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Mahmoud Abbas: “The Palestinian leader is nothing if not a shrewd politician”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Mahmoud Abbas: Negotiator Turned Autocrat by Adam Rubenstein August 1, 2017 …Mr. Abbas has always been weaker than Arafat, the authors explain, offering that he, unlike Arafat, “is not the charismatic leader of Palestinians. . . . … Continue reading

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“After a career as Israel’s chief adversary at the negotiating table, Erekat may now rely on Israel for life-saving treatment”

JERUSALEM POST Top Palestinian official looks to Israel for life-saving transplant by Eytan Halon August 1, 2017 Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat is suffering from a serious respiratory disease and is on the waiting list for a lung transplant in … Continue reading

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Abbas to Israel: You’ll be sorry

JERUSALEM POST Abbas halts security coordination as Israel considers cameras over metal detectors by Jeremy Sharon July 23, 2017 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas spoke on Sunday about his decision to sever ties with Israel until it reverses its decision … Continue reading

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“Abbas’s war on the Hamas…smacks of hypocrisy and is accompanied by a smear campaign against Israel”

GATESTONE Abbas’s Lies and Palestinian Child Victims by Bassam Tawil June 30, 2017 Palestinian children are the latest victims of the power struggle between the two rival Palestinian factions, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas. PA President Mahmoud Abbas has … Continue reading

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Palestinian Pay-to-Slay: “Abbas defended payments to Palestinian prisoners, including convicted terrorists, as a “social responsibility”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Abbas said enraged by Kushner meet, refuses to halt pay even to worst terrorists by Staff June 23, 2017 A meeting between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and senior White House official Jared Kushner reportedly left the … Continue reading

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Palestinian Authority terminates “pay-to-slay.” Or not.

ALGEMEINER Tillerson Still Hopeful on End to Palestinian Terror Payments Despite PA Denial of Policy Change by Ben Cohen June 14, 2017 US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered a clarification on Wednesday of comments he made the previous day … Continue reading

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Israel Channel 2: Trump screamed at Abbas

TIMES OF ISRAEL Trump yelled at Abbas: ‘You tricked me in DC,’ Israeli TV reports by Staff May 28, 2017 On the surface, US President Donald Trump’s relations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have been surprisingly warm, but that … Continue reading

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Glick: “The notion that a PLO state will make the region more stable as far more coherent Arab states collapse is absurd”

JERUSALEM POST American greatness and the PLO by Caroline B. Glick May 15, 2017 …The main reason that Israel has maintained its slavish devotion to America’s PLO fetish is that our leftist elites, that dominate the media, share it. Like … Continue reading

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What does it even mean if Abbas “makes a deal” with Israel?

JERUSALEM POST ‘Abbas has decided to sign peace deal with Israel’ by Yaakov Katz May 12, 2017 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has crossed the Rubicon and voiced “unprecedented” readiness to reach a peace deal with Israel, sources close to … Continue reading

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“Every one of the pro-terrorist policies Arafat carried out following the Oslo Accords was supported and facilitated by his number two man, Mahmoud Abbas”

JNS Trump’s Arafat problem by Stephen M. Flatow May 10, 2017 White House officials say they foiled a plan by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to have President Donald Trump walk near the tomb of Yasser Arafat when Trump visits Israel … Continue reading

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