The Real Reasons behind Mahmoud Abbas’s Harsh New Policy toward Hamas
He can make Gazans suffer and then blame Israel.
July 3, 2017
The Real Reasons behind Mahmoud Abbas’s Harsh New Policy toward Hamas
He can make Gazans suffer and then blame Israel.
In the past several weeks, the Palestinian Authority (PA) president has cut off fuel and medical supplies to the Gaza Strip, ceased contributing to Gaza’s electric bills, and instructed his officials not to issue referrals for seriously ill Gazans to be transported to Israeli or West Bank Palestinian hospitals for treatment. The last measure is reportedly responsible for the deaths of four children. Typically, the PA has blamed Israel for the human suffering involved. Abbas’s recent policies, Bassam Tawil notes, contrast sharply with nearly a decade of grudging cooperation with Hamas on administrative matters; he explains the thinking behind the abrupt shift:
July 3, 2017
Politics, Not Petulance, Is the Correct Response to the Western Wall Controversy
Imagine that those who are perfectly comfortable offending the rigid sensibilities of pious Jews felt the same way about the rigid sensibilities of pious Muslims.
The British Government Wants to Shut Down a Jewish School for Declining to Teach Eight-Year-Olds about Homosexuality
Forcing secular orthodoxy on dissenters.
Taking Selfies on Berlin’s “Holocaust Beach”
Yolocaust.
Ancient Dyes Are Discovered in Southern Israel
From the time of King Solomon.