Tag: Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas’s trivialization of Holocaust spurs inquiry by Berlin police
Berlin police opened a preliminary inquiry into whether Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas broke German laws against incitement of hatred when he claimed Israel had committed “50 Holocausts.”
Abbas’s statements, made during a press conference with German Chancellor...
Abbas walks back comments accusing Israel of committing ‘50 Holocausts’
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas walked back comments made in Germany on Tuesday accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against the Palestinians.
In a statement released Wednesday, Abbas called the Holocaust “the most heinous crime...
Why the world won’t care about Abbas’s ‘Holocaust’ lie
There’s something almost pathetic about the outrage generated after the latest comments by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. In Berlin for a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was standing with him, the...
Palestinian Authority to seek full UN membership
The Palestinian Authority is again seeking full membership in the United Nations, although the effort is liable to fail just as Ramallah’s previous attempt did in 2011 when the Obama administration essentially kiboshed the...
Lapid slams as ‘monstrous lie’ Abbas’s claim that Israel perpetrated ‘50 Holocausts’ against Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid early on Wednesday slammed as a “monstrous lie” comments made the day before by Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, who claimed following a meeting with Germany’s chancellor in Berlin...
Abbas tells Germany leader Israel committed ‘Holocausts’ against Palestinians
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas expressed no regrets on Tuesday for the murderous attack by Palestinian terrorists on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics half a century ago.
He also claimed that Israel had committed...
Is Israel undermining its own law with surreptitious payments to the PA?
The Israeli Security Cabinet’s decision on Sunday to withhold funding from the P.A. equivalent to the amount it disburses to reward terror could prove to be an empty gesture that undermines the law, if...
Abbas is creating a dictatorship in the Palestinian Authority, new report finds
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has implemented measures that could turn the P.A. into a dictatorship, according to a new report, published just two weeks before the 29th anniversary of the signing of the...
PA chief Abbas thanks Saudi Arabia for ‘steadfast’ support
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas sent a letter to Saudi Arabia’s king and crown prince to express appreciation for what he described as Riyadh’s “steadfast stance” in support of the Palestinian people, the official...
Biden meets with Palestinian Authority head Abbas in Bethlehem
U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Bethlehem on Friday morning for a meeting with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas.
It followed Biden’s visit earlier in the day to the Augusta Victoria Hospital on the Mount...