Now that a Palestinian state is altogether likely, questions will be raised concerning demilitarization. Could Israel’s security be adequately maintained if the new Arab state were demilitarized? Could the obvious dangers to Israel of another neighboring enemy state be reduced or eliminated with such action? Would the authoritative expectations of international law be able to […]

On June 7, 2002, the Kuwaiti *Al-Watan daily* published the following report: “Yesterday, Al-Watan received documents from private sources in the Cairo branch of an Arab bank showing that *Yasser Arafat* had deposited in his name $5.1 million into a personal account. According to sources, this is theft of Arab aid funds allocated to the […]

CAIRO – The United Nations yesterday released a report that said Arab nations had squandered the wealth generated by oil and deprived millions of their people of basic political freedoms. Researched during the past 18 months by scholars and experts from the 22 Arab League countries, the report is the first of its kind written […]

The London Arabic-language daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi published a letter to the editor signed by a California resident, Muhammad Amin Salameh, under the headline “If the Americans Have Their Heroes, We Have Ours.” The letter read: “To the Editor: Blessings,” “Those Americans and others whom most of the peoples of the world consider war criminals, movies […]

“This is the most exciting thing in the world,” said one woman witnessing the deplaning of almost 400 new olim from North America in Ben Gurion International Airport at this hour. “They just blew the shofar…” She is among hundreds of people who came this morning to greet a special El Al flight, carrying close […]

Two months ago I was sitting in a Berkeley, California City Council meeting listening to speakers and Council members argue over a proposed resolution to prohibit the City of Berkeley from doing business with Israeli companies or American companies that do business with Israeli companies. The resolution was created in response to the supposed massacre […]

THE BUSH PLAN: On June 24, 2002, President Bush set forth the conditions that the Palestinian Arabs must fulfill in order to merit U.S. support for the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Among the major obligations are that the Palestinian Arabs must “dismantle the terrorist infrastructure,” “end incitement,” “elect new leaders not compromised by […]

Anti-aircraft fire was fired against Israel Air Force planes this afternoon in the northern Galilee. No one was hurt, but the falling shrapnel started a number of fires in the area, which firefighters put out. The blasts caused a measure of panic among residents and children in nearby day camps. This was just the latest […]

U.S. Guarantees: The Case of Taiwan Citizens of Taiwan who were keeping an eye on the American presidential campaign of 1976 must have been impressed by the statements made by the Democratic candidate regarding America’s longstanding pledge to protect their tiny island nation from Communist China. “We are bound by a treaty to guarantee the […]

For, happily, the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. Thus, George Washington, our newly elected first president, states his strong support of […]