Posts Tagged: Mahmoud Abbas
The Palestinian Authority’s Corruption Dooms Chances for Peace
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been a hotbed of corruption and financial mismanagement since its birth in 1993 under Yasser Arafat. This has...
Abbas Doesn’t Allow Palestinians to Go to Israeli Hospitals — Unless They’re His Friends
Israel's Kan network has an expose on how the Palestinian Authority (PA) is endangering their citizens' lives by forbidding their people to be treated in...
Abbas Is Right: It’s Time to Phase Out the Palestinian Authority
JNS.org - When Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas announced in July that he was canceling the PA’s security cooperation with Israel, veteran Israeli journalist Khaled...
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...
The Myth of Palestinian ‘Canaanites’
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, currently serving the 14th year of his four-year term, recently repeated his favorite trope. Visiting a Palestinian refugee...
Palestinian Leader Abbas Declares: ‘We Shall Enter Jerusalem — Millions of Fighters!’
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas recently went on a frenzied rant in which he pledged, “We shall enter Jerusalem -- millions of fighters!” it...
Palestinian Finance Minister Meets with Israeli Officials — After Abbas Said ‘No More Cooperation’
On Tuesday, Palestinian finance minister Shukri Bishara met with Israeli Finance Ministry officials to discuss several issues, including the deduction of Palestinian tax revenues and...
Why the PA Failed to Block the Bahrain Conference
JNS.org - The US-led “Peace to Prosperity” conference in Manama, Bahrain last week ended with a clear American victory over Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas,...
The Real Reason the Palestinians Won’t Attend the Bahrain Conference
JNS.org - Both the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are boycotting the US-initiated economic conference in Bahrain. While they would like...
Report: Security Officials Say Trump Administration Proposal for Corridor Between Gaza and West Bank May Harm Israel’s Security
Israeli security leaders are reportedly concerned over the inclusion in the recently unveiled American peace proposal of some form of travel corridor between the West...
Once Again, PA Shows It Doesn’t Care About Having a Viable State
JNS.org - The Palestinians’ refusal to attend a US-sponsored “economic workshop” in Bahrain on June 25-26 has been widely treated as a reasonable response to...
PA Spokesman: Trump Peace Plan a ‘Conspiracy’ the Palestinians Will ‘Thwart’
A spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s yet-to-be-unveiled peace plan was a “conspiracy” the Palestinians would “thwart.” The...
PA Fires Mayor for Allowing Jews at Wedding — but Remember, They’re Not Antisemitic
This is from Hamodia: An invitation to several chareidi youths to join in his son’s wedding has cost the mayor of the Palestinian Authority-controlled village of...
No BBC Reporting on Terror Attacks by PA Employees
On May 20 the Israel Security Agency announced that it had solved a series of shooting attacks that were carried out in the Ramallah district. As...
