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What Really Happened in Jenin?

What Really Happened in Jenin?

May 2, 2002
The Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank was the scene of some of the harshest fighting during Israel's "Defensive Shield" operation. It contained an extensive military infrastructure for terrorist operations against Israel that involved all of the main Palestinian terrorist groups: Islamic Jihad, Fatah, and Hamas. Since October 2000, Jenin-based terrorist networks were responsible for 28 attempted suicide attacks against Israel, of which 23 were actually executed. It is no wonder that in a captured Fatah document (http://www.idf.il/english/news/jenin.stm) the Palestinians themselves call Jenin "the martyrs' (meaning suicide bombers) capital" -- as-simat al-istashidin.
Whose Fault Was the Failure of Camp David?

Whose Fault Was the Failure of Camp David?

March 15, 2002 | Saul Singer
It is not often that two articles are enough to shake a powerful pillar of conventional wisdom and trigger an international firestorm. The influence of these articles, "Camp David: The Tragedy of Errors," by Robert Malley and Hussein Agha in the New York Review of Books,1 and "Quest for Mideast Peace: How and Why it Failed," by Deborah Sontag in the New York Times,2 cannot be understood simply in terms of their content.
Only Buffer Zones Can Protect Israel

Only Buffer Zones Can Protect Israel

February 27, 2002 | Amb. Dore Gold
JERUSALEM -- It is doubtful that another case can be found in recent history of a nation that has been willing to take greater risks for peace than has Israel. Eight years ago, Israel embarked on a diplomatic experiment by agreeing to grant authority to the Palestine Liberation Organization, an organization whose founding charter called for Israel's annihilation, and to its leader, Yasir Arafat, in the disputed territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Marwan Barghouti, Fatah-Tanzim, and the Escalation of the Intifada

Marwan Barghouti, Fatah-Tanzim, and the Escalation of the Intifada

January 24, 2002
From “Occupied Territories” to “Disputed Territories”

From “Occupied Territories” to “Disputed Territories”

January 16, 2002 | Amb. Dore Gold
How Arafat’s Palestinian Authority Became an “Entity Supporting Terrorism”

How Arafat’s Palestinian Authority Became an “Entity Supporting Terrorism”

December 9, 2001
Rediscovering Deterrence after September 11, 2001

Rediscovering Deterrence after September 11, 2001

December 2, 2001 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg
Beyond Political Terrorism: The New Challenge of Transcendend Terror

Beyond Political Terrorism: The New Challenge of Transcendend Terror

November 15, 2001 | Jeffrey Helmreich
Why Syria is Becoming the Coalition’s Spoiler

Why Syria is Becoming the Coalition’s Spoiler

November 8, 2001
What Can Israel Do in the Global Disorder?

What Can Israel Do in the Global Disorder?

November 1, 2001 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld
Israeli Operations in Area A: The State Department vs. the Oslo Accords

Israeli Operations in Area A: The State Department vs. the Oslo Accords

October 23, 2001
Draining the Swamp of Terror: One Corner at a Time, or All at Once?

Draining the Swamp of Terror: One Corner at a Time, or All at Once?

October 18, 2001
One Year of Yasser Arafat’s Intifada: How It Started and How It Might End

One Year of Yasser Arafat’s Intifada: How It Started and How It Might End

October 1, 2001
Militant Islam’s Fury at America: The Israel Canard

Militant Islam’s Fury at America: The Israel Canard

September 20, 2001
Untenable Linkages: Tying a Cessation of Palestinian Violence to an Israeli Settlement Freeze

Untenable Linkages: Tying a Cessation of Palestinian Violence to an Israeli Settlement Freeze

May 15, 2001 | Amb. Dore Gold