Tag: Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas’s snubs work like a charm on Biden
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas may be facing serious challenges to his reign in Ramallah, but he’s having no trouble playing the powers-that-be in Washington. After four years of being called to task by...
Antony Blinken called the wrong guy
In a phone call with a Middle East leader last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Palestinian Arabs are entitled to “freedom, security, prosperity and democracy.” Can’t disagree with a word of...
Report: PA leader flown to Jordan en route to Germany for medical treatment
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, 85, was slated to fly to Germany for medical treatment on Monday, Palestinian media reported.
Abbas has already traveled by helicopter to Amman, Jordan, from where he will depart for...
Marwan Barghouti to run against Mahmoud Abbas’s faction on separate ticket
Convicted Palestinian arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences for his involvement in deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians during the Second Intifada, will run his own list of candidates against members...
Abbas rival Mohammed Dahlan calls PA leader’s 15-year presidency ‘a big fat zero’
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s political rival Mahmoud Dahlan vowed in a recent interview that Abbas would not be the only candidate in the upcoming Palestinian presidential elections.
In an interview that aired on Saudi...
Four more peace deals on the way, says Netanyahu
Israel is working on four more peace deals with countries in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
“There are four more peace agreements on the way. And the people come...
New decrees by Abbas restrict Palestinian civil society
Two presidential decrees recently issued by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas aroused intense criticism in the P.A. The first, issued on March 2, imposes severe restrictions on the activity and finances of Palestinian civil...
Report: Abbas holding elections to coax Biden, Quartet to broker talks with Israel
The Palestinian Authority decided to hold elections because P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas is laying the groundwork for renewing negotiations with Israel and the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)...
Palestinian premier: ‘If ICC indicts Israel, we can take US firms to court’
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said last week that an indictment of Israel by the International Criminal Court would open the door to U.S. companies and organizations being hauled before the court. It...
PA denies accusations of cronyism in vaccine rollout
The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday denied accusations that its vaccine rollout plan was based on cronyism and lacked transparency. The finger-pointing was raised in a letter sent by the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human...