Tag Archive for Mahmoud Abbas

| June 20, 2016
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Report: Herzog capitulates to Palestinians under signed secret agreement

 

In an Israel TV10 report, the Zionist Union chief signed a secret agreement to divide Jerusalem, accepts ‘right of return’ for Palestinian Arabs into Israel, and the surrender of Judea and Samaria.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Opposition leader and Zionist Union chief Isaac Herzog agreed to far reaching concessions on the eve of the 2015 election, a report by Channel 10 on Sunday revealed.

Herzog, who prior to the election was seen as a viable candidate for Prime Minister, signed a secret letter of understanding with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, agreeing to a number of long-standing Arab demands. Continue Reading »

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| May 28, 2016
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Arab Media Report: Arab countries want Abbas out, archrival in

 

view videoWith Mahmoud Abbas having finished his (4 year) elected presidency 10 years ago, the UAE, Egypt & Jordan are reportedly planning to have the PA chairman replaced with his old nemesis, Mohammed Dahlan.

By Ben Ariel, Canada

 

The United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan are planning for a post-Mahmoud Abbas era in the Palestinian Authority, which would leave Abbas’s arch-rival Mohammed Dahlan in control of the PA, the Middle East Eye website exposed on Friday.

Mohammed Dahlan (right) and Mahmoud Abbas (left)

Senior Palestinian and Jordanian sources told MEE separately of the plan. Although there were differences in emphasis – the Jordanian source added caveats about Dahlan’s known weaknesses – they independently corroborated the existence of a joint plan of action. Continue Reading »

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| May 25, 2016
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95.5% of Palestinians polled view Mahmoud Abbas’ government as corrupt

Palestinians are becoming increasingly fed up with the PA leadership as billions & billions have been given to Abbas throughout the years, with the leaders, their families & close associates becoming millionaires, as unemployment grows & their economy stagnates.

By The Associated Press

 

A gated community of villas with well-tended flower gardens near Ramallah may help explain why Palestinians almost universally believe there is corruption in the government of President Mahmoud Abbas.

The secluded “Diplomatic Compound,” built for senior Palestinian Authority officials on subsidized land, is one of the symbols of what many Palestinians think is wrong with their leaders – that they are cut off from the people and award themselves special privileges. Continue Reading »

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| April 27, 2016
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Palestinian ‘Dictator’ Fires Nablus Governor After Criticism Posted on Facebook

 

PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas whose presidential term ended 6 years ago, allegedly dismissed Akram Rajoub, the governor of Nablus after posting on his Facebook page criticism of Abbas’ leadership.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued on Tuesday a surprising decision to fire the governor of Nablus, Akram Rajoub, Palestinian media reported Wednesday.

After receiving a phone call from Abbas informing him of his dismissal, Rajoub wrote a post on his Facebook page, blasting the PA president for his decision.

“The president’s order is a sword pulled at my throat. I am required to leave Nablus, which I have served with all my heart, implementing my leadership’s orders with great honor,” Rajoub commented. Continue Reading »

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| April 11, 2016
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With Abbas’ latest decree, Palestinian dictator digs in deeper

 

In a cynical exploitation of power, Abbas ignores much needed gov’t reform as elections are already 10 years overdue and the Palestinian parliament hasn’t sat for 9 years, Abbas created “another judicial body by presidential decree in order to, among other things, approve presidential decrees.”

By REUTERS

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has quietly established a constitutional court that analysts say concentrates more power in his hands and may allow him to sideline the Islamist group Hamas in the event of a succession struggle.

Palestinian dictator, Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: REUTERS

The nine-member body, which will have supremacy over all lower courts, was created without fanfare by presidential decree on April 3 and will be inaugurated once its ninth member is sworn in at a ceremony on Monday, officials said.

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| January 7, 2016
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Abbas: PLO to decide on severing cooperation with Israel next week

 

PLO to officially decide regarding continuing security coordination as Abbas calls for the removal of all Jewish communities in Judea & Samaria.

By Gil Ronen

 

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced Wednesday that the PLO would officially make a decision next week regarding the upholding of contractual relations with Israel, reported the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency.

Abbas made the announcement during a speech delivered in Bethlehem during Orthodox Christmas celebrations.

He reiterated past statements made by PA bodies supporting putting an end to agreements signed with Israel, notably the security coordination with Israel that was established through the Oslo Accords.

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| December 22, 2015
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Abbas to replace Palestinian Authority with ‘State of Palestine’ on passports and all ministerial documents

 

With poll showing nearly 54% of Palestinians opposing a 2-state solution, & 60% polled supporting an armed intifada, Abbas issues ‘State of Palestine’ passports.

By REUTERS

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in Athens on Monday that his national authority was going to issue State of Palestine passports within 2016.

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A Palestinian Authority passport. – Photo: REUTERS

“Regarding the issue of a passport under the name Palestine State, we are about to proceed to the passport replacement and the issuance of a new passport within one year or even less. We have already changed all documents issued by ministries and public services and they now bear the name ‘State of Palestine’. Continue Reading »

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| November 10, 2015
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Abbas: Israel & Hamas negotiating with Egypt to annex part of Sinai to Gaza

 

Hamas officials, Abbas has lost his legitimacy as president of the PA and no longer represents the Palestinians. Another said that Abbas was behaving like a “clown.”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted on Monday as claiming that Israel and Hamas have been conducting direct negotiations to expand the Gaza Strip so that it would include some 1,000 square kilometers of Sinai.

Hamas members at an anti-Israel rally in Rafah in southern Gaza, November 13, 2014. – Photo :REUTERS

Abbas, who is currently visiting Cairo, told Egyptian journalists who met with him on Sunday night that the idea of slicing off land from Sinai to expand the Gaza Strip was first proposed by ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Continue Reading »

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| October 30, 2015
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Abbas turns over dossier to ICC prosecutor alleging charges of ‘ethnic cleansing’

 

Abbas planed meeting with ICC prosecutor charging Israel with war-crimes and alleged examples of ‘ethnic cleansing’ according to Palestinian officials.

By i24news

 

A Palestinian delegation led by president Mahmud Abbas met Friday with the International Criminal Court to hand over a file documenting alleged Israeli crimes such as “ethnic cleansing,” Palestinian officials said.

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas called on the UN to set up a “special regime for international protection” for his people. – Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Abbas arrived late Friday at the court for talks with prosecutor Fatou Bensouda accompanied by Palestinian foreign minister Riad al-Malki, an AFP correspondent said. Continue Reading »

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| October 27, 2015
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Abbas Appears At EU HQ & Pleads They Stop Israeli Violence

After decades of PA indoctrination of hatred & violence, excessive embezzlement, corruption and refusal to hold elections, Abbas blames Israel, saying young Palestinians ‘basically don’t see any hope’ for the future.

By Associated Press

 

BRUSSELS – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas came to European Union headquarters Monday to seek the bloc’s help to de-escalate the crisis with Israel, which he blamed on policies and actions of the Israeli government.

Abbas in Brussels – Photo: AFP

Before opening the talks with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels, Abbas told reporters the situation was “extremely serious and grave,” adding that “it may even deteriorate, and that is my fear.”  Continue Reading »

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| October 23, 2015
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First his wife, now Abbas’ brother-in-law checks into Israeli hospital for surgery

 

While Mahmoud Abbas was spreading odious lies about Israel, his brother-in-law underwent life-saving heart surgery at Assuta, a private Tel Aviv hospital…the same one his wife checked into last June.

By Shahar Chai

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s brother-in-law has undergone life-saving heart surgery in a private Tel Aviv hospital, it emerged Thursday, in the middle of a wave of terror and as Abbas and Netanyahu trade barbs and blame.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. – Photo: AFP

On Thursday evening, Netanyahu tweeted from his official Twitter account: 

“I think the time has come for the international community to say clearly to PA President Mahmoud Abbas: Stop spreading lies about Israel.” Continue Reading »

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| October 20, 2015
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A Liar & Conniver: Can Israel Make Peace With The Likes of Mahmoud Abbas?

 

With every passing day, Abu Mazen is sounding more & more like his mentor and predecessor, the embezzler & terrorist, Yasser Arafat.

By Ryan Jones

 

Mahmoud AbbasMahmoud Abbas, often called by his nom de guerre “Abu Mazen,” lied, and that should never be forgotten, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated emphatically.

a.k.a. Abu Mazen

Abbas was supposed to be the great moderate hope for peace when he replaced Yasser Arafat. But many forget that Abbas was long Arafat’s protege and served for decades as the arch-terrorist’s right-hand-man. Today, that is becoming increasingly apparent, as Abbas sounds more and more like Arafat with each round of violence. Continue Reading »

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| October 19, 2015
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Palestinian President Abbas’ Dictatorship Backed By Secret Multi-Billion-Dollar Fund 

 

Abbas may be seen by his opponents & Israel as a weak & irrelevant leader, but his power is guaranteed through his control of the multi-billion-dollar Palestinian National Fund, which finances PLO and PA’s battle against Israel around the world.

Doron Peskin, Calcalist 

 

Israelis tend to see Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a weak and dull leader who has lost his control and influence over the Palestinian street, and is therefore no longer relevant. 

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Paris. Funding anti-Israel activity – Archive photo: AFP

That may be true, but the veteran 80-year-old leader holds a huge amount of power in at least one area in the Palestinian arena: He controls the billions of dollars of the National Palestinian Fund, the most important economic body in the Palestinian Authority, whose main activity takes place out of the limelight and whose name has been linked in recent years to outrageous lack of transparency and wide-scale corruption activities. 

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| October 14, 2015
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Abbas, ‘equivocator extraordinaire’ falsely claims Israel executed 13 yr-old terrorist

 

view videoPA chairman’s inciteful tirade was void of calls to end attacks on Israelis, and he enflamed the situation further by erroneously accusing Israel of ‘executing’ a teen (terrorist) who is alive & being treated in an Israeli hospital. 

By Elior Levy & Atilla Somfalvi 

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas released a pre-recorded speech to the Palestinian public Wednesday night in which he mostly repeated statements from past speeches, choosing not to call for a de-escalation.

Abbas did not attempt calm the burning tensions during the speech, instead reiterating his claim that Israel is attempting to change the status-quo on the Temple Mount, the same claim that sparked the clashes.  Continue Reading »

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| September 20, 2015
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Hamas Official Threatens to Hang Palestinian Leader Abbas

 

Senior Hamas politburo member makes not-so-subtle threat on Mahmoud Abbas and other PA officials, saying ‘their fate is execution by hanging’ for security cooperation with Israel.

By Dalit Halevy

 

Mahmoud al-Zahar, a member of the Hamas politburo and a senior official in the terrorist organization, threatened violence against the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Friday despite the unity agreement between the two groups sealed last April.

Both corrupt Palestinian leaders

Speaking at a massive rally in Gaza’s Khan Younis organized by Hamas in support of the Islamist rioters attacking police on the Temple Mount, al-Zahar slammed the PA for not openly conducting attacks against Israel. Continue Reading »

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