Duplicitous Abbas comes out of the closet…writes Isi Leibler

Even the few delusional apologists who maintain that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is a genuine partner for peace must have been stunned by his obscene and demagogic address on Rosh Hashana at the United Nations General Assembly. Read more

Abbas, Auschwitz, and Palestinian strategy…writes Ben Cohen

It was often remarked that the late Palestine Liberation Organization leader, Yasser Arafat, would sound moderate when speaking in English and utterly intransigent when speaking in Arabic. Much of the same could be said about his successor, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority. Read more

Palestine – Abbas Facing Prosecution For Aiding And Abetting War Crimes…writes David Singer

Mahmoud Abbas – Head of the Government of National Consensus in Gaza since 2 June – faces prosecution in the international criminal justice system for aiding and abetting war crimes involving the indiscriminate firing of 384 rockets and missiles from Gaza into Israeli population centres reaching as far away as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem over the past four days. Read more

Blaming Israel for the Collapse of the Peace Negotiations…writes Isi Leibler

All signs indicate that the moribund peace process has now formally collapsed. Read more

Achtung! – All Jews Out…writes Michael Kuttner

Once upon a time not so many years ago, German politicians were telling Jews to get out and go to Palestine if they valued their lives. Well we all know how that eventually ended. Read more

Palestine – History and Geography Can Unblock Deadlock…writes David Singer

It is a pity the US State Department chose to focus this week on the private remarks of Israel’s Minister of Defence labelling US Secretary of State John Kerry as being delusional and messianic – rather than concentrating on PLO Chairman Abbas’s very public remarks in the Jerusalem Post that go to the heart of the 130 years old Jewish-Arab conflict: Read more

Palestine – Pantomime and Paradox…writes David Singer

Any cynicism or disbelief that Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu was seriously interested in trying to reach a two-state solution with the PLO was dispelled this week with the revelation that Netanyahu last year offered to free 50 long term Palestinian security prisoners sentenced before the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993 – in a vain bid to entice Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas back to the negotiating table. Read more

Déjà Vu: “Peace in Our Time”…writes Isi Leibler

“Peace in Our Time” was proclaimed by Neville Chamberlain in 1938 in defense of his disastrous Munich Agreement with Hitler. History testifies that his policy of appeasement and failure to confront the aggressive Nazi barbarians virtually made World War II inevitable. Read more

Palestine – Singing From The Same Hymn Book…writes David Singer

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has now claimed that a “country” exists in  that area of the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority’s complete administrative and security control prior to the Authority’s demise in January 2013. Read more

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