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Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


February, 2006

How the Palestinian Authority is funded

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

We received this explanation of EU funding to the Palestinian Authority from a good friend of AFI.
The media is full of reports of the EU giving money to the Palestinians to prevent a collapse of the PA.
1) How is the money given? Either directly to NGOs like UNRWA, or indirectly to the PA […]

The radicals behind the Anglican Church

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

by Sarah Mandel, Jerusalem Post
Last week, British chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks came out strongly against the Church of England for its vote for “morally responsible investment” (MRI) in Israel (a.k.a. divestment). In response church leaders stated that the vote was merely advisory. The archbishop of Canterbury, who heads the Anglican Church and supported the measure, […]

British MPs speak out

Monday, February 27th, 2006

A cross-party group of Members of Parliament in the UK wrote to The Times last week in support of the Chief Rabbi’s comments on the synod’s divestment resolution. They also noted AFI’s activities on this issue, for which we are grateful.
From The Times:
Sir, We write to express our support for the position taken by […]

Gramsci lives and moves among us!

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

We might think that the Church would concern itself primarily with the Gospel of Christ, but it seems to be the words of the late Italian communist Antonio Gramsci that moves delegates at the World Council of Churches’ Ninth Assembly in Brazil:
PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL - Delegates to the Ninth Assembly of the World Council of […]

Al-Qaeda working with West Bank terrorists

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

by Yaakov Katz, The Jerusalem Post
Global Jihad and Al Qaeda based in Jordan have stepped up their attempts to infiltrate Israel and were in close contact with Palestinian terror cells based in West Bank, OC Central Command Maj.-Gen. Yair Naveh revealed on Wednesday.
“We recently caught several local terror cells that were in touch with […]

The legality of Jewish settlement activity

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

by David Bedein, IsraelBehindTheNews.com
A report was presented on February 21st, 2006 by “Bitselem” which claims that Israel’s policies of settling Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem, in areas that came under Israel’s control after the 1967 war, are patently “illegal and in violation of international law”.
While it would seem somewhat unnecessary to defend […]