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“From Abbas’s standpoint, this is his way of both thwarting his rivals in Hamas and securing his Fatah party’s hold on the Palestinian Authority once he is gone”

REUTERS With new decree, Palestinian leader tightens grip by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta April 11, 2016 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has quietly established a constitutional court that analysts say concentrates more power in his hands and may allow him … Continue reading

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It’s time for the US to stop funding Islamic terrorists

FRONT PAGE MAG How US Taxpaymers Funded the Murder of an Iraq Vet in Israel by Daniel Greenfield March 11, 2016 Taylor Force had been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, he had served at Fort Hood in the year of … Continue reading

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NOW can we finally stop taking about a “peace process?”

TIMES OF ISRAEL PA: Palestinians to ‘never’ again negotiate directly with Israel by AFP and Staff February 15, 2016 In a striking rejection of relentless international efforts to broker new talks, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said Monday that … Continue reading

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Israel’s partners in peace: When not glorifying or inciting terrorists, the PA is actually paying them

THE HILL Palestinian official takes time off from glorifying terrorists by Sean Durns (CAMERA) February 12, 2016 H.E. Shukry Bishara, a finance minister for the Palestinian Authority (PA), omits much while claiming that “Aid to Palestine promotes peace and prosperity” (February … Continue reading

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Washington continues to call for a single Palestinian state – but there are no real prospects for one

NEWSWEEK Ten Years of Hamas Rule: The Palestinians Must Solve Their Divide Before Peace with Israel by Jonathan Schanzer January 25, 2016 …Ten years on, the intra-Palestinian conflict is a glaring blind spot among Western policymakers. The enmity between the … Continue reading

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Palestinian Media: US behind the 9-11 attacks

PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH US suspected of causing the 9-11 attacks to create anarchy in Arab world by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik January 24, 2016 An op-ed in the official PA daily accuses the US of being behind all … Continue reading

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“When their own luminaries were caught behaving badly, Israeli progressives refused to admit any wrongdoing. And that’s very bad for democracy”

TABLET MAG Can the Israeli Left Save Itself? by Liel Leibovitz January 14, 2016 …Absurdist thinking was on full display this week, after key activists in two of Israel’s most famous left-wing NGOs were caught on camera admitting that they … Continue reading

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Glick: Your taxpayer dollars at work, undermining Israel

JERUSALEM POST The Obama Administration’s Most Covert War by Caroline Glick January 14, 2016 Over the past several weeks, we have learned that the Obama administration believes it is at war with Israel. The war is not a shooting war, … Continue reading

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“Abbas wants the world’s eyes on Israel — and Israel alone”

GATESTONE How (and Why) Palestinian Leaders Scare the World by Khaled Abu Toameh January 15, 2016 What do you do when your home has become hell? If you are Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, you divert attention from the mess as fast … Continue reading

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PA momentarily adds Nashat Melhem’s name to their “martyr list”

ALGEMEINER Palestinian Authority Calls Tel Aviv Pub Killer ‘Precious Martyr Whose Pure Blood Waters Our Free Land’ by Ruthie Blum January 10, 2016 Raked over the coals for removing the name of the Tel Aviv pub killer from its official … Continue reading

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