The Strategic Implications of the “Right of Return”

Those who stay abreast of middle east news may have been surprised to learn that Palestinian Arabs fired kassam rockets into Ashkelon from Gaza. Since Ashkelon is not located anywhere beyond Israel's 1967 line in...

Incitement in the Palestinian Authority After the Aqaba Summit

In his June 4, 2003 speech at the Aqaba summit, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said, "We will also act vigorously against incitement and violence and hatred, whatever their form...

Terror in the North, Nabil Shaath, Accountability for Terror Attack in Jerusalem, Arafat Still...

Funding Terrrorism in Northern Israel? The Attack In the August 11 edition of the Israeli paper Ha'aretz, the leading military analyst Zev Schiff noted that the "Hezbollah uses anti-aircraft aimed to explode over Israeli communities and...

Will the Casino in Jericho Once Again Open its Doors to Israeli clients?

Israeli gamblers will be disappointed: Following the IDF withdrawal from Palestinian cities, including Jericho, the Palestinians announced that the Jericho casino is prepared to open its gates to masses of gamblers, however the IDF...

Remarks To the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, Regarding the Situation of Palestinian Refugees

Mr. Chairman, thank-you for the opportunity to address this report on the situation of Palestinian refugees. While Canada is only an observer in this Assembly, we have a significant interest in this issue as...

Next stop on the Road Map: All-out war

The End of "Peace" Anyone who breathes the air of Israel during summer 2003 can discern plans for war in the Fall. Israel's press is replete with Israeli intelligence reports which convey the precise plans of...

Will the Jewish State Demand the Re-Arrest of a Freed Terrorist Who Advocates Terror??

Ahmad El-Sukar was the Arab terrorist responsible for the murder of 14 and maiming 70 in a Zion Square bombing, when he placed a refrigerator bomb there on July 4, 1975. I was there in...

A Critique of the “Nusseibeh-Ayalon” Campaign

Sari Nusseibeh's and Ami Ayalon's declaration of principles is strewn with potholes and political pitfalls. For example, the fiction of "two states for two peoples," that is mentioned in the sense that in the...

The Political Role of the NGO’s in Israel

One of the harshest fronts of the Arab-Israeli conflict is the information war, in which powerful non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with major influence on the international media consistently display a biased approach. The hijacking of the...

The Palestinian Security Forces and the Second Intifada

Presentation given at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on July 24th, 2003 (Presentation hosted by the Center For Near East Policy Research and the Israel Resource News Agency) Copyright © Gal Luft Introduction In the period...