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Official: PA security forces need arms to keep peace
Published yesterday (updated) 09/06/2012 17:08
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=493570
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority security forces require regular armaments and supplies in order to keep peace and order in the West...
Palestinian Authority Bans Contact With Israeli Security Officials
MENL, http://www.menewsline.com
The Palestinian Authority has banned Palestinian contact with Israel's military.
The PA has ordered Palestinians not to visit or contact the Israel-Palestinian District Coordination Office, which provides permits for work or medical treatment in...
Palestinian refugees and the U.N.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/palestinian-refugees-and-the-un/2012/05/14/gIQAgFW0OU_blog.html
There are many reasons to detest the United Nations. It treats proponents of genocide as legitimate world leaders. It is among the most anti-Semitic institutions on the planet. By inaction it has contributed to...
Documenting ‘Hourly’ Arab Terror
http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/05/13/documenting-hourly-arab-terror/
When Yehudit Tayar’s weekly email arrives in my inbox, I feel a sensation of dread in the pit of my stomach. While I enjoy hearing from an old friend, these are not the...
US cut in support for UNRWA “would signal intent to nullify right of return”
http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/3808-us-cut-in-support-for-unrwa-qwould-signal-intent-to-nullify-right-of-returnq
The Head of the Office for Refugees' Affairs in Gaza, Dr. Essam Odwan, has called upon the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, to submit a draft resolution demanding...
Is the Palestinian Authority Losing Control in the West Bank?
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3116/palestinian-authority-losing-control
In recent weeks, the Palestinian Authority security forces have been launching a massive crackdown on anarchy and lawlessness in various parts of the West Bank.
The crackdown was ordered by Abbas after he discovered what...
Gaza tunnel trade: Matter of life and death for Hamas
http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=30885
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat - The hundreds of underground tunnels that connect the Gaza Strip and Egypt have served as a means of smuggling banned goods into the occupied territories over the past 5 years...
AWRAD Poll of Palestinians – 87.7%:10.3% Gaza conflict results prove armed struggle best way...
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59407
The results of the recent Gaza conflict prove that armed struggle, as adopted by Hamas, is the best means of achieving Palestinian independence
Strongly agree 55.6%
Agree 32.1%
Disagree 9.1%
Strongly disagree 1.2%
I don't know 2.1%
Dr. Aaron Lerner...
The Ultimate `Settlements are not the Problem’ Article
http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/01/the-ultimate-settlements-are-not.html
It must be a new year. The Washington Post has an editorial explaining that Israeli settlements are not the main problem in the Middle East.
The Post editorial is amazing since such sanity is so...
Looking back 25 years ago at hebrew u : when i spent Christmas in...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3178
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The other day when I was sorting through things in my basement I came across the brown wool floor rug that I purchased in the Arab market in the Old City for my dorm...