Posts Tagged: Yasser Arafat
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...
Former US Middle East Negotiator: Shimon Peres Was the ‘Forrest Gump of Israeli Politics’
The late former Israeli President Shimon Peres was a “truly consequential” figure who played an “inextricable” role in the transformation of Israel from a fledgling...
Eight Years Later, Obama Has Learned Nothing About the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute
President Obama’s failure to learn anything in the last eight years about the Palestinian-Israeli dispute was evident in his final speech to the UN General Assembly....
Members of Congress Vow Action in Face of State Department ‘Stalling’ on Prosecution of Palestinian Terrorists
JNS.org - Members of Congress are vowing action to circumvent what they say are the State Department's "excuses" and "stalling" on the prosecution of Palestinian terrorists,...
