Posts Tagged: Yasser Arafat
The Dismissal of a $655 Million Terrorism Judgment Against the PA Sets a Bad Precedent
JNS.org - An Israeli legal rights NGO and an attorney, who together won the largest judgment ever against the Palestinian Authority (PA) in America, say a...
‘Poisoning’ Accusations Are a Palestinian Tradition
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas must be surprised at the international outcry over his accusation this week that Israeli rabbis are plotting to...
The US Deletes Inconvenient Words — From Arafat to Iran
JNS.org - The US State Department’s admission that it altered an embarrassing video exchange about its nuclear negotiations with Iran is disturbing — but it’s not the...
Peace Treaties That Don’t Bring Peace
JNS.org - Israelis of a certain age have a saying which translates from Hebrew as, “We’ve already seen that movie.” It’s the approximate equivalent of, “Fool...
The Palestinian Authority Repudiates Oslo, and No One Reports or Cares
The Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad al-Maliki, said during a press conference in Tokyo on February 15, that he would never directly negotiate with Israel....
Madeleine Albright’s Other ‘Undiplomatic Moments’
JNS.org - Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright is backtracking, a little, on her remark last week that “there is a special place in hell”...
How a Palestinian State Would Harm the US
President Obama and Secretary Kerry intend to advance recognition of an independent Palestinian state by January 20, 2017, the end of Obama’s second term, irrespective of...
Abbas: If We Don’t Have Freedom, No One in the Region Will
In a speech on Wednesday commemorating the 11th anniversary of the death of PLO chief Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that regional...
What Rabin’s Eulogizers Get Wrong About the Future of Mideast Peace
Guardian executive editor Jonathan Freedland published an op-ed at The Jewish Chronicle about the legacy of Yitzhak Rabin on the 20th anniversary of his assassination by Yigal Amir...
Palestinian Media Watchdog: ‘Abbas Should Be Imprisoned for Murder’ (INTERVIEW)
The international perception of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is that he is weak and ineffectual, said Itamar Marcus, founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch...
Why the Myth of Yasser Arafat’s ‘Murder’ Will Live On
JNS.org - Like a mini-series staggering to the end of its 10th season, the latest probe into the alleged murder of Yasser Arafat, the former Palestine...
Terror Victims’ Lawyer Disappointed by Pathetically Low Palestinian Authority Bond Requirement
The lead attorney for 10 American families who secured $655 million in civil damages against the Palestinian Authority (PA) for past terror support expressed disappointment Monday with a...
Corrupt PA Misuses Millions as Obama Claims They’re Penniless
The very day that the Obama Administration went to court to claim that the Palestinian Authority doesn't have enough money to compensate terror victims, new...
Iran’s Rhetoric and Arafat’s ‘Jihad’ Speech
The Obama Administration's weak response to Iran's latest belligerent rhetoric is reminiscent of how the U.S. responded to one of Yasser Arafat's most infamous speeches...
