Posts Tagged: Mahmoud Abbas
Is the PA Really Against Terrorism?
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority (PA) last week removed a photo from the website of one of its ministries, because the photo showed a meeting...
Abbas Purges His Government of Anyone Who Might Disagree with Him
Reuters reports: The Palestinian government officially submitted its resignation to president Mahmud Abbas Tuesday, a statement said, though it will remain in place while a new...
Palestinian Authority Still Pays Millions to Terrorists and Uses Foreign Aid to Do So
The Palestinian Authority (PA) transferred over $135 million to imprisoned terrorists in 2018, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports. Based on open-source information and the PA's own...
Fatah Official: Arab Leaders Meeting Israelis Is a Stab in the Back to Palestinians
Ma'an reports that Abbas Zaki, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, said that reports of visits by official Arab delegations to Israel "constitute a...
Does the UN Secretary General Really Want to Enable PA-Sponsored Terrorism?
On Monday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The UN announcement of the meeting doesn’t refer to...
Israel Will Pay the Price for Tensions Between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas
JNS.org - Rising tension between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas over the past few days has led PA leader Mahmoud Abbas to escalate the...
The Story of Israel and Abbas: Security Cooperation (and Terrorism)
At one and the same time, the Palestinian Authority (PA) indirectly encourages terrorism while pursuing extensive security cooperation with Israel to quell it. Israel accepts...
Losing Faith in the PLO
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority marked 54 years since the Fatah Party’s establishment this week. Fatah, of course, controls the PA and has led the...
Hamas Arrests Gaza Men Suspected of Attacking Abbas’s TV Station
Gaza authorities arrested five Palestinians on Saturday on suspicion of ransacking the offices of President Mahmoud Abbas's official Palestine Television station, Hamas's interior ministry said. On...
Surprise: Aging Abbas Consolidates Power Even Further
A few days ago, Mahmoud Abbas dissolved the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the largely symbolic Palestinian parliament. He pretended to do it in a "legal"...
Hamas Too Close for Comfort
JNS.org - Ramallah has suddenly reverted to a terrorist agenda. Hamas has raised its flag in the capital of the Palestinian Authority. There, in that city...
Gaza Terror Groups Threaten Israel Over Deaths of Four Palestinian Rioters on Border
Terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip, including ruling Hamas, released a joint statement on Sunday threatening Israel with an escalation in violence following the deaths...
Fatah ‘Sends Love’ to Martyr Bomb-Maker
JNS.org - Shadia Abu Ghazaleh was active in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organization, building bombs and participating in terror attacks against...
Unsurprisingly, Turkey Sides with Hamas on UN Resolution Condemning Gaza Rocket Attacks
Turkey, a NATO ally, plans to oppose an American-sponsored draft resolution at the United Nations condemning Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian terror factions...
