Asfour: USAID Extorts Palestinian NGO’s

Hassan Asfour, Head of the Palestinian Authority for NGOs Affairs, regarded the latest United States Agency for Development (USAID) document as an extension of the United States policy concerning the Palestinian people, attempting to...

Is Hamas Preparing to Inherit The Palestinian Authority?

There is growing evidence that Fatah, the Palestinian faction that today dominates the PLO, may not remain the power center of Palestinian politics in the post-Arafat era. Hamas is preparing itself to inherit the...

An Examination of Public Statements to Dismantle Hamas or Only to Restrain its “Military...

This report carefully documents the public State Dept. position vs. the public White House position regarding the "rehabilitation" of Hamas, which could hardly be more different. With the same consistency that Boucher and Ereli...

European Union Support for the Palestinian Authority against Israel is part of Europe’s “hidden...

European Union support for the Palestinian Authority against Israel is part of Europe's "hidden war" against the United States to become a world superpower, a European parliamentarian said in Jerusalem this week. Washington has often...

Arafat Aides Come Under Threat

For the first time since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority nearly a decade ago, aides to chairman Yasser Arafat have come under repeated attack. Palestinian sources said several aides of Arafat as well as...

Palestinian NGOs Reject Antiterrorism Pledge

Palestinian nongovernmental organizations are refusing to sign a US-sponsored commitment stating they will not transfer funds to individuals or groups that engage in terrorism. The organizations said Saturday they are planning a popular campaign in...

Negative Assessment of Palestinian Authority Reforms

An Israeli intelligence report that was compiled by one of Israel's intelligence services notes that Palestinian Finance Minister Salem Fayed has achieved only partial success in implementing the economic reforms he planned for the...

European Union Support for the Palestinian Authority against Israel is part of Europe’s “hidden...

Religious Zionists of America MIZRACHI - HAPOEL HAMIZRACHI Seven Penn Plaza, Suite 205, New York, New York 10001 tel. 212-465-9234 fax: 212-465-9246 e-mail: mizrachi@rza.org web: www.rza.org "The Saudi government must be forced to pull their F15's from the Tabuk airforce base...

A Betrayal of Bush’s Vision for Democratic Process in the Middle East?

SCENARIO ONE: Rajoub... Last week, Arafat's security chief, Col. Jabril Rajoub, declared to the Palestinian Arabic language media that the PLO should confine its terrorist activity against Israel to the areas that Israel captured in...

There is no joy in Mudville, Ramallah

While the entire Arab world covered the Saddam Hussein capture in great detail, the official Palestine Broadcasting Corporation radio carried a short, curt announcement of his incarceration, and Arafat issued a brief statement about...