestinian Authority can't find hundreds of millions of dollars of money provided by donor nations. Officials said the Finance Ministry has lost all track of funds, receipts and salaries. They said donor nations, who...

How the Hamas-led Palestinian Regime will Gain International Legitimacy: By Recognizing Agreements Never Ratified...

On Thursday, Hamas, formally defined by the U.S. and almost all Western nations as an Islamist terrorist organization, formally assumed the reigns of the provisional government of the Palestinian Authority, without relinquishing its principles. The...

Commentary: Difference Between PLO and PA

In response to a reader query, I begin with an explanation of the difference between the PLO and the PA. The PLO, founded in 1964, became recognized and declared itself to be the legitimate representative...

A European Declaration of Independence

A European Declaration of Independence We, the citizens of the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Hungary, (fill in the blanks) demand that the following steps are taken immediately: We demand that...

Iran Seeks To Form Hamas-Led Army

Israel's intelligence community has determined that Iran launched a crash program to form a Hamas-led Palestinian army. Iran has been training up to 500 Hamas operatives as combat commanders and soldiers. They said the Hamas...

European Union Willing To Accept Hamas’ Non-Recognition Of Israel

Israel's efforts to prevent international recognition of the Hamas-led Palestinian unity government have suffered a blow. The leaders of the 27 member countries of the European Union, who met in Brussels over the weekend,...

Official Palestinian Authority Newspaper Reports False Rumor Of Mosque Being Converted To A Synagogue

Al Hayat Al-Jadida, the official newspaper of the Palestinian Authority reported on Thursday that Arab Members of Israel's Knesset parliament and activists from the Islamic movement in Israel have "uncovered an Israeli plan that...

Condi on a Learning Curve About Abbas?

During Condoleezza Rice's three-hour meeting with Mahmoud Abbas last week in Ramallah, she reportedly "employed a threatening tone." A Palestinian Authority official said that "We've never seen her in such a bad mood." Later at...