Posts Tagged: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
Greek Parliament Recognizes Palestinian Statehood
JNS.org - The Greek Parliament has become the latest European legislative body to pass a non-binding symbolic declaration calling for recognition of Palestinian statehood. The move by...
Abbas Announces Plans for ‘State of Palestine’ Passports
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority's President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday announced plans to issue “State of Palestine” passports starting next year, replacing the name Palestinian Authority. "Regarding the...
Greek Parliament Set to Recognize Palestinian Statehood
JNS.org - Greece is set to join several other European nations in recognizing a Palestinian state with a non-binding symbolic declaration that will take place after...
Abbas Calls Palestinian Terror Attacks ‘Justified Popular Uprising’
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that the ongoing wave of Palestinian terror attacks in Israel is a “justified popular uprising.” The violence has come...
Mideast Analyst: Newly Approved Abbas Strategy Combines Terrorism, Lawfare to Attack Israel
A double-pronged strategy approved by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party this week combines terrorism in Israel with lawfare in the international arena, an...
Palestinian ‘Recognition’ Is a Bloody Lie
It is not nice to be amused while Israelis are being stabbed, stoned and run over by frenzied young terrorists. But how can one keep a...
Jordan’s Abdullah Reportedly Pressing Palestinian Authority’s Abbas for Calm
JNS.org - Jordan’s King Abdullah has reportedly sent Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas an urgent message to calm tensions between the Palestinians and Israelis. According to Israel’s...
13-Year-Old Terrorist Could Serve No Jail Time Under Israeli Penal Code
The 13-year-old terrorist who Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claimed had been murdered by Israel is now at the center of a different controversy, Israel's Walla...
History and Mendacity
Anyone who believes Voltaire’s familiar adage that history never repeats itself invariably confronts Karl Marx’s challenge that history does exactly that: “first as tragedy, then...
Kerry Falls for the Big Lie
JNS.org - “There’s no stoppin’ the cretins from hoppin’,” sang the legendary Ramones, in one of their two-minute barnstormers that enters my head every time I...
Footage Shows Terrorist Alive and Recovering After Abbas Alleges Israeli ‘Execution’ (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Arab media outlets are portraying Ahmed Manasra, the 13-year-old Beit Hanina resident who stabbed a 13-year-old Jewish boy in Jerusalem on Monday, as a...
The Social Media Intifada: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Used Extensively for Promoting Violence Against Israelis
“All the rioters and rock-throwers we are seeing have smartphones, computers, websites and Facebook and Twitter accounts,” Palestinian affairs expert Khaled Abu Toameh told The...
Abbas Says Palestinians Want Flag Flying Over ‘Occupied Jerusalem’
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday welcomed a UN decision authorizing Palestinians to raise their flag at its headquarters in New York. Abbas praised the...
Report: Abbas Looking for Candidates to Replace Him, Set to Announce His Resignation Soon
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has asked members of his Fatah party to select three candidates to replace him, a daily linked to rival group...
