Betting on the outcome of an election that will never happen
The fact that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently issued a decree calling for elections this coming November is the first red flag that the elections will probably not happen. If they do, there will be no semblance of democracy.
Record demolitions in Area C signal a turning point in the fight over Judea and Samaria’s land
“Arab illegal construction has become systematic and serves as a tool to promote the Fayyad Plan… that aims to establish a de facto Palestinian state.”
The real apartheid: Where Jews can’t enter and lynching is the result
A mother and her son, residents of Samaria, survived an attempted lynching last Thursday after accidentally driving into Jenin while on their way to meet friends in Afula.
“Secret Israeli air base under Temple Mount?” Viral AI image sparks Palestinian Authority outrage
Right-wing activist Baruch Marzel shared an AI-generated image portraying Israeli fighter jets parked beneath the golden dome that sits atop the Temple Mount, implying the existence of a secret Israeli Air Force base hidden under the structure.
Glorifying lynchers, then and now
A senior Palestinian Authority official has again publicly praised the terrorists who lynched two Israeli Jews in the PA capital city of Ramallah on October 12, 2000.
Sheltering killers and making excuses
For some reason, the various governments that enthusiastically promoted the Oslo accords have never been troubled by blatant violations of the accords.
Greene blames Israel for Bethlehem’s vanishing Christians, but the numbers tell a different story
Greene’s Bethlehem visit is Carlson’s template applied to in-person diplomacy: arrive, receive a commemorative medal, repeat the PA mayor’s talking points to millions of American Christian followers, and fly home without speaking to a single Christian who lives freely in Haifa, Nazareth, or Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty.
Abbas sets November date for Palestinian National Council elections despite Hamas leading in polls
Abbas, who has held the presidency of both the PA and the PLO since 2005, said elections would occur “wherever possible, both inside and outside Palestine, to ensure the broadest possible participation of the Palestinian people wherever they reside.”
Fatah shares Hamas’s goal to destroy Israel
Much of the international community has clung to the fiction that Hamas and Fatah are different—that Hamas is irredeemably extremist, while Fatah, which dominates the Palestinian Authority, is flawed but pragmatic.
Abbas’ latest hospital stay highlights long record of Israeli medical care for PA and Hamas leaders
Once again, the leader of a political body locked in conflict with Israel depended on Israeli medicine, Israeli doctors, and an Israeli health system to preserve his life.