Pity poor Mahmoud Abbas: disliked by his own people, almost 80% of whom want him to resign, deprived of the money that Arab donors used to heap upon him, disappointed by the Biden administration that has failed to fulfill its promise to reopen the “consulate to the Palestinians” in Jerusalem that former President Trump had […]
Hamas Seeks to Dislodge Fatah in the West Bank
Ever since 2007, when Hamas crushed Fatah in Gaza, killing hundreds of its members and causing many others to flee to the West Bank, Hamas and Fatah have been at each others’ throats. Hamas has continued to rule in Gaza, squashing the slightest sign of Fatah’s reappearance. In the West Bank, Fatah – the armed […]
What the Palestinians Were Hoping For From the Arab League Summit
The Palestinians looked on glumly at the Arab League meeting in Jeddah this May. They knew they were no longer the cynosure of Arab eyes. Those eyes instead were focused on Syria’s Assad, and the kiss-and-make-up greetings to him by everyone in the room, save for the Emir of Qatar, who left early so he […]
Mahmoud Abbas’ Nonsense and Lies About the Temple Mount
Mahmoud Abbas, like so many Palestinians, likes to instruct the world on the diabolical plan of the Israelis to take over the Haram al-Sharif– what those credulous Jews call the Temple Mount — and to replace the Al-Aqsa Mosque with a Third Temple, though of course the First and Second Temples, the Palestinians know, never […]
PA: Hamas celebrates university election win in Nablus, in blow to Abbas’ Fatah
The students at An-Najah University in Nablus want greater escalation and violence against the Jewish state, as if Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority weren’t aggressive enough in promoting jihad against Israel. Indeed, most Palestinians do want to see the obliteration of Israel; this is the goal of their “resistance.” Hence the support for Hamas, and they […]
A Wrong Turn In Jerusalem
The hysterical hate of Palestinians for the Jews of Israel was on particular display the other day when, in Jerusalem, a Jewish bus driver took a wrong turn and ended up in Issawiya, an Arab neighborhood. The Arab men and boys in that neighborhood had been having a high old time of it, throwing rocks, […]
European Parliament Votes to Suspend Education Aid to PA Until Antisemitic Material Removed From Textbooks
The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling on the European Commission to suspend aid to the Palestinian Authority’s educational system until antisemitic material is removed from textbooks. More on the vote, and its hoped-for effect, can be found here: “‘Hateful Material’: EU Demands Freeze of Palestinian Education Aid Over Antisemitic Textbooks,” by Dion J. Pierre, […]
EU Outraged That Israel Razed Illegal School It Funded
On May 7, Israel razed a school that had been illegally built by the Palestinians on land in Area C of the West Bank. In accordance with the 1995 Oslo II Accords, some may need to be reminded, the West Bank (a.k.a. Judea and Samaria) was divided into three administrative zones: Area A (18%), where the […]
Swindlers List, Or The Palestinian Tax Fiddle
The Palestinians do not have a port. Goods imported from abroad and meant for the Palestinians are received by Israeli authorities. The crated goods are offloaded from ships. The Israelis consult the manifests given to them by the Palestinian importer, which claims that some, or most, of the goods are destined for the Palestinian Authority, […]
EU Promises Not to Fund Terror Groups and Programs Inciting Violence Against Israel
Year after year, the Palestinian Authority incites hatred and violence against Israel. It does so through the textbooks it uses in its schools, that exude antisemitism and virulent anti-Israel sentiment. And it does so, too, through its “Pay-For-Slay” program, that provides generous stipends to imprisoned terrorists and to the families of terrorists who died while […]