The Mitchell Report: “Balanced and Fair?”

In late October, 2000, US president Clinton appointed an international investigation commission to investigate the causes of the rioting in Israel, naming an Arab American and former US Senator, George Mitchell, as its chairman,...

MK Dr. Steinitz Demands: Disarm the PA – Rejects Call for Ceasefire

On Tuesday, May 8th, MK Dr Yuval Steinitz addressed a packed audience at the Israel Center in Jerusalem, at a news forum hosted by the Israel Resource News Agency. Steinitz, a former Peace Now leader...

“Follow Me”

"I am waving not to part from you, but to say: follow me," so the Palestinian boy Mohammed a-Dura ostensibly calls to his friends the children, in a film clip produced by the Palestinian...

Suha Arafat gives an interview to a Saudi paper

Suha Arafat, wife of the Palestinian Authority chairman, shoots off her mouth. "I hate the Israelis," she declares. "I oppose normalization with them. Israeli women have attempted to make contact with me and I...

Should the PA be Asked to Cancel its Death Sentence for “Settlements”

When you demonize a person, he is no longer a person.The transformation of thousands of Israeli citizens into "settlers", a term that now connotes a "stealing squatter", has resulted in the sudden demonization of...

Palestinian Arab Educator Bemoans the Cut-off of Funds to PA Schools

What Palestinian students are taught in the classroom and what textbooks they read have somehow become a major issue in the current debate on ways to end the cycle of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian...

Peres Opposes It. Not Clear If and When It Will Be Released

The Israel Defense Forces has recently completed a new "White Paper," which criticizes the Palestinian Authority and its chairman, Yasser Arafat. The document forms a basis for an international information campaign aimed at undermining...

When the EU Facilitates Israeli Organizations in Support of the Oslo Process

The Middle East peace process initiated with the Oslo Accords has attracted many supporters of which the European Union is pre-eminent, with a financial aid program from the EU and the European Investment Bank...

The Former Israeli Peace Camp: Trouble Coping with Reality

Amos Asael, veteran left wing columnist for the Jerusalem Post, was asked, shortly after the Israeli election in February, as to whether he would define himself as a "former peace activist". Amos retorted that he...

Commentary on a Child Who Died in the Intifada

The following is an example of the many articles appearing in the Palestinian press praising children who die in the Intifada and holding them up as objects of admiration for their peers. It appeared...