Abbas

Abbas is being told to shape up – or else

By | 2017-05-29T00:28:47+00:00 May 29th, 2017|Op-Eds|

Trump is actually telling Abbas the truth - and seeing through Abbas' lies. By David Singer - Arutz Sheva The horrific carnage perpetrated in Manchester on 22 May presented an emotion-charged backdrop to two meetings the next day between President Trump and President Abbas in Bethlehem and President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

Why US State Declassified the Report on Israel’s Nuclear Capabilities

By | 2015-04-11T11:41:39+00:00 April 11th, 2015|Op-Eds|

Israel’s foremost enemy is the US State Department. The presidents and politicians, are just the summer help to State.   Normally when somebody wants something from somebody else, they show their best behavior toward the person they want it from. Even a child knows this and will do what its parents want in order to

A Case of Selective Holocaust Memory

By | 2014-06-10T18:46:34+00:00 June 10th, 2014|Op-Eds|

The deportation of Hungarian Jewry was facilitated by the Mufti of Jerusalem.   To mark the 70th anniversary of the mass deportation and murder of over 585,000 Hungarian Jews, the Israeli government decided to observe this dark chapter in Holocaust history by making it the focus of the official Holocaust Memorial Day 2014 commemoration.  

Fatah Official: Unity Government to be Announced This Week

By | 2014-05-28T13:01:09+00:00 May 28th, 2014|News|

The Palestinian Authority unity government, comprised of Fatah and Hamas, is expected to be announced later this week, a negotiator told The Associated Press (AP) on Monday.   Azzam al-Ahmed, a Fatah negotiator, traveled to Gaza on Monday for what he said would be a final round of talks with Hamas leaders about the Cabinet

Abbas: Hamas Doesn’t Need to Recognize Israel

By | 2014-05-13T23:36:21+00:00 May 13th, 2014|News|

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas thinks that Hamas, with whom he recently signed a reconciliation pact, does not need to recognize Israel.   A senior PA official on Sunday told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that Abbas insists that Hamas does not need to recognize Israel or renounce terrorism, even after the unity pact with

Abbas to Call Holocaust ‘Heinous Crime’

By | 2014-05-03T13:10:04+00:00 May 3rd, 2014|Reports|

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will release a statement condemning the Holocaust, the New York Times reports Sunday, in yet another attempt to repair its faltering image after torpedoing peace talks and approaching Hamas for a unity pact.    Abbas will reportedly call the Holocaust “the most heinous crime to have occurred against humanity

Danon: Abbas Becoming a Professor of Terrorism

By | 2014-05-02T13:50:36+00:00 May 2nd, 2014|News|

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon (Likud) denounced on Saturday night the speech by Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas before the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Central Council.   Danon particularly took issue with Abbas’s claim in the speech that a unity government with Hamas is not a terrorist government.   “Abbas is on his way

Haniyeh Urges Abbas Not to Bow to ‘External Pressure’

By | 2014-05-02T12:35:04+00:00 May 2nd, 2014|News|

Hamas’s Gaza Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, on Friday evening telephoned Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.   According to the Ma’an news agency, it was the first time the two had spoken directly since the reconciliation pact between Hamas and Fatah was announced earlier this week.   During the phone call, Haniyeh stressed the need

‘Abbas Can Have Peace with Israel or Hamas – Not Both’

By | 2014-04-29T12:39:12+00:00 April 29th, 2014|News|

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed flailing attempts to rekindle peace talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA) Wednesday, during a meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz.   "You're coming at an important time," he told Kurz. "We're trying to re-launch the negotiations with the Palestinians."   "Every time we get to that point, [PA Chairman