Tag Archives: Mahmoud Abbas

“The Obama Administration applied pressures only to the Israeli side, not to the Palestinians”

GATESTONE Trump: Palestinians Must Earn a Two State Solution by Alan Dershowitz February 17, 2017 President Trump raised eyebrows when he mentioned the possibility of a one state solution. The context was ambiguous and no one can know for sure … Continue reading

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“Very soon, we will find ourselves with a Hamas-led government in the West Bank”

JERUSALEM POST Outgoing prosecutor: Intelligence shows Hamas will takeover West Bank post-Abbas by Yonah Jeremy Robb February 3, 2017 …Based on this intelligence, Lt.-Col. Hirsch, the newly retired chief West Bank prosecutor, is convinced that the [West Bank] area will … Continue reading

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Palestinians: WE MEAN IT NOW –we won’t recognize Israel if US embassy moves to #Jerusalem (and if we get REALLY angry, we’ll stop cashing Israel’s checks)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH Abbas threatens to cancel claimed PA recognition of Israel by Itamar Marcus January 16, 2017 …”President Abbas said that he wrote to Trump and warned him of the consequences of the transfer of the embassy, and noted … Continue reading

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#Palestinian poll: Asked whether the PA president should resign, 64% said yes

JERUSALEM POST Poll: Majority of Palestinians want Trump to stay out of peace process by Adam Rasgon December 14, 2016 A majority of Palestinians, 53%, want US President-elect Donald Trump to stay out of the peace process, a public opinion … Continue reading

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#Palestinian arson-terrorists receive a high salary from the #PA #Abbas for their efforts

JERUSALEM POST Will Mahmoud Abbas pay salaries to the arsonists? by Itamar Marcus November 30, 2016 While Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was accepting praise for sending Palestinian firefighters to help put out fires in Israel, the PA Finance Ministry was … Continue reading

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“An imminent Fatah congress in Ramallah will shape the future of the Palestinian movement, laying bare its rivalries and its rifts”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Palestinian leadership may choose Abbas’s successor, and tear itself apart by Avi Issacharoff November 20, 2016 On November 29, in the muqata’a in Ramallah, 1,400 members of Fatah will hold the organization’s Seventh General Congress in the … Continue reading

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With exception of Abbas, Arab leaders not attending #ShimonPeres funeral; Arab media has little nice to say

ISRAEL HAYOM In surprising snub, no Arab leader will attend Peres’ funeral by Daniel Siryoti and Staff September 29, 2016 In a surprising move, no Arab leader will arrive in Israel to attend the funeral of former President Shimon Peres, … Continue reading

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“American policy has long been to prevent Israel from achieving a decisive military victory over its adversaries”

THE HILL Israeli Victory Is the Only Way to Bring Peace by Gregg Roman September 9, 2016 …The crux of the conflict is simple: Israel wants to survive; the Palestinian leadership wants to destroy it. Some Palestinian leaders make no … Continue reading

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Who will succeed Abbas: He “refuses to name a successor, which has inspired a heated debate among the Palestinian elite but also sporadic factional violence across the West Bank”

WALL STREET JOURNAL The Fragile State of the Palestinian Authority by Jonathan Schanzer and Grant Rumley September 8, 2016 A Palestinian court on Thursday postponed municipal elections scheduled for Oct. 8 because Palestine’s two largest political factions, Fatah and Hamas, … Continue reading

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Glick: “16 years after the failed Camp David summit, the fiction of the two-state solution is about to be shattered once and for all. The only relevant question today, is what does Israel intend to do next?”

JERUSALEM POST The end of Mahmoud Abbas by Caroline Glick August 29, 2016 Like it or not, the day is fast approaching when the Palestinian Authority we have known for the past 22 years will cease to exist. PA leader Mahmoud … Continue reading

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