The two Palestinian polities in Gaza and in the West Bank, are both in an advanced state of deliquescence. Their disastrous condition is discussed here: “Palestinian Society Sinks into Shambles,” by James Sinkinson, JNS.org, August 10, 2023: Palestinian society is in disarray. In two major West Bank towns—Jenin and Nablus—the Palestinian Authority has lost control, and […]
Palestinian Terrorism Hurts the Palestinians’ Well-Being
In recent years, the Israeli government has tried to ameliorate the economic plight of the Palestinians, who have suffered from the corruption and mismanagement of Hamas in Gaza, and from the mismanagement and corruption of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. The most effective way it has done this is to greatly increase the […]
Palestinians Complain Biden Administration Has Done Nothing For Them
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki has complained that the Biden administration has done little for the Palestinians. He is quite wrong; the Bidenites have done a great deal for them, even at the cost of ignoring American law. More on Al-Malki’s misperception can be found here: “PA foreign minister says Biden administration ‘weak,’ lacks courage […]
PLO summer camps for kids underway, praising and glorifying jihadists while demonizing Israelis
It is nothing short of disturbing that the world at large is willing to either deny or turn a blind eye to the annual indoctrination at summer camp of Palestinian children to murder Israelis. The Palestinian leadership is not only waging perpetual jihad against the Jewish state, but it is systemically abusing its own children […]
Palestinian Authority and Hamas form ‘reconciliation committee’
The obsession of both of these political groups — the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas — is the destruction of Israel from the River to the Sea. PA President Mahmoud Abbas — who has called the PLO “the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people” — aims to unite the PA and Hamas in the […]
A Shortage of Medical Supplies for Palestinians? Blame Israel!
An article that ran in early June in the far-left, capitulationist Israeli newspaper Haaretz provides an enduring example of how the media demonizes the Jewish state. It describes the calvary of Palestinians who cannot get the medicines they need from their own pharmacies and clinics. The newspaper puts the blame squarely on Israel, suggesting that […]
Senior PA Security Official Tells Some Home Truths About Palestinian Terrorists
A senior Palestinian Authority official, Brigadier General Hassan Asfour, has been visiting the U.S., taking tuition at the CIA, and also meeting with Palestinian-Americans in Virginia and Chicago. His talks to the latter audiences have been surprisingly frank about the motivation for terrorists in Judea and Samaria. More on his revelations can be found here: […]
Itamar Ben Gvir Visits Temple Mount, and Washington Gets its Knickers in a Twist
Tisha b’Av is an annual fast day, the “saddest day in the Jewish calendar,” on which five calamities in Jewish history are observed. The two most important that Jews mourn on this day are the destruction of the First and Second Temples. The First, or Solomon’s, Temple, was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 […]
Egypt: Palestinian Islamic Jihad boycotts jihad groups’ reconciliation talks
There are divisions in the ranks of the Palestinian jihadi groups that aim to obliterate Israel “from the River to the Sea.” This spells good news for Israel. As Palestinians, and more broadly, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, seek to unite the ummah behind their cause and lead it to stand up for the Palestinian […]
Palestinians Pressed Financially From All Sides
Arab donors to UNRWA have cut their donations by 90% — from $200 million in 2018 to a mere $20 million in 2022, and show no signs of reversing course. Meanwhile, the Bidenites have been put on notice by a letter from fifty Congressmen, demanding that the State Department must force the PA to end […]