Why Mahmoud Abbas’s Threats of Cancelling Agreements with Israel Are Empty
The results would be worse for Ramallah than for Jerusalem.
May 5, 2020
Why Mahmoud Abbas’s Threats of Cancelling Agreements with Israel Are Empty
The results would be worse for Ramallah than for Jerusalem.
This week, high-ranking Palestinian Authority (PA) officials will meet in Ramallah to discuss how to respond to the possibility that Jerusalem will apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank. Reportedly, one of the options they will consider is withdrawal from all written agreements with Israel. Khaled Abu Toameh believes that the PA president, Mahmoud Abbas, would happily threaten to take such a drastic step, but will never follow through:
May 5, 2020
In Syria, a Partially Victorious Russia Still Faces Difficulties
Putin may be willing to allow Bashar al-Assad to reign over a failed state.
Perhaps Israel Should Allow the Return of Palestinian Refugees—If UNRWA Doesn’t Object
End the charade.
How the Accomplishments of Science Gave Way to the Delusions of Scientism
Blinded by knowledge.
Why “Anti-Semitism” Didn’t Make It into the Original “Oxford English Dictionary”
A recently discovered letter explains.