Major Unpleasantness

Ira Sharkansky

The weather is calming and fires are coming under control. The clamor about responsibility and compensation will last longer.

Abbas Vows Never to Recognize Jewish State

Longtime Jewish supporters of peace process: Abbas disqualified as negotiating partner

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in his re-election speech on Wednesday that Palestinian Arabs will never agree to recognize Israel as a Jewish state or compromise on its peace demands.

Palestinians: Fatah Prepares for War with Israel

Khaled Abu Toameh

Abbas has lost the Gaza Strip not only to Hamas, but also to his own erstwhile Fatah supporters, who are marching in a totally different direction from the Fatah leadership in the West Bank.

Obama’s Hostile Eulogy

Caroline Glick

US President Barack Obama’s eulogy to Shimon Peres last Friday at Mt. Herzl was a thinly disguised assault on Israel.

Palestinians: Abbas “The Jew”

Khaled Abu Toameh

The unprecedented outcry over Abbas’s participation in the funeral of an Israeli leader is further proof of the degree to which Palestinians have been radicalized.