Maintaining Security Cooperation with the PA Shouldn’t Require Ignoring Its Support for Terror
Mahmoud Abbas’s fake financial crisis.
May 23, 2019
Maintaining Security Cooperation with the PA Shouldn’t Require Ignoring Its Support for Terror
Mahmoud Abbas’s fake financial crisis.
In accordance with legislation passed last year, the Israeli government has begun to deduct from the tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) an amount proportional to what the PA pays to terrorists and their families. Last year, a similar law went into effect in the U.S., suspending all payments to the PA so long as it continues its “pay-for-slay” policy. The PA president, Mahmoud Abbas, has retaliated by refusing to accept any tax revenue collected by Israel—raising concerns that the PA will become insolvent and collapse—while insisting that payments to terrorists and their families are sacrosanct. To Yossi Kuperwasser, Abbas’s behavior amounts to mere extortion—which has already worked on the Europeans to the tune of 35 million euros. He urges Israel and the U.S. not to submit:
May 23, 2019
Al Sharpton’s Appearance at a Major Jewish Event Doesn’t Make Up for His Past Incitements
Reform Jews weren’t beaten or murdered in the Crown Heights riots.
An Upcoming Summit in Bahrain May Not Be a Harbinger of Peace but Is Nonetheless a Welcome Sign
The Arab world might be more inclined to normalize ties with Israel than some think.
In the Face of Hatred, Jews Must Reject Despair and Cling Tightly to the Keys of the Past
Kaddish amidst the bones of Brisk.
A New Translation Allows Readers to Follow Avraham Sutzkever’s Poetic Journey from Siberia to Tel Aviv
A great Yiddish poet’s past and future.