Palestinians Name Pro-Syrian Foe of Peace With Israel as Deputy to Abbas

Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, which six months ago named Mahmoud Abbas as Arafat's successor, yesterday named the pro-Syrian activist Farouk Qaddoumi as the deputy-and presumed successor-to Abbas, according to Palestinian Authority (PA) state television,...

US Will Respect Elections if Hamas Wins

Secretary Condoleezza Rice Brussels, Belgium June 22, 2005 www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/48452.htm SECRETARY RICE:... And, yes, we will stand with the Israelis for the principle that Israel should do nothing to try and prejudge final status. Because one way...

July 7th, 2005: A day in which London suffered the indignity of terror

In recent weeks, American, British and Israeli intelligence sources have revealed that al-Qaida units now operate in the southern section of Gaza, and are positioned to take over the area that Israel Defense Forces...

Morton Klein Responds to Nahum Barnea’s Attack on the ZOA

In his column, Nachum Barnea said that Zionist Organization of America's (ZOA) poll showing that 63% of Americans oppose the Katif withdrawal was "misleading." But he does not explain the basis for his criticism. In...

Do US Pressures Determine Israeli Policy?

The United States Department of State has made it clear to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. It wants the Jews out of the Katif district of Gaza by August 15th, with no excuses. The Chief Rabbi...

U.S. Fears That Israel Will Suspend Withdrawal Under Fire

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration remains concerned that Israel would be forced to suspend its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank amid heavy Palestinian fire and chaos within Israel's military. Officials...

U.S. Teen Recovering From Blast: Abbas’s Deputy Praises the Attack

Daniel Wultz, a 16 year old Florida teenager who was severely wounded in the April 19th Tel Aviv terror attack in which nine people were murdered, has woken up from a coma and officials...

Bush Administration Commits Weapons to Terror Group

Members of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Force 17 security detail are "praying to Allah" the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq continues and that American soldiers are returned to their homes in body...

Congresswoman: Safeguard American aid to Abbas

The United States must provide safeguards to ensure American weapons and financial aid reportedly being given to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Force 17 personal security detail do not wind up in the possession...

ISRAEL PREPARES FOR COOLER U.S. RELATIONS

Israel has begun to examine the prospect of cooler relations with the United States. Officials said the Israel Foreign Ministry has been drafting studies on the ramifications of the November 7 elections for Congress as...