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The Palestinian Authority

Lies, Damn Lies and Palestinian Authority’s ‘Pay For Slay’ Policy

- Posted in The Palestinian Authority
Richard Engel of the Council on Foreign Relations, a prestigious and influential think tank, held an exclusive webinar on November 17, 2020 hosting Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. While anyone still believing in the value of truth would have had a field day with the   read more ...

How ‘Moderate’ and ‘Secular’ Is Fatah?

- Posted in The Palestinian Authority
"We are all capable," the writer George Orwell once warned, "of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts to show that we were right. But, he added, "sooner or later a false belief bumps up against a solid reality" — and   read more ...

How the Palestinians Created Their Own Plight

- Posted in The Palestinian Authority
Summary ... Israel is not the one denying the Palestinians an independent state. The Palestinians themselves have repeatedly turned down offers of statehood. [The use here of the word "Palestinian(s)" is the author's choice. There are no such people as the "Palestinians".—ed] It is easy to forget   read more ...

Why Do Palestinian Leaders Oppose Helping Their People?

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For years, Palestinian leaders have been complaining that the Gaza Strip was "on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe." Time and again, they have warned that unless the world helps the Palestinians living there, the Gaza Strip will "erupt like a volcano." Israel and the US are now offering to   read more ...

The PLO Charter Amendment That Never Was

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They seem to have fooled the world. If you read this, they will not have fooled you anymore. Introduction The "Peace Process" which began with the Declaration of Principles (DOP) in 1993 and continued with the Oslo Accords was actually an Israeli divestiture of land in exchange for promises of   read more ...

Training the Palestinian Security Forces for What?

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On Thursday afternoon, December 24, 2009, Rabbi Meir Chai, a 45-year-old religious school teacher, was shot and killed as he left the Shomron settlement of Shavei Shomron, in which he lived with his wife and seven children. Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade claimed responsibility almost immediately,   read more ...