A recent educational program on PA TV featured two senior Palestinian Authority (PA) historians who both went to great lengths to deny ancient Jewish history and erase any Jewish connection to the Land of Israel. Instead, the historians spoke of an ancient Palestinian-Arab history, creating a historical connection to the land that never existed. The […]

The Arab and Iranian press have increasingly discussed the upcoming American presidential election. Most journalists are pulling for a Kerry victory. Other commentators have said that the choice between the two is like “choosing between cholera and the plague.” The Iranian press has been particularly active in monitoring the elections. The editor of the Egyptian […]

Arafat and Khameini: US. And Israel Behind Attacks and Beheadings Arab leaders throughout the Middle East have begun adding an interesting twist to their condemnations of terror attacks. From Ramallah to Tehran, claims that the United States and Israel are behind the worst terror attacks on civilians of their own countries are being sounded with […]

At the Saudi embassy in Washington D.C. on June 2, 2004, U.S. and Saudi officials held a news conference to announce stricter Saudi government oversight of charitable organizations which have been accused of supporting terrorism. The officials present at the press conference were Adel Al-Jubeir, foreign affairs adviser to Saudi Crown Prince Abdallah, E. Anthony […]

An hour after the killing of the six soldiers had been reported in Israel, and three hours after it was publicized that an IDF vehicle had been hit, CNN’s website headlined the story in the following manner: “Palestinians Die in Israeli Clash.” The story described Israel’s offensive operation, detailing how “rockets from Israeli gunships slammed […]

A vehemently anti-Israel and anti-America music video called “Hey Arabs Leaders” is the latest smash hit in Egypt and the Arab world. The Egyptian-produced video claims – among other things – that Israel destroyed the World Trade Center, and the US and Israel are divvying up the Arab world. The following is a translation of […]

NEW YORK- The official web site of the Palestinian Authority’s representative in Argentina is displaying a blatantly anti-Semitic cartoon, in which U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is shown performing in front of a hooked-nose Jew with bags of money. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 8, 2004) The cartoon is just the latest example of the constant torrent […]

In a recent article, Basem ‘Eid, founder and director of the east-Jerusalem based Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group and former deputy director of the Israeli human rights group B’tselem, addressed the issue of the armed Palestinian gangs that terrorize the Palestinian populace in the PA territories on a daily basis. ‘Eid set out proposals for […]

I’ve been on R and R – home for a week. It’s been wonderful being back in Gaza. My heavens, the place is growing. And below ground, the tunnels are huge. You could rent them out. I was buying some dried figs – try getting decent ones in the States – the other day, and […]

An editorial in the Egyptian government daily Al-Masaa praised suicide/martyrdom operations, and called on Palestinian organizations to not publish the names of the bombers so that their families’ houses would not be demolished. The article focuses primarily on female suicide bombers, following the debate in the Arab media over Hamas’s dispatching of Reem Al-Riyashi, a […]