“April Fools” Piece in the NYTimes Mimimizes Fatah/PA Anti-semitism

I usually don't like playing bash-the-journalist. I try avoiding the ritualistic Tirade against the Times, which keeps pro-Israel New York Times readers' blood flowing. But an April 1, 2008 front-page article was so ridiculous...

A Diary of Insight in Middle East Reporting

Posting: April 17, 2008 "Carter's Destruction" Today is the day that Jimmy Carter -in defiance of requests from several quarters that he not do so-is going to be meeting with officials from Hamas. To achieve peace,...

20 Middle East Policy Questions to Ask Candidates Running for Public of Office in...

I have spent the past week covering Middle East policy issues during the presidential primaries in Pennsylvania, in my capacity as the Middle East correspondent for the Philadelphia Bulletin. I find that people hesitate about...

On the eve of the Pa. primary,The Philadelphia Bulletin interviews Obama’s Middle East Advisors

During the week before the Pennsylvania primary, I met with Sen. Barack Obama's middle east advisers in Washington, Howard Guttman and former Californian Congressman Mel Levine, along with another Obama Middle East aide who...

Incisive Commentary

Posting: June 6, 2008 "Shifting" The situation. Sometimes I see us simply going in the most frustrating circles, but now (very tentatively) I see a shift in some of what we're dealing with. We might start with...

CHALLENGE OF THE NEW JEWISH YEAR: WILL THERE BE A NEW DISENGAGEMENT?

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/mapImages/4228b0b09c392.pdf This link to a color coded map depicts the second withdrawal map that was approved by the government of Israel on February 20, 2005, as the second scheduled Israeli withdrawal, following the pullback and...

A Review of “Doodling for Saddam: The Use of Cartoons in Palestinian Newspaper to...

The Palestinian Authority is inciting its citizens against America, and the publication of anti-American sentiments in the government-controlled press proves it, an informed critic said here. David Bedein, bureau chief of the Israel Resource News...

Perpspective of Prof. Efraim Inbar

IMRA contacted Prof. Efraim Inbar to ask him about his proposal fr Egypt and Jordan to control the Gaza Strip and West Bank respectively (see below): IMRA: It doesn't require a particularly fertile imagination to...

A Seminal Call on the Eve of Passover for an End of Incitement

A Passover statement from Professors Elihu D Richter and Israel Charny based on a parallel letter to the new Prime Minister of Israel, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and its President, Mr Shimon Peres April 4 2009 Subject:...

Greed Wins: Israeli Profits Override Protection of its Citizens

Israel Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and a slew of Israeli officials who promote trade relations with the Palestinian Arab population conducted a press briefing on Wednesday, July 8, 2009. Israeli government officials explained why...