Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) penned an article in March 1976 in Falastin al-Thawra, the official journal of the PLO in Beirut: “The Arab armies entered Palestine to protect the Palestinians from the Zionist tyranny, but instead they abandoned them, forced them to emigrate and to leave their homeland, imposed upon them a political and ideological […]

On May 23, 2003, PLO Political Bureau head Farouq Al-Qaddoumi was interviewed by the London Arabic-language daily Al-Sharq Al- Awsat. In May 2001 Al-Qaddoumi called for attacks against U.S. and European interests in the Middle East. [1] The following are excerpts from Al-Qaddoumi’s interview with Al-Sharq Al-Awsat: [2] The Road Map Question: “Do you think […]

Uri Lupoliansky became the first hareidi mayor of Jerusalem in close to 40 years, winning yesterday’s election by a handy 52-43% margin. He defeated independent candidate Nir Barkat, whose denial of connections with Peace Now did not placate the rumor mill about him. The mayor-elect, who took over as city leader when Ehud Olmert resigned […]

Even as President Bush invests his considerable personal prestige and the power of his office in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, his initiative is threatened by the continued flow of financial and logistical support for Hamas terror attacks through the group’s social-welfare infrastructure. The first phase of the road map requires the Palestinian Authority to begin “sustained, targeted, […]

The Aqaba Summit – Sharon, Bush, Abdullah, Abbas – has ended, bringing hope to some, and trepidation to others that once again Israel will pay a heavy price in exchange for nothing. “Today may very well be registered in history as the ‘naqba’ – the day of catastrophe – for Israel,” said MK Dr. Aryeh […]

One of the most serious looming crises in the Middle East is the water shortage crisis. Recent articles in the Arab press have underscored the strategic dimension of the crisis and its long-term implications for peace and stability in the Middle East. Thus, the London-based Saudi daily Al-Hayat wrote about “Water: the Hidden Bomb Between […]

On May 23, just a week ago, the official newspaper of the supposedly reformed Palestinian Authority carried a front-page picture of the latest suicide bomber dressed in suicide-bomber regalia. It then referred to the place where she did her murdering as “occupied Afula.” The town of Afula is in Israel’s Galilee. It is not occupied. […]

Thousands of whom will be protesting the “Road Map” at 7 PM in Zion Square, in Jerusalem. Our parallel demonstration will be WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 12 NOON AT THE ISRAELI CONSULATE SECOND AVE. & 42ND STREET IDF Report on Arab terrorism vs. Israelis – Sept. 29, 2000- May 28, 2003 781 killed; 5,471 injured; 17,633 […]

To fully understand Palestinian terrorism against Israel’s civilians – an escalating no-holds-barred religious war against noncombatants – we must first understand the underlying concept of sacrifice. This genuinely primitive idea, drawn from an historic Arab interpretation of Islamic duty, animates escalating Palestinian atrocities against Jews. Now, even with an American-backed “Road Map” on the table […]

A special ceremony will be held tomorrow morning, Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 8:15 am at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to welcome home some 50 members of the Bnei Menashe (children of Manasseh), a group claiming descent from a lost tribe of Israel. After arriving on EL AL flight 072 from Bombay, they will […]