JERUSALEM POST
Palestinians skeptical about Abbas’s move to ‘halt’ agreements with Israel
by Khaled Abu Toameh
July 28, 2019

A committee entrusted with carrying out the Palestinian leadership’s decision to end all agreements with Israel is expected to meet in the coming hours, PLO Executive Committee member Ahmed Majdalani said on Saturday. However, Palestinians expressed skepticism that the Palestinian Authority would proceed with its intention to suspend signed agreements with Israel. The committee itself has not yet even been formed. READ MORE

ELDER OF ZIYON Palestinian prime minister lies to @HRW’s Ken Roth about freedom of expression. He believes it. On Saturday, Director of Human Rights Watch Ken Roth met with Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh. While smiling, Shtayyeh informed Roth that the Palestinian Authority will no longer arrest people for political speech. Roth appreciated the “pledge.” For some reason, Roth – a supposed defender of human rights – didn’t seem to ask for the Palestinian leaders to drop the laws on their books that allow them to arrest anyone for anything they write online that might be considered offensive to the government.