Tag: Mahnmoud Abbas
Releasing terrorists is bad, no matter which president proposes it
The headline about a terror attack read “London stabbing suspect was recently released from prison.” That “suspect” had been released about a week ago after serving half of his sentence of three years and four...
Don’t offer Palestinians rejectionists a lifeline
The most intriguing subplot about President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan is one that didn’t get much attention in the days leading up to its unveiling this week at the White House. While...
Abbas warns in handwritten note to Netanyahu that US plan voids Oslo Accords
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas sent a handwritten letter in Arabic to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, telling the Israeli leader that the P.A. no longer saw itself a party to any...
Fatah, PA headed by Abbas praise terrorists, provide housing for families of martyrs
In the past few months, Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah officials, headed by PA President Mahmoud ‘Abbas, have continued to hold events and receptions honoring terrorists who carried out attacks, including against Israeli civilians,...
Abbas: ‘If we had only a penny left, we would pay martyrs, prisoner families’
Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, the Palestinian Authority has been pressured to stop the allowances it has been paying to families of Palestinian martyrs, wounded, prisoners and released prisoners since it was...
Abbas declares Israeli legislation won’t stop him from paying terrorists
In a meeting with Fatah Party leaders on Sunday, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas declared that he would not stop paying salaries to convicted terrorists and their families, despite new Israeli legislation withholding funds...
Lawmakers back tougher version of terrorist wages bill
The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday approved the final draft of the so-called “terrorist wages” bill, which seeks to deduct the payments that the Palestinian Authority makes to terrorists and their families...
Palestinian Authority to pay $355 million in 2018 to terrorists and their families
The Palestinian Authority has authorized payments of $355 million to convicted terrorists and the families of terrorists as part of their 2018, according to a report.
According to Palestinian Media Watch, the P.A. budget for the...
Arab leaders pressure Abbas to accept Trump’s ‘deal of the century’
As time goes by, the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah is getting more frustrated. The date of the planned transfer of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14, 2018, is drawing...
Abbas meets with released prisoner who was accomplice in the murder of an Israeli
In the presidential office in Ramallah on March 14, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas met with Rajaei Haddad, a terrorist from eastern Jerusalem released from prison after serving a 20-year term for his 1998...