Tag: Palestinian Authority
Report: PA prime minister accuses IDF of spreading coronavirus to Palestinians
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh claimed on Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces are intentionally spreading coronavirus to Palestinians, according to Israeli media reports.
Shtayyeh said that there have been “testimonies that some of...
Coronavirus and the Palestinians
Alongside the dramatic health and political developments in Israel, there have also been developments on the Palestinian side, that while not as dramatic are worth watching. The coronavirus scare has captured Palestinian public opinion.
Aside...
Why the arrest of this Palestinian matters
You probably have never heard the name Hussam Khader. But you should. Because what’s happening to him has extremely important ramifications for Israel and for Middle East peace.
Khader, 59, is a leader of Fatah...
Palestinian prime minister: Trump’s peace plan ‘will be buried soon’
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Sunday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan, saying it would be “buried very soon.”
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Shtayyeh said that the newly revealed Mideast...
Trump administration’s 2021 budgets excludes funding for Palestinian security forces
U.S. funding for Palestinian security forces was excluded in the Trump administration’s budget released on Monday for the 2021 fiscal year—the first time that a U.S. government budget excluded funds for that purpose.
The budget...
Abbas: Trump’s vision of Palestinian state is ‘like Swiss cheese’
In a speech on Tuesday to the U.N. Security Council, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas expressed contempt towards the Trump administration’s peace plan, saying it is filled with holes and comparing it to “Swiss...
History will remember Abbas as peace rejectionist
Even before the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan was revealed earlier this month, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was planning his trip to New York City, where he plans to address the United...
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...
PA announces partial ban on Israeli agricultural imports
In a sign of growing tensions with Israel over the newly revealed U.S. Mideast peace plan, the Palestinian Authority on Monday banned the import of vegetables, fruits, soft drinks and water from Israel into...
Abbas rips Trump, Mideast peace plan at Arab League meeting in Cairo
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and leaders of Arab countries expressed their disapproval over the newly revealed U.S. Mideast peace plan at the Arab League summit in Cairo over the weekend.
“I am profoundly convinced...