ALGEMEINER
by Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn
April 19, 2015

….Then, in the 12th paragraph, [New York Times writer] Hadid mentioned a fact that must have been confusing to Times readers. The Palestinian Authority held “a presidential election in 2005,” she noted in passing. Wait a minute. We thought that the Palestinians have all been disenfranchised by the Israeli “occupation.” We were told –by the Times and most of the international news media– that Israel is preventing the Palestinians from exercising their democratic right to vote. Now it turns out that the Palestinian Authority did have an election in 2005 –and the only reason they haven’t held another once since then is because, as Hadid wrote, PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas “has systematically snuffed out any challenges to his rule.” In other words, it is the Palestinian Authority, not Israel, that is preventing Palestinian democracy. Interesting! READ MORE