Tag Archives: Mahmoud Abbas

Guest Post: The Palestinians – the people who always refuse a state

Posted on 24 February 2014 by

This is another guest post by frequent contributor and reader Brian Goldfarb. Abba Eban it was who came up with two of the greatest quotes on the post-1967 Israel/Palestine situation. The first was that “I think that this is the … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: A Palestinian explains the refusal to recognize Israel as the Jewish state

Posted on 4 February 2014 by

This is another guest post by reader and frequent contributor Brian Goldfarb. It’s not what’s being said, it’s who’s saying it that’s the surprise! In what follows, nothing that will surprise regular readers of this site is said by the … Continue reading →

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Negotiating peace under the threat of boycotts and violence

Posted on 29 January 2014 by

Another way of wording my headline would be “an offer that Israel can’t afford to refuse – for the sake of its own health”. Or we could just call it “Don Corleone rides again”. It seems quite incredible that no … Continue reading →

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What is behind the latest rise in Palestinian terror attacks?

Posted on 25 December 2013 by

A couple of weeks ago I posted about the huge rise in terrorist incidents in recent weeks, involving mainly rock-throwing and launching Molotov cocktails.  These were followed by the murder of an IDF soldier on the Lebanese border. This upswing … Continue reading →

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The “peace talks” that are supposed to be encouraged by releasing terrorists are bound to fail

Posted on 29 October 2013 by

After yesterday’s outrageous decision, to be implemented tonight, to release 26 terrorist murderers in order to bolster Palestinian “President” Mahmoud Abbas and to give him confidence to sit in the same room as the Israelis and talk about peace, it … Continue reading →

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Who is going to build our confidence?

Posted on 28 October 2013 by

Terror is on the decline they say, and yet it is reportedly on the rise. Security cooperation with the Palestinians is stronger than ever they say, and yet terror attacks continue unabatedly, and with ever-increasing frequency. Edited to add: 2 … Continue reading →

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