While many heard Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas’s March 19th response to US Ambassador David Friedman’s comments regarding Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the significance of these comments appears to have been missed. In calling Ambassador Friedman “a son of a dog settler”, it was not the revelation of Abbas’s disdain toward the...
Mahmoud Abbas is Still Not a Moderate
Last Sunday, during a two-hour speech in Ramallah, Mahmoud Abbas declared that “Israel is a colonial project that has nothing to do with Jews“. The declaration, made at a meeting of the PLO’s leadership, was not only incorrect but was just one in a long list of inflammatory lies made...
U.S. Abstention on UN Security Council Resolution 2334 on Israel’s Settlement Activities Distances Peace
‘UN Security Council Resolution 2334 reflects the modern rise of Palestinian lawfare: using law “to achieve…warfighting objective[s]” against Israel, according to a confidant of PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Having failed over the last half century to shift the balance of power through negotiations and armed resistance, the PA has turned...
President Trump’s Son-In-Law Jared Kushner Arrives in Israel
Jared Kushner, the husband of President Trump’s daughter Ivanka and a chief adviser to the president has arrived in Israel this week as speculation grows towards the resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Trump has already sent his Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt to the region ahead of...
Israel Border Policewoman Hadas Malka Murdered in Damascus Gate Terror Attack
Security has been increased at the Damascus Gate, one of the entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, following the Palestinian terror attack where 23-year-old Israeli Border Policewoman Hadas Malka was murdered on Friday night. Malka was murdered and four others were injured when two Palestinian terrorists opened fire on policemen near...
The Need to Hold Abbas Accountable
The west’s blind eye hurts both Israelis and Palestinians On April 18, a bus was bombed in Jerusalem in a terror attack. Hamas, the internationally recognized terror organization that controls the Gaza Strip, praised the attack and said that the group “blesses the Jerusalem operation.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Incitement Leads to Violence
On September 30th 2015, Mahmoud Abbas, President of the PLO, opened his speech to the United Nations General Assembly by ‘raising the alarm’ to the world and giving his version of the facts on the ground regarding the most disputed piece of real estate on Earth. He opened with his position on...
Ali Abunimah Justifies the Murder of Two Israelis
Yesterday Eitam and Na’ama Henkin were murdered in front of their children in a disputed area of Samaria, in the West Bank. Most people are shocked and horrified that such an event like this could happen and their responses have been full of sympathy for their family, including their four children...
