by Alan Dershowitz and Irwin Cotler Justice demands that Pollard be released without regard to what Israel decides to do on the release of Arab prisoners. Reports are circulating that the Obama Administration is considering releasing Jonathan Pollard, as part of an effort to encourage Israel to release Arab prisoners. Justice demands that Pollard be … Read more
by Khaled Abu Toameh In recent weeks, Abbas has taken a number of measures that reflect his increased fear of Mohamed Dahlan’s moves to discredit him and remove him from power. These measures include confiscating large sums of money transferred from the United Arab Emirates to Dahlan loyalists in Gaza. Once the claim was that Abbas … Read more
by Michael Freund The Jerusalem Post February 25, 2014 http://www.michaelfreund.org/14460/palestine-ahmad-adwan What a welcome breath of fresh air: for the first time in recent memory, a Muslim scholar in Jordan has had the courage to speak out, demolishing the mythology and deceit that lie at the heart of the Palestinian narrative. In a post on his … Read more
Israel at a Point of No Return ¬ In the Right Direction, by David P. Goldman I should like to advance a conjecture which I lack the qualifications to adequately develop: The global Left, and the Israeli Left most of all, perceives that the clock is running out, and has worked itself up into a … Read more
Shlomo Brom . http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6430 SUMMARY: The past week has seen significant escalation from the Gaza area, with the launching of rockets from the Gaza Strip and Israeli responses to these launchings. There is concern that the dynamic of escalation will inevitably lead to a decision by Israel to initiate another large scale operation in the … Read more
Dr. Joseph Frager The world’s problems are being ignored, while terror is on the rise in Israel due to Kerry’s forced negotiations. Kerry wants a breakthrough so badly that he actually diminishes its chances. Secretary of State John Kerry has now made 10 trips to Israel since becoming Secretary of State. He clearly has staked … Read more
By Michael Freund. January 7, 2014 ( The Jerusalem Post ) Believe it or not, there are some things that are more important even than American goodwill. Survival, I dare say, is one of them. Amid reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry is applying mounting pressure on Israel to make significant concessions to … Read more
Dr. Mordechai Nisan The present and culminating political dead-end may hopefully evoke more reasonable thinking. When the present Israeli-Palestinian negotiations fail, and the mutual accusations ricochet against the diplomatic walls of acrimony, will a shred of simple truth be spoken? The bitterness of mutual recrimination, squabbling over responsibility and guilt, will recall earlier degenerate diplomatic … Read more
