Tag: Palestinian Authority
Palestinian school curriculum glorifies violence, violating pledges to reform
An online school curriculum, produced by the Palestinian Authority for Gaza pupils amid the Israeli war against Hamas, continues to glorify violence and martyrdom and is rife with antisemitic stereotypes that are being taught...
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...
Smotrich seizes $90m in Palestinian Authority funds for terror victims
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday moved to seize 320 million shekels (≈$90 million) in Palestinian Authority funds frozen by Jerusalem, transferring them to victims of terrorism and bereaved families.
"This is a necessary...
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...
All we are saying is give Trump a chance
Hope or despair? Solutions or causes? History or revisionism?
At its core, these are the questions being debated as U.S. President Donald Trump brings a wrecking ball to the conventional wisdom of the Palestinian question.
The...
The Palestinian Authority’s new system for paying terrorists
A veteran Palestinian Arab terrorist will be in charge of the Palestinian Authority’s new system for paying terrorists, a leading pro-Israel organization has pointed out.
The Times of Israel reports (February 11) that PA cabinet...
Dangerous ‘day after’ delusions
Speaking at an Atlantic Council event on Jan. 14, outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken presented the Biden administration’s plan for post-war Gaza, describing it as “part of a pathway to an independent...
PA must pay terror victims, Israel’s top court says
Israel’s Supreme Court last week dismissed a petition against a law that compensates the victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks using Palestinian Authority funds.
Attorney Asher Stub from the Justice for Terror Victims group, which initiated...
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...
Educational changes are key to a peaceful future in the Middle East
The Middle East remains in turmoil, lurching from one crisis to the next.
Israel is fighting a war on seven fronts, primarily against irregular forces under the control of Iran, and against the well-financed, international...