Arafat Aides Come Under Threat

For the first time since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority nearly a decade ago, aides to chairman Yasser Arafat have come under repeated attack. Palestinian sources said several aides of Arafat as well as...

Israel Should Not Have Any Expectations from Abu Mazen

There are no candidates running for Palestinian Authority chairman who stand any real chances of winning aside from Mahmoud Abbas, and it is no coincidence that he has kept as low a profile as...

Reform Jewish Leader Challenges New Palestinian Leadership to Confront Culture of Hatred Against Jews...

Saperstein: No matter who is chosen as the new leader of the Palestinian people, as long as children are taught to hate, the chance to achieve a true and lasting peace between Israel and...

Israel’s Suicidal Policy

The movement within Israel to hold a referendum on Prime Minister Sharon's "Disengagement" plan has fizzled now that the Knesset has voted solidly against it. Efforts to bring the government down by blocking the...

2 Helicopters and 50 APCS

Next week, Russian President Vladimir Putin will land in Israel for an historic visit, while Russian involvement in the region, which has been criticized many times by Israel, continues at full speed. In the...

Ten US State Department Middle East Policies… to Challenge

American citizens often ask what they can do for Israel when they are in touch with their Congressional representatives. Perhaps the most important thing they can do is to challenge the Ten Principles of The...

Abbas Inverts Reality

The May 26th Wall Street Journal commentary "Message to Ariel Sharon," by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, shouldn't surprise. For Abbas is master at turning truth on its head. Yet, it does surprise, for its...

Mixed Messages from the Official Palestinian Authority Media

June 15, 2005 There is a sense of drift in the Palestinian Authority as reflected in a welter of mixed and contradictory messages in the Palestinian media: On the one hand, Voice of Palestine opened its...

Is the Palestinian Authority Headed for Collapse?

The Palestinian Authority is quietly bracing for the prospect of collapse. PA officials said numerous officials have fled or plan to leave the West Bank for Jordan and other Arab states. They said the assessment...

Saudia Continue to Allow Their Citizens to Fund al Qaida

WASHINGTON -- The United States has determined that Saudi Arabia continues to allow citizens to finance Al Qaida, including its insurgency campaign in Iraq. U.S. officials said that despite numerous appeals the Saudi kingdom...