Israel Arrests Two Palestinian Officials for Abducting US Citizen in Jerusalem

Israel arrested two senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials on Saturday on charges of abducting a Palestinian-American citizen. The missing man, a 55-year-old resident of Bethlehem who worked for the PA Ministry for Local Government, was reportedly abducted two weeks ago in Jerusalem. He has both American and Israeli citizenship. He is allegedly being held in Ramallah, charged by the PA with the crime of facilitating the sale of property in Jerusalem to a Jewish organization.

PA Leader Who Only Lies Half of the Time

When a high-ranking leader in the Palestinian Authority made a statement directly contradicting what he declared to the global media just three weeks ago, the question changes from “did he lie?” to “which time was he lying?” Considering the plethora of important Palestinian policies he has commented on, the question takes on enormous importance.