Two Weeks of Incisive Commentary

February 21, 2008: Standing Strong Before returning to current news items, I would like to refer back to one of the themes of yesterday's posting, regarding the inability of some Israelis (some Jews) to defend...

Fatah and Jihad Cooperate in Gaza Tunnels

[Middle East Newsline provides this newsworthy piece concerning the operational cooperation between the Fatah and Islamic Jihad. For information as to how to subscribe the the Middle East Newsline, check out www.menewsline.com - DB The...

Wilf to ambassadors: UNRWA an obstacle to peace

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=256093 By REUTERS The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) is one of the greatest stumbling blocks to the peace process, MK Einat Wilf (Independence) said at a meeting with 65 ambassadors and...

ANALYSIS by Rachel Avraham: Does UNRWA Teach Children to Support Violence?

http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/middle-east/israel-and-the-middle-east/analysis-does-unrwa-teach-children-to-support-violence-4746 The Center for Near East Policy recently published a report titled “UNRWA: Encouraging Children to Engage in Acts of War.” The study, which was presented to the British Parliament, was commissioned by Dr. Arnon...

Solidarity in Sderot:Hadassah Unity Mission visits Israeli city weary of relentless rocket fire from...

Of the many stops made by the 58 delegates of the recent "Hadassah is Here" Israel Unity Mission, seeing with their own eyes the mounds of Kassam rockets behind Sderot's Police Headquarters, was a...

Election of ‘next Israeli leader’ a fraud?

{Investigative reporter Yoav Yitzhak ads one detail not in this piece, which is that Judge Arbel lied and said that both major candidates - Livni and Mofaz - asked that the extra half an...

Schoolbooks as a Factor in Peace Education: The Problematic Case of the Palestinian Authority

Schoolbooks in general are the most reliable indicator of the ideals a society would wish to instill in the minds of the younger generation. In an ongoing conflict, schoolbooks form one of many factors...

Not Quite What We Are Led to Believe

Now that the residents of the Katif district of Gaza have been forcibly expelled from their homes, a picture - promoted by the Palestinian Authority and its supporters - is being painted in the...

Will the Media Report Their Police Record?

Here are the police profiles of 13 Palestinian terrorists who were released from the Church of the Nativity who are now awaiting a "welcome" in host countries. It will be instructive to know if...

Meuthen: EU Must Stop Financing Hamas and Fatah!

On May 18, the vice-chair of the "Identity & Democracy" faction in the EU Parliament Jörg Meuthen gave the following speech in the EU Parliament: Mr President, we are profoundly shocked by Hamas' rocket terror...