Linda Sarsour said that Mohammed was the original feminist. She has an interesting idea of feminism. Here, via Itamar Marcus of Palestinian Media Watch, is a Palestinian Authority fatwa whose feminism is simply breathtaking. Sex on demand “at any time” is a husband’s right – this is what Palestinians were taught in the official PA […]
The waBenzi of the West Bank and Gaza (Part 2)
No, it’s not just aid money that they steal. The Palestinian waBenzi have a finger in every pie. Hamas leaders control the tunnels from Gaza to Egypt (and to a lesser extent, from Gaza to Israel), and treat them as their private property, charging exorbitantly for their use. “Elad [he Israeli scholar who has studied […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Mahmoud Abbas: The PA Cupboard Is Bare, But I Won’t Compromise
The Palestinian Authority is now facing financial catastrophe. The Trump Administration’s ending of all US aid — hundreds of millions of dollars –to the PA, its ending of American contributions to UNRWA, and the Israeli government’s decision to cut transfers of taxes on imports it collects for the PA by the amount the PA […]
The waBenzi of the West Bank and Gaza (Part 1)
In southern Africa, the black Africans have a sardonic name for their corrupt leaders. They call them the “waBenzi” — the “People of the Mercedes-Benz” –who drive their luxury vehicles up and down the handful of paved roads in the countries they rule over, the countries from whose treasuries they help themselves to the money […]