Palestinian Officials Unimpressed With Netanyahu’s Offer
RAMALLAH - Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee, and a close confidant of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, has dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's foreign policy speech Sunday night...
Palestinians Begin to See Real Hope
RAMALLAH - Chief Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat believes Palestinians are politically in their strongest position ever in their decades-long conflict with the Israelis. There also appears to be growing consensus and confidence in both Palestinian and...
Japan’s Embrace of a Phony War on Terror
World Events Challenge US Assumptions
Long Way From ‘Settlerland’ to ‘Palestine’
JERUSALEM -- Has Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got the Obama message? To judge by his minimalist response to President Barack Obama's landmark Cairo University address and his continuing reluctance to meet Obama's demand for a total freeze on Israeli...
For West Bank Palestinians, Some Unclean Drops to Drink
FAQUA, Northern West Bank -- Faqua village has found itself unfortunately named. Faqua in Arabic means spring water bubbles; the village was named after the abundant natural underground springs that were once found all around it. Today the people are on their own; the...
Anti-Americanism in Israel
Israel Cracks Down on Minority Rights
RAMALLAH - Three bills recently making the rounds in the Israeli parliament have caused outrage among Israel's Arab minority. "They reveal an obscene and dangerous targeting of the individual and collective rights of Palestinian citizens," the independent...
Iranians Keen on Improved Ties With US
More than three out of every four Iranian citizens favor improved relations with the United States, according to a major survey [.pdf] conducted less than one month before this Friday's presidential elections in Iran by a U.S. non-governmental organization, Terror...
