Arlene Kushner, through the Israel Resource News Agency, has published this informative study of Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah organization. Is Fatah a moderate force? Is Abbas able to do what he has promised? Is he willing to do what he has promised? Are the efforts of the Palestinian Security forces sufficient and legitimate? Read [...]

David Wilder
David Wilder
December 30, 2007
This morning I was told an amazing story, which I’d never heard before. I was sitting with my good friend and teacher, Rabbi Yisrael Shlissel, the dean of the Ohr Shlomo Study Hall located in Tel Rumeida. I had just related to him one on a list of horror items concerning [...]

The Arab League and the anti-Israel left wing activists in the US, Europe and Israel commonly claim that any Jewish building outside of the 1949 Armistice lines is illegal and contravenes international law. They fail to point out what provision of which international law is violated, but they point out that most of the members [...]

Avi Lipkin spoke at a Calvary Chapel in Albuquerque on August 8th and 9th, 2007. Below are the videos from those talks.

Caroline Glick, THE JERUSALEM POST
July 31, 2007
Two major arms sales were announced over the weekend. First, the US announced that it is planning to sell Saudi Arabia $20 billion in advanced weapons systems, including Joint Direct Attack Munition kits or JDAMs that are capable of transforming regular gravitational bombs into precision-guided “smart” weapons.
Largely in an [...]

Winograd Committee Press Release
April 30, 2007
“we determine that there are very serious failings in these decisions and the way they were made. We impose the primary responsibility for these failures on the Prime Minister, the minister of defence and the (outgoing) Chief of Staff. All three made a decisive personal contribution to these decisions and [...]

Arab Occupied Areas of Judea, Samaria and Gaza in Israel
Statistics from Middle East Desk, of the Kevorkian Institute at NYU
Population: 3.4 million
Languages: Arabic
Religions: Sunni Muslim, Christian
Ethnic Groups: Arab
Capital: Jerusalem claimed

Date of Independence: N/A
Government: Parliamentary democracy, not a sovereign state
Last Elections: January 9, 2005 (presidential), January 25, 2006 (legislative)
Suffrage: Universal at 18
GDP: N/A
GDP per Capita: N/A
External [...]

from the Middle East Desk at the Kevorkian Center at NYU
Population: 7.1 million (2007, figure includes Israelis living in Judea and Samaria, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics)
Languages: Hebrew, Arabic
Religions: Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze
Ethnic Groups: Jewish, Arab, Circassian
Capital: Jerusalem claimed as capital but most countries’ embassies located in Tel Aviv
Date of Independence: May 14, 1948 from [...]

This interesting and informative analysis appeared in MERIA in December, 2000
By Gal Luft
Editor’s Summary: Violent confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli forces raise the question of the effectiveness and role played by Palestinian police/military forces. The article finds that these units have improved training and weaponry. But their institutional conflicts inhibit their performance. Palestinian leader [...]