Uri Avnery: Greetings for Diana Buttu
A FEW days ago, an almost anonymous Palestinian woman received an unusual honor. An article of hers was published on top of the first page of the most respected newspaper on earth: New York Times. The editors More...
Barack Obama Gave Palestinian Authority $221 Million On Way Out the Door
Michel , Mahmud Abbas and Barack Obama: Gave Palestinian Authority Millions In his last days as President, Barack Obama released $221 Million in economic aid to the Palestinian Authority. The funds had been held More...
Palestinians call to sue UK over Balfour Declaration
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas called for Britain to be prosecuted for the 1917 Balfour Declaration. The statements were made during an Arab League meeting in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott More...
Mahmoud Abbas Worth over $100 Million?
The Palestinian Authority has just discovered what every (Arab) Palestinian child knows — that hundreds of millions of dollars had been embezzled during the era of Yasser Arafat. The “discovery”, More...
The many layers of the Palestinian Security Forces
The Palestinian Security Forces (PASF) have undergone many transformations since the creation of the Palestinian Authority 22 years ago as part of the Oslo Accords. Amongst these were different reforms, More...
Lieberman: Netanyahu holding secret negotiations with Abbas
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Lieberman claimed Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding secret negotiations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Lieberman, who is not currently More...
Palestinians mull UNSC resolution draft
Palestinian officials have begun circulating a draft resolution among members of the the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The resolution condemns Israeli construction in the West Bank and East More...
Haaretz Op-Ed: Abbas Gains More from Conflict than from Peace
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has many compelling reasons not to achieve statehood, which may explain why peace negotiations have failed, Gadi Taub argued in a Haaretz op-ed Thursday. Taub More...
Hamas Executes Its Own Commander; Family Blames “Personal Differences” Between Leaders
Hamas, the Islamist terrorist organization that rules the Gaza Strip, has rejected a move by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to dissolve the unity government it agreed to last year, More...
Abbas: I attempted to meet Netanyahu but he never responded
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday told Israeli reporters in Ramallah that he tried to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, but that Netanyahu’s camp ultimately stopped More...