Posts Tagged: Abbas Palestinians
Top Advisor to Mahmoud Abbas: ‘Oct. 7 Can Repeat Itself 100 Times … Perhaps Even More Seriously’
In an interview three days ago, a top Palestinian Authority (PA) official and advisor to PA leader Mahmoud Abbas -- Mahmoud Al-Habbash -- threatened Israel...
Palestinians in Uproar Over Abbas ‘Shekel Tax’ on Phones ‘to Support Jerusalem’
Earlier this week, Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas announced that every Palestinian with a mobile or landline phone will have to pay an extra...
Abbas’ Empty Threats Come Again
JNS.org - Last week, Palestinian Authority (PA) and PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced that the PA was renouncing the peace deals it signed with Israel...
Abbas Flounders at the UN: Last Gasp for Palestinian Statehood?
JNS.org - Despite his lack of meaningful achievement as head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas has been a formidable, pugnacious opponent of Israel...
Mahmoud Abbas Is a Strategic Threat to Israel
The recent decision by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at The Hague to investigate Israel’s responsibility for “war crimes” against the Palestinians...
Abbas Has Missed the Bus
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas announced on August 19 that all of his advisers had completed their work, regardless of their level...
Things Will Get Worse After Abbas
JNS.org - Those close to Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas are going to great lengths to hide the true condition of his health. With his hospitalizations...
The Battle Over Abbas’ Successor Will Entail Conflict and Instability
At present, the issue of any leadership change in the Palestinian Authority (PA) is hypothetical. Mahmoud Abbas shows no sign of either abdicating or designating a...
Did the Palestinians Ever Really Recognize Israel?
According to reports in various news outlets, including Al Jazeera and The Times of Israel, the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the legislative body of the PLO and the official...
Major Arab Writer Also Questions Abbas’ Sanity
I wrote yesterday that Mahmoud Abbas was delusional, as evidenced by his latest speech. I also discussed how reporters are loathe to say anything about it. But at least one major...
Abbas’ Successor Won’t Make a Difference When It Comes to Peace
JNS.org - The Israeli and American establishments spend a lot of time discussing who should replace Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas when he is gone. This establishment thinking was expressed...
It’s Time to Tell the Truth About UNRWA
In December 2017, Lebanon conducted its first-ever census of Palestinian refugees living in the country -- and the results were startling. The census workers counted 174,422 people -- a number...
Why Abbas Should Endorse Balfour Declaration
“The Balfour Declaration promised Palestine -- over which Britain had no legal right -- to a people who had no claim whatsoever to the country, nor did...
50 Years Later: An Open Letter to Mahmoud Abbas
Dear President Abbas, Last week, I sent an open letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu, criticizing him in the strongest terms for pursuing policies that prolong the...
