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haaretz.com - 1/21/2009

Supreme Court revokes ban on Arab parties from national elections - Haaretz - Israel ...

— haaretz.com — Israel's Supreme court overruled on Wednesday a parliamentary panel which had decided to bar Israeli Arab parties... from running in next month's parliamentary election. The court issued its decision in response to an appeal filed by Arab politicians ... (more) Supreme Court revokes ban on Arab parties ...

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commentarymagazine.com - 1/27/2009

The Mother of All Quagmires

— commentarymagazine.com — I've just returned from a week-long trip through Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Israel's border with Gaza, and... I'm reminded all over again of what has been beaten into me during my many visits to the Middle East: there is no solution to the problems that ... (more) The Mother of All Quagmires

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commentarymagazine.com - 1/25/2009

The Laughable Saudi Peace Plan

— commentarymagazine.com — It is not only our enemies that will be testing the young new American president. So will... our allies. Or should I say ostensible allies? The latest test comes from Saudi Arabia. Prince Turki al-Faisal, a member of the royal family and a former chief ... (more) The Laughable Saudi Peace Plan

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PA COURT TO EXECUTE "SPY FOR ISRAEL"
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — The bad George Mitchell is coming here to Israel as an envoy. But will he take notice of the following? (IsraelNN.com) A Palestinian Authority (PA) court has sentenced a 28 year old PA policeman to death for allegedly spying for Israel, and the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel thinks the United States envoy to the Middle East should be aware of this human rights violation. The convict, a resident of the El Aroub neighborhood, was found guilty of assisting the IDF in the elimination of a terrorist in 2002, during the siege of the Church of Nativity. The ...

'Good terrorists' from Fatah sentence 'collaborator' to death
Israel Matzav — ... in 2002. He is also accused of helping the IDF to liquidate other terrorists. Of course, he's had ' due process ,' 'Palestinian' style. In an urgent letter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, the Legal Forum for Israel says: “We do not know whether the man really is a collaborator with Israel, but in any case, he does not deserve death. You, as the person in charge of Israel's security, should make it clear that Israel will not allow the sentence to be carried out. Israel must intervene, enter the Palestinian area in Hevron and extricate the man ...

Palestinian Authority preparing to execute man for assisting the IDF in the "elimination of a terrorist"
Jihad Watch — "The return to the uncivilized norms that typified the rule of Yasser Arafat is dangerous and shows that whoever trusts the PA and gives it weapons and armored cars is behaving irresponsibly": The PA, long thought of as the "moderate" counter to Hamas, proves otherwise. "PA Court to Execute 'Spy for Israel,'" by Gil Ronen for Israel National News, January 26: (IsraelNN.com) A Palestinian Authority (PA) court has sentenced a 28-year-old PA policeman to death for allegedly spying for Israel, and the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel thinks ...