Category Archives: palestinian politics

The debate about armed struggle

This article strikes me as utterly typical of the rejectionist problem. The Palestinians are battling to compromise, but not in the way you and I understand the word: The Palestinian Authority “will do everything in its power” to advance peace … Continue reading

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Bolstering the unelected kleptocrat

The Washington Post emphasizes what a slender reed the United States is depending on as a key to peace, Abbas’s credibility problem. Unfortunately the article skims over various reasons why Abbas shouldn’t have any credibility to Israel. Abbas, 74, a … Continue reading

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Palestinian intransigence

There is no peace process. There are only Palestinian demands. Witness the latest interview with Ahmed Qureia: Qureia: “The Right of Return is one of the Palestinians’ rights. The question of how to relate to this right is up for … Continue reading

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Avigdor Lieberman: Cutting straight to the point

I’m starting to really like this guy. Lieberman further expressed his disappointment with the Palestinian leadership: “You can’t have it both ways. You can’t accept our help on one hand and ask the ICC to charge us with crimes against … Continue reading

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Between Erakat and a hard place

Saeb Erakat’s CV: His campus politicking notwithstanding, Erekat had in mind for himself a career in academics. After returning home in 1979, he got a teaching job at An-Najah National University at Nablus on the West Bank but soon won … Continue reading

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Two state confusion

Tony Karon writes this bit of inanity in his survey of President Obama’s foreign policy challenges: Unlike Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is fully committed to the two-state solution being championed by the Obama Administration. The problem, however, is … Continue reading

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Palestinian Wah Machine in good order for Pope

The Palestinians are apparently physically incapable of doing anything but complaining about, well, everything. The hypocrites who are responsible for the mass emigration of Christians from the West Bank and Gaza are pretending that they give a damn about Christian … Continue reading

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If we would just pressure Israel we’d have peace in the Middle East

The New York Times reports that Fatah and Hamas are engaged in reconciliation talks. Fatah insists that any unity government formed will be acceptable to the international community and satisfy the conditions of the so-called quartet of Middle East peace … Continue reading

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What’s a Jewish state got to with it?

Isabel Kershner of the NY Times reports that “moderate” Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas refuses to acknowledge Israel as a Jewish state. The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Monday dismissed a demand by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to recognize … Continue reading

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Corruption: it’s a feature not a bug

In Gaza power plant surprising profit generator, Dion Nissenbaum notes that a recent report shows that foreign aid indirectly flows to Mahmoud Abbas’s sons. The power plant story follows another investigative piece by Entous that examined lucrative US contracts given … Continue reading

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When Amira Hass accuses Hamas

This is not precisely news, but in a way it is – when one of the chief apologists for Palestinian misdeeds says it: Even in the current conditions, Hamas is continuing to arrest those it suspects of criminal activity or … Continue reading

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Faith in Fatah

That’s what Thomas Friedman has. Hamas rejects any recognition of Israel. By contrast, the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank, has recognized Israel — and vice versa. If you believe, as I do, that the only stable solution … Continue reading

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Palestinians cancel Christmas—after Christmas is over

Talk about your exercise in futility. Someone needs to tell these bozos that symbolism needs to be meaningful, not superfluous. Christmas lights will be shut off around Bethlehem, including those on the city’s giant Christmas tree, to protest Israel’s deadly … Continue reading

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Europe still pays to murder Jews

The Palestinians exceeded their European budget expectations last year. Europe apparently still has absolutely no qualms about funding the murder of Jews. The international community has given 1.7 billion dollars (1.18 billion euros) in aid to the Palestinian Authority over … Continue reading

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Gideon’s babble

Why would someone who’s self described as “left of Meretz” support Netanyahu for Prime Minister of Israel? Here’s whtat the Economist’s former Israel correspondent, Gideon Lichfield writes: So if we’re talking about economic policy, he has a more ambitious and … Continue reading

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