Tag: Mahmoud Abbas
Pay-for-slay to continue, ‘even if we have [only] one penny left,’ Abbas vows
The Palestinian Authority will not deduct a single penny from its "pay-for-slay" fund that rewards terrorists and their families for their attacks, P.A. chief Mahmoud Abbas told members of his ruling Fatah faction last...
The shattering of foreign-policy delusions
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke during his visit on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, stating that the president also “has been very bold about his view of what...
A happy 20th anniversary for Mahmoud Abbas
It was 20 years ago this week that Mahmoud Abbas was elected to a single four year term as chairman of the Palestinian Authority. I suspect he’s having a very happy anniversary.
When the 89-year-old...
Congratulations, Mr. Dictator: PA chief starts his 21st year
On Jan. 9, 2025, Mahmoud Abbas will start the twenty-first year of his first four-year term as leader of the Palestinian Authority.
As does U.S. law, P.A. law stipulates that the leader of the government...
Five requirements Abbas must meet to demonstrate his commitment to peace
Following the U.S. election, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas phoned President-elect Donald Trump to wish him “success in his upcoming term in office” and to reaffirm “his readiness to work with President Trump in...
Abbas in Russia: Israel is a ‘colonial project’
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas recently claimed that Israel is a "colonial project" that would be defeated if Washington withdrew its support, Kan News reported on Sunday, quoting Russian state media.
The Kan News report cited an interview that aired on Russia-1 with Russia...
Abbas’s PLO eulogizes ‘great national leader’ Sinwar
The Palestine Liberation Organization on Friday mourned the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, eulogizing his “martyrdom” in Gaza.
“The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization expresses its condolences to the Palestinian people and...
Abbas prays for Hamas terrorist leader in address to Turkish parliament
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas opened his address to the Turkish parliament on Thursday by offering a prayer for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an assassination last month that has been...
Erdoğan vows to push international community to pressure Jerusalem
Turkey will continue to support the Palestinians’ “just cause” and push the international community to increase pressure on Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told visiting Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday.
Erdoğan and Abbas met...
Biden’s ‘reformed PA’ marketing strategy
The Biden administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said this week “it is essential that the Palestinian Authority work to reform itself and that it do so as quickly as possible.”
But when...