Posts Tagged: Mahmoud Abbas
Simple, Effective Measures the Trump Administration Can Take to Confront Palestinian Terror Glorification
When a new administration comes into office, it can have rapid success with a few simple measures -- and the Trump administration could do a lot...
Abbas, Nervous About Growing Israel-Africa Relations, Begs African Union for Support
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas managed to get one of the keynote speeches at the African Union Summit, happening now in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. His speech had little to...
Why the Palestinian Issue Won’t Disappear
JNS.org - It's been clear for a long time that there is little difference between the character of terrorist attacks in Israel and those in the...
Fatah and Hamas Finally Agree on Something
JNS.org - Fatah and Hamas don’t always get along. Fatah, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization, is chaired by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas....
This Is the Moment for an Israeli Victory
The US-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian "peace process" began in December 1988, when Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat met American conditions and "accepted United Nations Security Council resolutions 242...
You Can’t Make Peace With Bad Leaders
JNS.org - On one of my first assignments abroad as a rookie journalist in the early 1990s, I found myself in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, just...
Funding Terrorism: The Buck Stops Here
"Follow the money" -- the fundamental rule for investigating organized crime -- also holds true for fighting terrorism. But when the search leads to your own doorstep, immediate...
Will Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Pay Salaries to the Arsonists?
While Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas was accepting praise for sending Palestinian firefighters to help put out fires in Israel, the PA Finance Ministry...
A Two-State Reality Check
JNS.org - What happens in Ramallah this week could have a major impact on the prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace -- as 1,400 Fatah party members have...
After Years of Institutional ‘Decay,’ Palestinians Finally Set for Overdue Elections
JNS.org - As it awaits the long-overdue leadership elections for the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian populace faces an uncertain future. Within the West Bank, the situation has grown...
Lame-Duck Obama’s Last Hurrah
US President Barack Obama is rumored to be planning a lame-duck anti-Israel move after the election of his successor Tuesday, and before handing over of...
Will the Good Times Last Between Israel and Saudi Arabia?
Over the past few months, there have been curious developments in the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel. A couple of weeks ago, Salman al-Ansari,...
Things Fall Apart for Abbas and Hamas
Things are starting to fall apart in both the PA and Hamas-controlled territories. In Gaza, Hamas quietly arrested and reportedly tortured one of its own senior...
Why the State Department Won’t Acknowledge the Truth About Abbas and Fatah
JNS.org - The US State Department denounced the latest Palestinian terrorist attack in Jerusalem by condemning “the statements glorifying this reprehensible and cowardly attack.” At first, this might seem...
