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The Hamas Charter: A Translation of the 2004 Edition (originally created in 1988)
Copies were among documents found by IDF soldiers in the Islamic Club on September 27, 2005.

Palestinian unrest subsides in Jerusalem
AP, Abe Selig and Ben Hartman   Jpost.com - Mar 16, 2010

Obama's dangerous overreaction on Israel
Anne Bayefsky   EyeontheUN.org - Mar 16, 2010

Proposal to Close Jerusalem Refugee Camps, Learn from Cape Town
Maayana Miskin   IsraelNN.com - Mar 16, 2010

Bye, Bye Biden
Naomi Ragen   NaomiRagen.com - Mar 11, 2010

Let's launch 'Arab Apartheid Week'
Michael Freund   Jpost.com - Mar 11, 2010

The UK and the Future of Islamist Subversion
Steve Emerson   IPT News - Mar 09, 2010

The True Face of J Street
Moshe Phillips   Frontpagemag.com - Mar 09, 2010

Why Palestinians Riot Over Jewish Heritage Sites
Moshe Dann   Frontpagemag.com - Mar 05, 2010

What's the real apartheid? A Middle East without Israel!
Hadar and Irwin Cotler   Hadar-Israel.org - Mar 04, 2010

Resistance and Rockets: Hamas Targeting of Israeli Civilians
Jeffery White   The Washington Institute - Mar 04, 2010

PA TV continues to teach children that all of Israel is "occupied Palestine."
Itamar Marcus   Palwatch.org - Mar 04, 2010

Nuclear Iran And Israeli Palestinian Talks
David Essing   IsraCast.com - Feb 20, 2010

Messages That Matter
Arlene Kushner   ArlenefromIsrael.info - Feb 18, 2010

PM Netanyahu addresses Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs   MFA.Gov.il - Feb 18, 2010

Citizen Mahmoud Abbas
Michael Freund   Jpost.com - Feb 18, 2010

Minister Yaalon: Best Defense is Offense
Gil Ronen   IsraelNN.com - Feb 18, 2010

A Moral Evaluation of Cast Lead by IDF Ethical Advisor
Prof. Asa Kasher   IsraelNN.com - Feb 16, 2010

A 2nd Commentary on Today's Jerusaelm Summit
Hillel Fendel   IsraelNN.com - Feb 16, 2010

Setting the Record Straight on Israel's
JINSA   JINSA.org - Feb 16, 2010

PA Sermon calls for Killing Jews
Steve Emerson   Investigativeproject.org - Feb 16, 2010

Update on UNRWA and Israeli Sovereignty from Israeli Initiative
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Feb 15, 2010

Geert Wilders to INN: 'Traditional European Freedom at Stake'
Hillel Fendel   IsraelNN.com - Feb 12, 2010

Haaretz Poll Shakes Up the Left
Manhigut Yehudit Staff   JewishIsrael.org - Feb 09, 2010

Gush Katif Remembered Through Art
Gil Ronen and Yoni Kempinski   IsraelNN.com - Feb 04, 2010

Palestinian Prime Minister to Israeli Audience: You Make Concessions, We Don't
Barry Rubin   Gloria-Center.org - Feb 04, 2010

Israel Releases Goldstone Response - Extensive Israeli Findings Published
Honest Reporting   HonestReporting.com - Feb 02, 2010

Z STREET event to counter J Street at Hillel
Lori Lowenthal Marcus   Zstreet.org - Feb 02, 2010

MK Eldad at Herzliya Conf: Barak Repeating Oslo Slogans
IsraelNN Reporter   IsraelNN.com - Feb 02, 2010

The New Palestinian Statehood Push and the Nuclear Threat to Israel
Louis Rene Beres   USNews.com - Feb 02, 2010

Nigerian Jihad
Faith J. H. McDonnell   Frontpagemag.com - Feb 02, 2010

US intelligence finds 5,000 Hizballah training to seize Galilee towns
DEBKAfile   DEBKA.com - Feb 02, 2010

RJC Disturbed by Congressional Democrats' Efforts to Pressure Israel
Matt Brooks   Republican Jewish Coalition - Jan 29, 2010

Does Hillel's Hosting of J Street Subvert Their Mission?
Esther Levens   UC4I.org - Jan 29, 2010

The Gulf States in the Shadow of Iran
Patrick Knapp   MEForum.org - Jan 28, 2010

Quick Takes: News You May Have Missed
Aaron Klein   JewishPress.com - Jan 28, 2010

'Free Gaza' movement and the 54 Democrats who support it
Clarice Feldman and Abe Foxman   CanadaFreePress.com - Jan 28, 2010

US Treasury removes all but one Hamas member from terror list
Creeping Sharia   Creepingsharia.wordpress.com - Jan 26, 2010

All Process - No Peace
Elliott Abrams   WeeklyStandard.com - Jan 26, 2010

How Obama undermines US allies
Abraham Katsman OP ED   Jpost.com - Jan 26, 2010

Obama chasing rainbows with two-state solution
Moshe Arens   Haaretz.com - Jan 26, 2010

Halt the verbal and physical violence directed against Israel
Yehudit Tayar   ShilohMusings.blogspot.com - Jan 26, 2010

Hillel Organization Responds to INN: J Street Should be Heard
Hana Levi Julian   IsraelNN.com - Jan 26, 2010

The Gaza Quagmire
Editorial   Jerusalem Post - Jan 22, 2010

Israeli Initiative - Concluding Chapter 10: The Attempts to Cut Off UNRWA
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Jan 21, 2010

Building a State for our Enemies
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Jan 20, 2010

Up and Down
Arlene Kushner   ArlenefromIsrael.info - Jan 19, 2010

Palestinians again use Jerusalem as Capital
Editor   IsraelToday.co.il - Jan 19, 2010

Jihad 101: How Taqiyya Alters Islam's Rules of War
Raymond Ibrahim   Middle East Quarterly - Jan 19, 2010

Mitchell's wake-up call
Yoram Ettinger   Ynet News - Jan 14, 2010

UCI Article - Defining the Problem to Reach a Viable Solution
Warren Manison   UCI Press Release - Jan 14, 2010

PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Weekly Cabinet Meeting
PMO Staff   PMO.gov.il - Jan 14, 2010

Future Palestinian state - 'free of settlements' means free of Jews
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Jan 12, 2010

Netanyahu - Israel will never share Jerusalem with Palestinians
Barak Ravid   Haaretz - Jan 12, 2010

Israeli Initiative - Special - Chapter 9: How Much Rehabilitation Costs
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Jan 12, 2010

'Another war with Hamas is inevitable'
JPost.com Staff   The Jerusalem Post - Jan 11, 2010

IAF strikes four targets in Gaza Strip
Yaakov Katz and jpost.com staff    The Jerusalem Post - Jan 08, 2010

Israel to White House: Stop anti-Israel Palestinian incitement
Barak Ravid   Haaretz - Jan 08, 2010

Hamas and al-Qaeda are the Same
Dr. Dore Gold   Arutz-7 - Jan 08, 2010

Volley of Mortar Attacks on Western Negev
Hana Levi Julian   IsraelNN.com - Jan 07, 2010

Israel asks: Do the Palestinians really want peace?
Israel Today Staff   IsraelToday.co.il - Jan 07, 2010

Al Qaeda in Gaza Teaching Terrorism?
Hana Levi Julian   IsraelNN.com - Jan 07, 2010

In test, Iron Dome successfully intercepts rockets
Yaakov Katz   JPost.com - Jan 07, 2010

Collaborators in the War against the Jews: Ian Lustick
Steven Plaut   Frontpagemag.com - Jan 05, 2010

Reaction - A Strategic Danger to the State of Israel
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Jan 01, 2010

Israeli Initiative - Special - Chapter 8: How Much UNRWA Costs
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Jan 01, 2010

Where's our leadership?
Charles Jacobs   Boston Jewish Advocate - Dec 31, 2009

He's ba-ack - Ayers calls for boycott of Israel
Aaron Klein   WND.com - Dec 31, 2009

Zionist Women Fight Leftist Women's Pro-Arab Land Petition
Gil Ronen   IsraelNN.com - Dec 29, 2009

Sderot Celebrates Hanukkah
Anav Silverman   Frontpage.com - Dec 29, 2009

Should We Annex
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Dec 27, 2009

Chapter 7 - Rehabilitation: How Refugees are Treated Around the World Introduction
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Dec 27, 2009

Obama's Timid Engagement Policy Endangers Israel
Shoula Romano Horing   ShoulaHoring.com - Dec 22, 2009

Israel: A Light unto the Nations
Gerardo Joffe   FactsAndLogic.org - Dec 22, 2009

Mubarak on urgent trip to Gulf about Iran's reconciliation move
DEBKAfile Special Report   DEBKA.com - Dec 22, 2009

Let These People Go!
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Dec 18, 2009

Gaza by the Numbers: One Year After Operation Cast Lead
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon    - Dec 18, 2009

We're all Tzipi Livni
Editorial   Jpost.com - Dec 17, 2009

Obama adopts new Palestinian hard-line positions
Israel Today Staff   Israel Today - Dec 17, 2009

You May Not Be 'Pro-Israel' If...
Moshe Phillips   IsraelNetDaily.com - Dec 15, 2009

Israeli Initiative - Special - Chapter 5 - UNRWA - its Link to the Palestinian National Movement, to Terror and Hamas
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Dec 10, 2009

Jerusalem Life Under Israeli Sovereignty
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Dec 10, 2009

Palestinians fake cancer to flee blockaded Gaza
Diaa Hadid   Associated Press - Dec 10, 2009

Text: EU Foreign Ministers Council Statement w IMRA Commentary
EU Foreign Ministers Council with Aaron Lerner   Imra.org.il - Dec 08, 2009

Jerusalem banning foreign leaders from Gaza
Herb Keinon   Jpost.com - Dec 08, 2009

Mass Grassroots Anti-Freeze Protest, Wednesday Evening
Hillel Fendel   IsraelNN.com - Dec 08, 2009

Jewish legal rights to Judea and Samaria
Ted Belman   Israpundit.com - Dec 08, 2009

Anti-Freeze Voices in Government and Knesset
Hillel Fendel   IsraelNN.com - Dec 03, 2009

Hamas official says met with Iran nuclear negotiator
YNET News Staff   Associated Press - Dec 03, 2009

PM Netanyahu Meets with Leaders of Judea and Samaria Jewish Communities
IMRA Staff   Imra.org.il - Dec 03, 2009

Israeli Initiative - Special - Chapter 3 - Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Issue
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Nov 30, 2009

Rocket Attack Thwarted by Israel Air Force
IDF Spokesperson   IMRA - Nov 27, 2009

Israeli Initiative - Special - Chapter 1 - The Uniqueness of the Palestinian Problem
Yoav Sorek   The Israeli Initiative - Nov 24, 2009

IAF facing 'mini-intifada' near southern base
Yaakov Katz   The Jerusalem Post - Nov 20, 2009

Retaliation: IDF Strikes Gaza Weapons Factory, Tunnels
Nissan Ratzlav-Katz   IsraelNN.com - Nov 19, 2009

UN Resolution 242
Prof. Paul Eidelberg   Foundation1.org - Nov 19, 2009

U.N. Watchdog in 'Kafkaesque' Limbo After Criticizing World Body
Joseph Abrams   FoxNews.com - Nov 19, 2009

Small Miracle
Clifford D. May   National Review Online - Nov 13, 2009

Col. Richard Kemp (Britain) Responds to Goldstone Report
Col. Richard Kemp   UN Human Rights Council - Nov 10, 2009

The Goldstone Illusion - What the U.N. report gets wrong about Gaza... and war.
Moshe Halbertal   TNR.com - Nov 10, 2009

US Senators Act to Force Recognition of Jerusalem as Capital
Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu   Arutz-7 - Nov 09, 2009

UN General Assembly Endorses Goldstone Report
Hana Levi Julian   Arutz-7 - Nov 06, 2009

Hamas denies testing missiles
  www.qassam.ps - Nov 06, 2009

Settlements or Suburbs?
Sheila Lampert   IsraelNN.com - Nov 05, 2009

Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Are Not The Whole Story
JINSA   Jinsa.org - Nov 05, 2009

In Next War, All Israel Will Be One Front
Gil Ronen   IsraelNN.com - Nov 05, 2009

Israeli Initiaitve Update Number 21 - Obama's Nobel - Waking World - Dream of Peace
Israeli Initiative   Israelinitiative.com - Nov 05, 2009

Military intelligence chief: Tel Aviv area in Gaza rocket range
Rebecca Anna Stoll, Khaled Abu Toameh and JPost Staff   JPost.com - Nov 03, 2009

Violence Flares as UN Body Condemns Israel
David Dolan   DDolan.com - Oct 27, 2009

Column One: Waging diplomatic war
Caroline Glick   Jpost.com - Oct 26, 2009

US Congress rejects Goldstone Report, wants Obama to do the same
Staff   IsraelToday.co.il - Oct 26, 2009

Ex-Radical Muslim Brings Message of Reform
Hillel Fendel   IsraelNN.com - Oct 26, 2009

The Palestinian Refugees Issue: A New Israeli Approach
Benny Elon   IsraelIniative.com - Oct 22, 2009

US Amb to UN, Susan Rice, at the Israeli Presidential Conference 2009, Facing Tomorrow, Jerusalem
Ambassador Susan Rice   USUN.state.gov - Oct 22, 2009

Peace Process or War Process?
Daniel Pipes   Middle East Quarterly - Oct 19, 2009

’Settlement activity comparable to bus bombings in Tel Aviv’
  Haaretz - Oct 12, 2009

Hamas-Fatah agreement to be signed on 15 October
  Ma’an News - Oct 12, 2009

PM to UN: Iran fueled by fundamentalism
YNET, AP and Reuters   YnetNews.com - Sep 24, 2009

Dud bomb spared Israeli tourists in Sinai
Israel Insider Staff   Israelinsider.ning.com - Sep 24, 2009

Countering the US Two State Vision at the UN - UCI Special Report
UCI Staff with Yoram Ettinger   UCI and FrontPageMagazine.com - Sep 24, 2009

PM to world: Reject Goldstone report
Herb Keinon, E.B. Solomont   Jerusalem Post - Sep 17, 2009

Netanyahu on Israeli TV: U.S. learning that Israel will not give in on security.
IMRA   IMRA.org.il - Sep 17, 2009

British Unions Call to Boycott Jewish Goods from Judea/Samaria
Hillel Fendel   IsraelNN.com - Sep 17, 2009

Errors of Omission and Commission of the Goldstone UN Gaza Mission.
David Bedein   IsraelBehindTheNews.com - Sep 17, 2009

President joins criticism of UN report probing Israeli offensive in Gaza, says it legitimizes terror, ignores Israel`s right, obligation to defend itself
Roni Sofer   YNET - Sep 16, 2009

The Fatah Conference in Ramalla - Translation 2
Elyakim Haetzni   IsraelNN.com - Sep 15, 2009

Call Obama`s bluff
Moshe Dann   Ynet.co.il - Sep 14, 2009

The latest chapter of Israel and Palestine - Part II
Louis Rene Beres   JewishPress.com - Sep 10, 2009

What prevents peace?
Moshe Dann   YNet News - Sep 09, 2009

Infrastructure Minister Landau: Arabs are the occupiers
Yuval Azoulay   Haaretz - Sep 08, 2009

Who is Mahmoud Abbas?
Darrell G. Young   FocusOnJerusalem.com - Sep 03, 2009

Second Generation Teenage Terrorist Killed in Attack at Beit El
Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu   Israel National News - Sep 02, 2009

`No breakthrough on Gilad Schalit deal`
JPost.com Staff   The Jerusalem Post - Aug 31, 2009

Talking to the Enemy
Bret Stephens   Wall Street Journal - Aug 20, 2009

Huckabee Supports Jewish Growth in Maaleh Adumim
Hillel Fendel   IsraelNN.com - Aug 18, 2009

Palestine problem hopeless, but not serious
David P Goldman   Asia Times Online - Aug 18, 2009

Tube of hatred
Aryeh Dean Cohen   JPost.com - Aug 14, 2009

Why the Left should support settlements
Michael Freund   Jerusalem Post - Aug 13, 2009

Saudi Arabia to deliver 200 million USD to PA
Salam Fayyad   MaanNews.net - Aug 11, 2009

Bush, Obama Take Two Different Approaches to Muslim Democracy
Joseph Puder   PajamasMedia.com - Aug 11, 2009

Egypt to increase power supply to Gaza
  www.maannews.net - Aug 10, 2009

Stop This Naive Talk About Two Peoples and About a Solution
Hugh Fitzgerald   American Thinker - Jul 06, 2009

Likud rebellion against PM emerges
Gil Hoffman   The Jerusalem Post - Jul 06, 2009

National Council of Young Israel Decries Jimmy Carter Defense of Hamas
Shlomo Z. Mostofsky   National Council of Young Israel - Jun 18, 2009

Despite Thwarted Terror Attack; Humanitarian Aid Transferred to Gaza
IDF Spokesperson   IMRA - Jun 10, 2009

Islamic terrorists receiving U.S. aid earmarked for Palestinians
Jim Kouri   examiner.com - Jun 05, 2009

The Partition Plan and the 2 State Solution
Eli E. Hertz   MEFacts.com - May 27, 2009

Obama`s plan for Mideast peace: Strip Israel bare
Aaron Klein   WorldNetDaily - Apr 27, 2009

Obama`s Mideast Myopia
Leo Rennert   American Thinker - Apr 27, 2009

Human Rights Watch: Hamas killed, maimed dozens of opponents in Gaza Strip
Karin Laub, Associated Press   StarTribune.com - Apr 24, 2009

The Palestinian Authority security services have recently exposed a Hamas terrorist network in Qalqilya
  Intelligence and Information Center - Apr 23, 2009

Palestinian State: Deal-Breaker
  Arutz-7 - Apr 22, 2009

IDF: Probes prove no war crimes committed in Gaza
Anshel Pfeffer   Haaretz - Apr 22, 2009

Basic disagreement concerning the two-state solution: the Palestinian refusal to recognize the State of Israel as the national state of the Jewish people has resurfaced, as it did at the Annapolis meeting
  Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center - Apr 21, 2009

MK Ben-Ari: Free Judea and Samaria Residents to Build
  IsraelINN.com - Apr 20, 2009

The Saudi Plan in Case You`re Not Familiar With It
  Shalom International - Apr 17, 2009

Agreeing to a toothless state would be no less of a danger
Louis Rene Beres   The Jerusalem Post - Apr 17, 2009

The Not So Peaceful Saudi Peace Intitiative
Jonathan Tobin   Commentary - Apr 17, 2009

The Road to Hell Is Paved with Negotiations
Hillel Stavis   Pajamas Media - Apr 16, 2009

Obama Bows to Saudi King, Supports Saudi Initiative
Maayana Miskin    Arutz-7 - Apr 03, 2009

Remembering Olmert`s true record
Caroline Glick   The Jerusalem Post - Apr 02, 2009

Now, About That “Proportionality”
Ruth R. Wisse   Commmentary Magazine - Apr 01, 2009

Hamas Builds Arsenal, Prepares for War
Nissan Ratzlav-Katz   Arutz-7 - Apr 01, 2009

Terrorism and Internet: Al-Qaeda and the global jihad continue to recruit Palestinian operatives on the Internet.
  Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center - Mar 27, 2009

Holding The Line On Hamas
Caroline Glick    Jewish Press - Mar 26, 2009

Why Palestinians Prefer Hamas
Khaled Abu Toameh   Hudson New York - Mar 24, 2009

An Arab-Made Misery
Nonie Darwish   Wall Street Journal Europe - Mar 23, 2009

Western funders misled: Fatah still refuses to recognize Israel, PA`s "recognition" only to receive international aid
Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook   PMW - Mar 23, 2009

British MP gives money, vehicles to Hamas in Gaza
Associated Press   Yahoo! News - Mar 19, 2009

The Appeasers
Michael Ledeen    Pajamas Media - Mar 17, 2009

Was the Gaza Reconstruction Conference a Fraud?
Daniel Pipes   www.danielpipes.org - Mar 16, 2009

Obama vs. Judea and Samaria
Michael Freund   Arutz-7 - Mar 16, 2009

The Bare Basic Facts of the History of “Palestine.”
Louis Rene Beres    The Jewish Press - Mar 13, 2009

Court Expected to Nix Law that Keeps Arabs from Flooding Israel
Gil Ronen   Arutz-7 - Mar 12, 2009

Netanyahu as Prime Minister - Déjà Vu?
Daniel Pipes    Jerusalem Post - Mar 12, 2009

Europe's Woes America's Warning
Nidra Poller   Mideast Outpost - Mar 09, 2009

Determining the Intent of the Presidential Determination
Frank Salvato    Family Security Matters - Mar 05, 2009

Will The New Israeli Government Adopt New Policies Toward The PLO?
David Bedein   The Bulletin - Mar 04, 2009

Lessons of Gaza
Steven Plaut   The Jewish Press - Mar 03, 2009

Concessions to Terror
Tom Gross   National Review - Mar 03, 2009

'No money to Gaza until rockets stop'
Herb Keinon   The Jerusalem Post - Mar 03, 2009

That Surreal Gaza Reconstruction Conference
Daniel Pipes    FrontPageMagazine.com - Mar 03, 2009

On Twisted Highways To "Palestine" Why The "Occupation" Is Still A Lie
Louis Rene Beres   The Jewish Press - Mar 03, 2009

The Iranian Gambit in Gaza
Jonathan Schanzer   Commentary Magazine - Mar 02, 2009

'U.S. plans to pledge $900 million for Gaza'
Reuters   Haaretz - Feb 25, 2009

Gazans Tell How Hamas Used Them As Human Shields: Among others, an ambulance driver said that during Operation Cast Lead Hamas operatives used ambulances to leave battle sites, a tactic familiar from the past
  Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center - Feb 25, 2009

Still Acting Against Itself: Yet Another Illegal Israeli Mass Terrorist Release
Louis René Beres   The Jewish Press - Feb 24, 2009

Obama didn't OK Palestinian migration to U.S. - Reports wrongly claim president allowing Gazans to flood America
Aaron Klein   WorldNetDaily - Feb 23, 2009

Evidence from Operation Cast Lead Shows Hamas Uses Mosques to Store Weapons and as Sites to Launch Rockets and Mortar Shells
Israeli Air Force and the IDF Spokesman   Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center - Feb 18, 2009

Outgoing Israeli government bargains away military success in Gaza
  DEBKAfile - Feb 13, 2009