Posts Tagged: abbas
Abbas Reportedly Tells Emir of Qatar: Hamas Tried to Assassinate Me
At a recent Qatari-hosted summit, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly asserted that rival group Hamas has attempted to assassinate him in the past, Israel's...
U.S. Philanthropist Offers Israeli Minister $200,000 to Find Change in Palestinian Charter
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid on Monday was offered a $200,000 donation if he could back up a statement he made to The Wall Street...
PA Minister: Western Wall ‘Will be Under Palestinian Sovereignty’
JNS.org - A top Palestinian Authority (PA) official said that the PA wants control of all the areas in Jerusalem that were won by Israel during...
Listen to the Words of the Palestinians
The biggest failure in the American diplomatic quest to midwife the State of Palestine has been a failure to listen to the Palestinians, who don't...
Palestinian Authority Honors Released Terrorist Prisoners With Plaques (VIDEO)
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority held an event approved by President Mahmoud Abbas honoring several released Palestinian terrorists with plaques of honor. The terrorists...
Abbas Calls Murderers ‘Heroes’ at Prisoner Release Celebration
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held a celebration in Ramallah in honor of the second set of 26 Palestinian terrorists released by...
Abbas: Israel’s Fault if Talks Fail
Ynet - Visiting the Lithuanian capital, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that Israel would be responsible for any failure of the peace talks. "We will not accept...
Abbas Speaks Out Against Psagot Attack
Ynet - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday condemned Saturday's attack on a nine-year-old Israeli girl in the West Bank. "We oppose, on principle, aggression against anyone, and the...
John Kerry: Flying Everywhere, Getting Nowhere
Forget the headlines: John Kerry has been jetting everywhere and getting nowhere. Kerry thinks putting the PLO in a room with Israelis will solve the "Palestinian-Israeli...
A ‘P’alestinian Inconvenient Truth
In the ongoing "battle of the narratives" between Israel and the Palestinians, one minor, but telling, detail rarely gets mentioned: the Arabic alphabet, the abjad,...
Newly Sworn-In PA Prime Minister Offers Resignation to Abbas
JNS.org - Rami Hamdallah, the newly appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) prime minister, has abruptly submitted his resignation to PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamdallah, who took office...
BDS vs. Palestinian Statehood
This year's National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) conference took place at Bethlehem University where we witnessed a strong dose of Palestinian realism when a...
Abbas Threatens to Dismantle PA
Jerusalem Post -Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to dismantle the PA should US Secretary of State John Kerry fail to "salvage the peace...
A Third Intifada?
An increase in Palestinian violence against Israel Defense Forces soldiers and Jewish civilians throughout the West Bank, following the death of a Palestinian prisoner in...
