How Mahmoud Abbas Crushed Palestinian Hopes for Democracy
One man, one vote, one time.
January 10, 2019
How Mahmoud Abbas Crushed Palestinian Hopes for Democracy
One man, one vote, one time.
Yesterday marked the fourteenth anniversary of Mahmoud Abbas’s election to the presidency of the Palestinian Authority (PA) for a four-year term. Not only have no subsequent elections for the presidency been held, but no elections for the Palestine Legislative Council, the PA’s parliament, have taken place since 2006. Abbas has now taken the additional step of formally dissolving that already-defunct body. Elliott Abrams marks the missed opportunity for Palestinian democracy:
January 10, 2019
The “Liberal Zionist” Assault on Birthright Betrays the Irrationality of Progressive Jewish Hostility toward Israel
Is Israel’s democracy less sacred than the moral comfort of American Jewish progressives?
Naftali Bennett’s New Party Might Signal a Major Change in Israeli Politics
Moving beyond the religious-secular divide.
The Bizarre and Sinister World of Digital Anti-Semitism
From cartoon frogs to Hitler.
Despite Progress, Much Remains to Be Done in the Restoration of Art Plundered by the Nazis
A moral imperative.