Temple Institute On the Dichter Decree
Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter has declared that all Jewish prayer, even the silent moving of lips, is illegal on the Temple Mount.
The Fly Who Visited the Prime Minister’s Residence
by Nadia Matar
I dreamed a dream. I dreamed about a fly who understood human speech. In my dream I see the fly coming through a window into the Prime Minister’s residence, where it encounters Ehud Olmert and his guest, President Shimon Peres. This is the conversation between those two Israeli leaders:
Shimon Peres:
Listen, Ehud, Abu Mazen [...]
Annapolis Joint Understanding Statement: 11-27-07
The representatives of the government of the state of Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization, represented respectively by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Mahmoud Abbas, in his capacity as chairman of the PLO executive committee and president of the Palestinian Authority, have convened in Annapolis, Maryland, under the auspices of President George W. Bush [...]
Arabic Text of Olmert/Abbas Agreement of Sept. 11, 2007 (Ma’an)
بيت لحم- حصرياً “معا”- حصلت وكالة “معا” حصريا على النسخة العبرية للنقاط الثماني التي يجرى بلورتها لاعلان اتفاق المبادئ بين اسرائيل ومنظمة التحرير الفلسطينية قبل مؤتمر الخريف المقرر عقده منتصف تشرين الثاني/ نوفمبر القادم في واشنطن.
وهذه هي الترجمة الحرفية - ترجمة وكالة “معا”- لكل كلمة في الوثيقة المكونة من صفحة واحدة:
“على قيادة اسرائيل وقيادة “م. [...]
Hebrew Text of Abbas/Olmert Agreement of Sept. 11, 2007 (Ma’an)
בית לחם – מען- סוכנות הידיעות ” מען” קיבלה היום (ג’) באופן בלעדי, את המסמך הכולל שמונה סעיפים אותו ניסחו ישראל והרשות, שמאפשר הקמת מדינה פלסטינית לצד מדינת ישראל, זאת לקראת ועידת השלום הצפויה להתקיים בנובמבר הקרוב.
“על הנהגות ישראל ואש”ף להיכנס באופן מידי למהלך שעם השלמתו יתקיימו, זו בצד זו, שתי מדינות- ישראל ופלסטין, לנסח [...]
Text of Olmert/Abbas Agreement to Divide Jerusalem and Destroy Judea and Samaria
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Exclusive – Ma’an News Agency has received from an Israeli source exclusive copy, written in Hebrew, of the points which are being crystallized as a declaration of principles between Israel and the PLO before the autumn summit, expected to be held in November in Washington.
The following is an exact translation of [...]
Winograd Preliminary Findings 4-30-07
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 [...]