Posts Tagged: Yasser Arafat
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell: America’s Support for Israel Has Never Wavered and Never Will
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell was honored on Wednesday by the World Jewish Congress with its annual Theodor Herzl award at a dinner...
Fatah Admits Its True Goals — but the Media Won’t Retweet
Palestinian officials and groups that are often deemed to be “moderates,” have once again been very clear about their desire to destroy Israel and forswear peace. But many...
End the False Israeli-Palestinian Parity
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to visit Jerusalem but not Ramallah has prompted much comment. The expectation of equal treatment goes back to the Oslo...
Palestinian Issue No Longer Central Focus of Arab World, Says Former Arafat Adviser
A former adviser to the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat said in a recent television interview that the Palestinian question is no longer the most...
Alan Dershowitz: Terrorism Persists Because It Has Been Rewarded
Every time a horrendous terrorist attack victimizes innocent victims we wring our hands and promise to increase security and take other necessary preventive measures. But...
Trump’s Arafat Problem
JNS.org - White House officials say that they've foiled a plan by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to have President Donald Trump walk near the tomb of...
The Palestinians Don’t Want a Mandela, They Want Another Arafat
JNS.org - Palestinian internal politics and liberal hostility to Israel came together at the New York Times this month. The newspaper provoked a firestorm of criticism...
How BDS Harms the Palestinians
When Israel enacted a new policy last month banning the entry of BDS advocates into the Jewish state, some of the strongest criticism came from a group that touts...
Sari Nusseibeh Advocates Peace — At Least at CUNY
It’s a strange experience to attend a panel discussion at the City University of New York (CUNY) with a former PLO representative who served under Yasser Arafat...
The Second Palestinian Nakba: Kuwait and the Iraq War
The Palestinians use the word "nakba" (catastrophe) to describe the exodus of Palestinians before and during the 1948 war against Israel. After the conflict, there were...
Ten Failed State Department Plans for Mideast Peace
JNS.org - Writing on the op-ed page of the New York Times on January 5, former Assistant Secretary of State Martin Indyk argued that dividing control...
Two-Statism Gone Mad –Touting a Giant South Lebanon on the Fringes of Tel Aviv
"The eastern border must be based on the required minimum to allow a significant number of settlers to join Israel, but no more than necessary....
An Inane, Insane Initiative
"While there is, at best, only a slim chance for a comprehensive permanent status agreement in the foreseeable future, the conflict will eventually be resolved,...
Shimon Peres’ Funeral, Mahmoud Abbas’ Hypocrisy
On Thursday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas requested and was granted permission from the Israeli government to travel to Jerusalem to attend the funeral of...
