Mahmoud Abbas

September 19, 2023 | David May |

Finland Takes Step to Combat Antisemitism, But More Can Be Done

Finland’s scandal-ridden new government recently published a policy to combat racism and bigotry, including antisemitism and Holocaust denial. The government has dealt with numerous crises stemming...

September 15, 2023 | |

Three Years On, Secretary of State Complicates Abraham Accords Expansion

Three years after the Abraham Accords were signed by the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain, the White House’s efforts to tie normalization to the...

September 13, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Mahmoud Abbas’ Jewish problem

Why the Palestinian leader can’t make peace with Israelis

September 6, 2023 | |

Israel, Germany Blast Palestinian Leader’s Latest Antisemitic Rant 

Latest Developments  The September 6 surfacing of an antisemitic speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas drew swift condemnation from Israel and Germany. Addressing the Fatah Revolutionary...

August 30, 2023 | |

Saudi Arabia Moves to Assert Influence in West Bank as Normalization with Israel Appears Possible

Saudi Arabia is offering to resume financial aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank in exchange for security guarantees, The Wall Street Journal reported...

August 17, 2023 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Will Abbas be the final Palestinian president?

Hussein Al Sheikh may be the PA’s number two now, but it’s far from certain he can withstand the inevitable challenges that will confront his succession.

August 11, 2023 | |

Abbas Sacks Palestinian Governors 

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas fired 12 out of the 16 regional governors in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on August 10 and ordered the creation of a presidential committee to identify...

July 31, 2023 | |

Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Talks Result in No Agreement  

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas chaired a four-hour meeting with Hamas leaders in Egypt on July 30 in another attempt to reconcile longstanding divisions between the two rival factions....

July 18, 2023 | Enia Krivine |

The meaning of Abbas’s Jenin visit

The Palestinian Authority is trying to reassert control over Palestinian cities in Judea and Samaria.

July 16, 2023 | Joe Truzman |

Post Jenin Operation, Questions Linger About the State of the West Bank

Shortly after 1:00 am local time on July 3, the Israeli military began an operation targeting the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. This area is a hub for various armed Palestinian organizations,...

July 12, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Iran’s shadow war 

Israelis are defending themselves against Tehran’s foreign legions

July 10, 2023 | |

Palestinian Authority Refuses Israel’s Lifeline to Prevent Collapse

The Palestinian Authority (PA) on July 10 rejected an Israeli offer to help prevent its collapse in exchange for Palestinian steps to halt key anti-Israel policies. Under Israel’s terms, the PA would...

July 3, 2023 | |

Iran Foments Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Jenin

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani accused Israel on July 3 of “state terrorism” following the launch of a major Israeli military operation in Jenin to weaken the presence of Iran-backed...

June 20, 2023 | |

Hamas and Islamic Jihad Meet Iranian Leaders in Tehran

Leaders of the Iran-backed Palestinian terror organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad (IJ) both met this week with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh met with Raisi...

June 14, 2023 | |

China, Palestinian Authority Sign ‘Strategic Partnership’ Agreement

China and the Palestinian Authority (PA) signed a “strategic partnership” agreement on June 14 during a four-day visit to Beijing by 87-year-old PA President Mahmoud Abbas. During Abbas’ meeting...

June 7, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

The Stalinist approach to peacemaking

It’s simple, homicidal logic: No Israel, no problem

May 30, 2023 | |

Palestinian Terrorists Kill Israeli Motorist

Palestinian terrorists from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades killed an Israeli motorist in the West Bank on Tuesday. The 32-year-old married father of two was shot dead in his car as he drove to his home...

May 22, 2023 | David May |

UN ‘Nakba’ Day devolves into antisemitism

Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas used his United Nations speech last week to accuse Israelis of systematically lying, likening the Jewish state to Nazi propagandist Joseph...

May 8, 2023 | |

Jordanian MP Who Smuggled Weapons into West Bank Repatriated by Israel

Israel handed over a Jordanian member of parliament to Jordanian authorities on May 7 to face trial for attempting to smuggle weapons into the West Bank. Israel had arrested Imad...

April 28, 2023 | David Adesnik |

Guess the new Human Rights Watch director’s first target. Yup: Israel

For the first time in 30 years, Human Rights Watch has a new executive director, Tirana Hassan. Within days of taking office, she turned her fire on Israel.  “This is a government that’s...