The Honey-Trap of Moral Equivalence

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3683/moral-equivalence Today, in an age that often seems of pragmatism and managerial-ism in politics, if there is a way not just to honor the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's memory but to continue her legacy...

Palestinians: More Missed Opportunities

It was Palestinian who hurt themselves: When Israelis were not able to hire Palestinian workers, they simply turned to foreign workers, prefabricated construction and other industrial innovations. If the boycott of goods made in the...

A Kerry Middle East Man: US troops to the Middle East?

Dr. Martin Indyk, who served two stints as ambassador to Israel, introduced himself to Israeli reporters who covered last week's Democratic National Convention as one of the key Middle East advisors to Democratic presidential...

How a battle was won; Why a battle was lost; How the war could...

On May 2nd, 2004, the opposition in Israel suceeded in overwhelmingly defeating PM Sharon in the Likud referendum. How? By training people to appeal to the Likud electorate and to the media with a universal message...

Israeli Leaders; Renew Targeted Killings of Terrorists

Commentary from David Bedein: In March 2004, Israel announced that it killed Hamas leader, Ahmed Yassin http://tinyurl.com/63f5ayk Israel paid no price in terms of bad public relations for that act, despite the close relationship that Yassin...

The Palestinian Authority employs a policy of rebuilding the houses of terrorists demolished by...

On the night of October 24, 2019, the Israeli security forces demolished a building under construction in the al-Am'ari refugee camp near Ramallah. The house belonged to the family of Palestinian terrorist Islam Abu...

Beneath the Moderate Veneer

"If anyone deserves to be given a chance, this is the guy." So declared Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, referring to PA Chair Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen), in an address just this past...

Palestinians Cannot Accept Less than 100%

http://www.hudson-ny.org/2265/palestinians-cannot-accept-less The Palestinians are divided today into two camps - one that is radical and another that is less radical -- or "moderate" in the words of the West. The radical camp is headed by Hamas...

Hamas’ secret foreign investment portfolio reportedly worth $500m

Hamas has a secret overseas investment portfolio worth more than $500 million, documents seen by a German newspaper have suggested. The investments include interests in about 40 international companies controlled by Hamas in the Middle East and...

Israel, Jews and Peace in Palestinian Authority Teachers’ Guides

Executive Summary This is the last in a series of four studies within an extensive research project that started in 2015 and aimed at checking the attitude of the Palestinian Authority (PA) curriculum to the...