According to Hussein al-Sheikh, the Palestinian official in charge of relations with Israel and one of Abbas’ closest advisers, the Palestinian leader wants to effectively force Israel to shoulder full responsibility, “as a military occupier,” for the two million Palestinians living in the West Bank. That’s what Abbas may think will happen. But the Israelis […]
Mahmoud Abbas Threatens – Ruat Caelum! – to Let the P.A. Collapse (Part 1)
Here is the story from Israel Hayom: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas plans to run his administration to the ground to prevent Israeli from pursuing its plan to apply sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, a senior Palestinian official told The New York Times on Monday. According to the […]
Abbas eulogizes jihad terrorist on FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List who once lived in Tampa
Ramadan Shallah was “a colleague at [convicted jihad terror leader] al-Arian’s Palestinian think tank in Tampa who later emerged as the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Middle East.” How did a man like that get into the United States in the first place? By taking advantage of the fact that no one […]
Palestinian Authority’s Supreme Sharia Judge invokes Qur’an: “Kill them wherever you find them”
“Kill them wherever you find them” appears in the Qur’an at 2:191 and 4:89, and 9:5 says “kill the idolaters wherever you find them.” Mahmoud Al-Habbash’s words here shows how seriously some Muslims today take these commands. 1,400 years have proven that individuals, groups and countries have been committing the worst abuses against humanity in […]
Abbas Cuts Off His Nose to Spite His Face
Mahmoud Abbas has for years threatened repeatedly to cut off security coordination with Israel, and even to rip up entirely the Oslo Accords. He’s huffed and puffed, but until now, he’s never followed through. Now he has finally gone and done it. He’s decided to punish Israel in advance for its plan to extend its […]
European Union Gives Still More Money – No Questions Asked — to the Palestinian Authority
The E.U. announced at the beginning of May that it was sending an additional $41 million to the P.A., as part of a total package of $76 million being given to help the P.A. deal with the coronavirus outbreak. The money is to be used, however, to pay salaries of civil servants, rather than on […]
Wild Boars Running Wild In Haifa During Lockdown
The Palestinian Arabs blame Israel for a great many things. I learned recently that for years they have been claiming that the Israelis, always seeking ways to harm the inoffensive Palestinians, have been deliberately raising wild boars in order to set them loose to forage for food in Palestinian farms, where they eat the crops, […]
Muslim cleric: “Animosity towards the Jews is an obligatory religious duty, and one of the signs of the believers”
Will any Muslim leader in the West kindly explain how Yousuf Makharzah is misunderstanding Islam? No? I thought not, but it’s noteworthy that virtually every non-Muslim leader in the United States and Europe would take for granted that Makharzah is wrong on Islamic grounds, and yet that has not been established. Note also Makharzah’s total […]
J Street President embraces Mahmoud Abbas after his UN Security Council appearance
“J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami embraced Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas after the latter made statements at a hotel on Tuesday following his remarks earlier at a U.N. Security Council session, denouncing the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan.” Consider the views of Abbas and his quotes about Israel and Jews: “In a final resolution, we […]
Food Fight Between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
Last October, the Palestinian Authority banned imports of Israeli beef. It did so because, according to the PA, Palestinians found themselves forced to buy meat only from Israeli farmers, thereby limiting the import of meat from abroad. For several months, the Israelis tried to convince the PA to lift the ban, without success. Israeli cattle […]
Mahmoud Abbas Changes His Mind
That distinguished statesman Mahmoud Abbas, enraged at the Trump peace initiative, announced at an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo on February 1 – a meeting that he had requested — that he was cutting off all ties with Israel and the U.S. The assembled Arab foreign ministers heard him loud and clear. […]
Mahmoud Abbas Cuts Off All Relations With Israel – But For How Long?
Mahmoud Abbas has decided to cut off all relations with Israel and the United States, although a Palestinian official has said that he has not actually done so. If he actually follows through with this, it means that the one thing of value Abbas could offer the Israelis – cooperation on security – is no […]
Abbas threatened to cut security ties with Israel, but they’re still intact
When President Trump moved the US embassy to Jerusalem, the “Palestinians” threatened all sorts of reprisals. For the most part, they did not materialize. Often when you stand up to violent intimidation, you find that the one doing the intimidating was more bluster than substance. “After Abbas says cutting Israel relations, official states security ties […]
Palestinians Are “Disappointed” In Initial Arab Response — Arab League Then Rejects the Trump Plan (Part 3)
While the Arab states rejected the Trump Plan collectively after a vote of the Arab League on February 1, Western countries are still evaluating the plan. Many Western countries and international bodies said they needed time to assess the plan, reiterating their support for the longtime international consensus favoring a two-state solution to the conflict […]
Expert: Threats of jihad against U.S., Israel are real
In response to President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century,” Islamic leaders and organizations are threatening the world and vowing to target Israelis and Americans worldwide. Prior to the January 28 announcement of Trump’s “deal of the century,” Palestinians rushed to dismiss the plan. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas continues to vehemently reject the attempt […]
Palestinians Are “Disappointed” In Initial Arab Response — Arab League Then Rejects the Trump Plan (Part 1)
There was deep disappointment among the Palestinian leaders with the initial response of the Arabs to the Trump peace-and-prosperity plan. Their complaint can be read here. A senior official in the Palestinian Authority has spoken of Ramallah’s disappointment in Arab nations’ muted and sometimes-supportive response to the contentious US proposal for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, […]
First Thoughts On the Trump Plan and How Mahmoud Abbas Will Save the Day
“The Deal of the Century” turned out to be remarkably generous to the “Palestinians,” giving them far more than they had any right to expect. It promises them a state – the state of Palestine. It doubles the size of the territory under Palestinian control. The Palestinians will under the plan possess nearly 80% of […]
Abbas refuses Trump’s call, says US President is “a dog, son of a b**ch, a violent man”
Abbas is used to American Presidents who accept the spurious premises of the “Palestinian” jihad and pressure Israel into making ever more concessions. He isn’t accustomed to dealing with a President who actually has the courage to stand up to the violent intimidation the “Palestinians” have deployed so effectively for decades. Get the details of […]
Mahmoud Abbas is “Livid” That European Donors Now Place a Condition on Their Aid
The Palestinian Authority is thoroughly alarmed. It likes to get lots of money – billions and billions of dollars – from European and other Infidel donors. And it likes to spend it just as it wishes, without any conditions. Until now, that view seems to have been accepted by the E.U. But not any longer. […]
Mahmoud Abbas Wants to – Kinda, Sorta – Hold Elections
Mahmoud Abbas is the “democratically elected” president of the Palestinian Authority. The first democratic election he took part in was in 2005, when he was elected to a four-year term as President. It was also, unfortunately, the last democratic election he took part in, for in January 2009, when his four-year term ran out, he […]