Toameh gives several examples of Mahmoud Abbas stealing from the Palestinian people. Here is just one example…
Categories: Fatah/Palestinian Liberation Oragnization (PLO), Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians |
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While probing the international community for perceptions of a unilateral declaration of a new state, PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah buddies have decided to postpone the January Palestinian Authority indefinitely and extend their terms in office until a new election. Essentially, they decided they are in charge forever.
Categories: Fatah/Palestinian Liberation Oragnization (PLO), Gaza Strip, Government, Judea and Samaria, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians |
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently in Washington, DC and had a meeting with President Barack Obama. Obama keeps pushing Israel’s leaders to re-boot on peace planning with the Palestinians, but it seems that things are on hold indefinitely.
Categories: Barack Obama, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Peace Process |
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Young Palestinians have continued a multi-day string of riots aimed at Israelis around Jerusalem. The riots began in Shuafat after Israelis arrested a Palestinian teenager accused with stabbing an Israeli soldier conducting a security check on a bus.
Categories: Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jerusalem, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians, Security |
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It is a good thing that Prime Minister Netanyahu held his ground on discussions of a complete settlement freeze, because that requirement is now off the table. President Barack Obama said that Israel has had meaningful discussions regarding settlement restrictions and a complete freeze is no longer a US requirement for peace discussions.
Categories: Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, Peace Process, Settlements, United States of America |
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Israeli President Shimon Peres has revealed a plan for President Barack Obama to mediate discussions between Netanyahu and Abbas over the stalled peace process, which has been pretty much at a standstill since the 1993 Oslo Accords were signed.
Peres also said that Obama’s administration is focusing too much on settlements and not enough on the [...]
Categories: Barack Obama, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians, Peace Process, Shimon Peres, United States of America |
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Members of the Fatah party have gathered for a general assembly for the first time in twenty years. The conference will likely impact the future leadership of the party and show how “moderate” the party really is.
Khaled Abu Tomeh wrote about the lessons Fatah learned when the last Hamas-Fatah election took place, people are [...]
Categories: Fatah/Palestinian Liberation Oragnization (PLO), Judea and Samaria, Mahmoud Abbas, Terrorism |
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Everyone calls Benjamin Netanyahu words like “shrewd” and “hardliner” and “right wing.” Mahmoud Abbas, President of the PA and primary Palestinian leader in the West Bank is called “moderate.” Those terms are very much respective to their peers. Compared to other Israelis, Bibi might be hard line, but he is moderate in [...]
Categories: Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Media |
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A meeting of Arab states has concluded in Cairo, leaving an air of anti-Israel sentiment. The meeting was intended to put all Arab states on the same page for goals of a lasting Middle East peace. The meeting, pushed forward by Mahmoud Abbas and Tony Blair, focused on the Gaza War and West Bank and [...]
Categories: Arab World, Judea and Samaria, Mahmoud Abbas, Peace Process |
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I didn’t believe it from the headline either. The San Fransisco Chronicle did a story on a new Ramallah based television station that tried to broadcast real news on Wattan TV.
Wattan TV does not focus on how good the politicians are and how bad the Israelis are. They focus on what is actually [...]
Categories: Mahmoud Abbas, Media, Ramallah |
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