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Is Israel a Colonial State? The Political Psychology of Palestinian Nomenclature

March 7, 2010 | Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf

Israel’s creation, far from being a foreign colonial transplant, can actually be seen as the vanguard of and impetus for decolonialization of the entire Middle East, including a significant part of the Arab world, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

The Expulsion of the Palestinian Authority from Jerusalem and the Temple Mount

August 5, 2004 | Dr. Dan Diker

Israel has ended the Palestinian Authority's penetration of eastern Jerusalem and its control of the Muslim Waqf on the Temple Mount, restoring Jordanian religious administration of the Haram al-Sharif mosque compound.

The Palestinian Rebellion in Fatah: Foreshadowing the Politics of the Post-Arafat Era

August 2, 2004 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi

For the first time since the Palestinian Authority was established in 1994, popular rage aimed at the "corrupt leadership" enjoys the backing of the most powerful militia in Gaza - the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Arafat's opponents support the holding of municipal elections and elections to the Palestinian parliament in order to remove the Old Guard from power.