Special Reports

On the surface, the Palestinian Authority has scored a major achievement over the last five years with the development of its own security force. Crime in the West Bank is at their lowest point in...

IMRA: Jason Greenblatt appears to have decided to facilitate Abbas "talking the talk". "President Abbas and Mr. Greenblatt also reaffirmed the U.S. and the Palestinian Authority’s joint determination to combat violence and terrorism." BUT Abbas...

A mantra is repeated almost every day in Middle East parlance: the need for a policy initiative that would extract the region from a simmering status quo which can only lead to a violent outcome. Israel,...

Now that documentation emerges that WORLD VISION diverted funds to HAMAS, when will the media remember that UNRWA has diverted funds to HAMAS? This is one of many pieces about the World Vision/Hamas connection http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-05/israel-charges-head-of-world-vision/7692594 ...

In the aftermath of World War II, when it became apparent that millions of destitute refugees were not going to be attended to by existing organizations, the United Nations saw fit to establish an...

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely told foreign ambassadors and diplomats on Tuesday that UNRWAshould be shut down. "Israel's policy is to close UNRWA. They are the problem, not the solution. Over the years,...

Current Middle East negotiations are based on "PLO principles", as elucidated in the US State Department link from February 2016:. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/02/252441.htm   Since the PLO has never changed its covenant of commitment for a full scale...

UNRWA – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees – was founded as a humanitarian agency but has subordinated its role as a service provider to a political agenda. It is the only UN...

There is a prevailing notion in Western diplomatic circles today that Hamas – and only Hamas – is the stumbling block to a successful negotiation of peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to this...

Inside the Palestinian Authority - Issue 15 April 3rd, 2006 Inside the Palestinian Authority - Issue 14 March 27th, 2006 Inside the Palestinian Authority - Issue 13 March 20th, 2006 Inside the Palestinian Authority - Issue 12...