Four Questions for Reporters to Ask in the New Year

On July 15th, 2007, Israel Resource News Agency placed four questions of consequence to the governments of the United States and Israel concerning the Fatah: 1. The Israel Ministry of Justice and the United...

The Palestinian Proletariat

British Prime Minister David Cameron recently called Gaza a “prison camp.” Former President Jimmy Carter has called it a “cage.” At first glance, these characterizations of the Hamas-ruled ­province seem like rhetorical excesses designed...

Israel’s War for Standing in the Media

"They may have won all the battles. We had all the good songs" Tom Lehrer, That Was The Year That Was - 1966. "When you promote our cause, never say that it is a military struggle...

Abbas and the ‘Armed Struggle’

On February 28, the Jordanian daily al-Dustur released an interview with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. It included the following: "At this present juncture, I am opposed to the armed struggle because we can't succeed...

The Palestinian Authority donor machin

When it comes to humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Authority, transparency does not exist. The result is a rich Palestinian elite, which builds exclusive neighborhoods around Ramallah, leaving thousands of shoddily constructed apartments without services for the...

Canadian Prime Minister’s Parliamentary Secretary Hosts David Bedein in Ottawa With a Message: Canada...

David Bedein suggests Canada play a "heroic" role in turning Palestinian refugee camps into permanent communities, an idea critics says is too simplistic and does not address the refugees's right to return. Plan Would...

Full CNN profiles of Netanyahu/Arafat: Worthy of Feedback to CNN

The profiles of Netanyahu and Arafat which are on the CNN web site: http://cnnplus.cnn.com/resources/newsmakers/world/middle.east/netanyahu.html and http://cnnplus.cnn.com/resources/newsmakers/world/middle.east/arafat.html Note: The one time CNN uses the word "terrorist" is about Netanyahu's political movement, with no specifics, no justification for the use...

By-Laws of the European Parliament Award Special Treatment to South Africa and to… The...

Rules applicable to the secondment of national officials to the european parliament and secondment of european parliament officials and temporary staff of political groups to national, international and regional bodies 3 June 2003 The Bureau of...

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...