Eight Israelis were killed and 30 more wounded during a well-planned terror attack along the Israeli-Egyptian border Thursday.

The Terrorist Attack on Southern Israel: Under the Authority of Hamas, Using the Tactics of Al-Qaeda  

The terrorist attack in southern Israel on August 18 in which eight Israelis were killed - six civilians and two from the security forces - was initiated and executed by the Palestinian terrorist organization known as the "Popular Resistance Committees," which operate as a terrorist arm of Hamas. The operation represents a change in the approach of Hamas toward the issue of the "Arab Spring," from acting only passively as an observer, limiting itself to damage control, to an entirely new stance in an attempt to reshape reality in the Middle East.  

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PA to soften UN statehood bid? 

Palestinians in talks with European Union to revise formula of proposed General Assembly resolution by seeking to upgrade to PLO's status within UN, instead of declaration of state, sources say.

A primer on Palestinian statehood 

On Sept. 20, when the annual session of the U.N. General Assembly opens, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to ask U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to present a Palestinian request for statehood recognition to the U.N. Security Council.

Abbas' Vision of an Ethnically Cleansed Palestinian State 

A delegation of Democratic members of Congress met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas yesterday and received a blunt message about his vision for the state he hopes to lead. If he gets the independent Palestinian he says he wants, it will have no Jewish settlements.

Solving a White House Mystery over Jerusalem 

Jerusalem: To be or not to be part of Israel. That's the question that White House administrations have tiptoed around for decades. 

Democracy in Tel Aviv's Street 

The Israeli protests, whatever their merits, are a model for political dissent.

Judge blocks Colorado school voucher program 

A Denver judge blocked Colorado's first school voucher program Friday, calling the program to give parents in the state's wealthiest county checks for tuition at religious schools a "substantial disservice to the public interest." 

A Blast from the Past: The Upcoming Durban III Conference (September 2011)