To take certain steps toward recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Ontroduced in the House) HR 598 IH 107th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 598 To take certain steps toward recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, […]

This policy prompted Israel to take a series of steps which struck some observers as bold and others as fool-hardy: to the Palestinians it offered a state, complete with Jerusalem as its capital and sovereignty over the Temple Mount. To the Syrians, it offered full control over the Golan Heights. To Lebanon, it not only […]

Both letters ask the president to reassess U.S. relations with the Palestinians because of Palestinian violence against Israelis. It is extremely important that you read these letters and call your Congressman and two senators asking that they sign the letter. To reach offices of all senators and congressmen: Call the Capitol Hill Switchboard: 202 224 […]

In the March 5, 2001 Special Dispatch No. 192, “Egyptian Media’s Account of Powell’s Visit,” MEMRI reported on the harsh criticism from government sponsored newspapers directed at US Secretary of State Colin Powell following his first visit to the Middle East. (1) The Egyptian press, now including the opposition press, continues its attacks on Powell, […]

WASHINGTON – President Bush recalled the helicopter tour of the West Bank given him by Ariel Sharon three years ago. The Israeli prime minister, who knows every ridge and wadi of Judea and Samaria, smiled ruefully and said that such a low-flying tour was not possible these days because the chopper would be vulnerable to […]

Wearing a kaffiya and speaking to a forum of Arab lawyers in Beirut, Faysal Al-Husseini, Palestinian Authority Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, insisted that Sharon must not get a chance to act, Sharon must not be allowed to achieve security because that would defeat the Palestinians politically, and that the Palestinian strategic goal is a state […]

In recent months, several prominent Egyptian artists have visited Baghdad, met with Saddam Hussein, and given lengthy interviews praising Saddam to the Egyptian press. The liberal Egyptian columnist, Ridha Hilal, published an article denouncing this Arab pro-Iraqi lobby. Hilal’s unequivocal criticism of the pro-Iraqi Arab lobby and of the Iraqi leader is unique. Hilal begins […]

Last November, Mary Robinson, the UN High Cominner for Human Rights, visited Israel (a visit which 11 authorized” by a UN Human Rights Commission lotion that Israel called “unbalanced and offensive”) issued a one-sided report which the Israeli Governt appropriately labeled “fundamentally flawed.’ Rely, Jerusalem issued a response to Robinson’s “report” h was sent to […]

Do Poles, along with Germans, bear guilt for the Holocaust? It is hard to imagine a more absurd claim. Not a single Polish family was spared by Hitler and Stalin. The two totalitarian dictatorships obliterated three million Poles and three million Polish citizens classified as Jews by the Nazis. Poland was the first country to […]

Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s star correspondent regularly sent to cover major international events, alighted in Israel for the recent elections. Reflecting the general obliviousness of CNN coverage toward the Israeli populace’s deep anxiety in the face of almost daily terror assaults, a seemingly baffled Amanpour declared Sharon’s victory “incredible.” How, she asked her colleague Jerrold Kessel, […]