No Time to Spare: Talking about Israel’s Legal Grounds

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arlene-kushner/no-time-to-spare-talking-about-israels-legal-grounds/ If the Israeli building in Judea and Samaria destroys the peace process, then, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, the EU ambassador to Israel, declared just days ago, “Naturally, the blame will be put squarely on Israel’s doorstep.” Naturally:...

Kerry’s Antagonism Unmasked

http://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/perspectives218.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: John Kerry has abandoned America’s honest broker stance in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. His warnings about the coming isolation of Israel and of a third Intifada - unless Israel quickly allows the emergence of...

After Arafat

When Yasir Arafat became seriously ill in late 2003, Palestinians were near panic for several days. Officials did not know how to handle the crisis. Ahmad Dudin, former Fatah leader in the Hebron region,...

Conditioning Palestinian Aid on Incitement in School Syllabus: Palestinian diplomats are scurrying to Europe...

The European Union will vote on a proposal to condition the body's 214 million euro aid to the Palestinian Authority on tempering its school curriculum on Tuesday. Palestinian diplomats have shuttled to Brussels in a...

WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE MITCHELL ?

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1146&sec=2&title=EDITORIAL:_WHAT_HAPPENED_TO_GEORGE_MITCHELL_ George Mitchell Gershon Baskin photo by Rhonda Spivak The hills surrounding Beit Jalla in the West Bank Photo by Rhonda Spivak Location of the conference in Beit Jalla Photo by Rhonda Spivak George Mitchell resigned last week as Obama’s Special Envoy...

Abbas mentions Psagot shooting to visiting MKs- does not condemn

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=62040 Abbas mentions - but does not condemn - Psagot shootingBy LAHAV HARKOV The Jerusalem Post 7 October 2013 16:32http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Abbas-mentions-but-doesnt-condemn-Psagot-shooting-328082 All violence on both sides should be condemned, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told MKs visiting...

With Resolve, Good Judgment, and Deliberate Speed INSS

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=10574 The Israeli public and its decision makers understand that slogans such as “eliminating Hamas” or “talking to Hamas” will not win a war or resolve the Palestinian problem. Indeed, the objectives of Operation Pillar...

RAMALLAH AND BERLIN: REFLECTIONS ON GERMANY’S VOTE AT THE UN RE: THE PA STATEHOOD...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3171&sec=1&title=RAMALLAH_AND_BERLIN:__REFLECTIONS_ON_GERMANY%27S_VOTE_AT_THE_UN__RE:_THE_PA_STATEHOOD_BID There are a lot of reasons I can think of why Germany ought to have voted "no" in response to the Palestinian unilateral bid for statehood at the UN, one which Mahmoud Abbas declared...

PA making terror payments to hundreds of Israeli citizens

Those receiving the benefits are serving prison terms for carrying out or assisting terrorist operations, or acting against Israel in other ways, according to Israel's defense establishment. The Palestinian Authority is disbursing stipends worth thousands...

Cheating the American Public

Once again what was to be an open Senate Hearing on the Oslo Accords on February 4th has now been sabotaged by Arabists in the State Dept. What was the great fear? What was...