(JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of committing “Holocausts” at a press conference after meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, and Scholz’s muted initial response is spurring criticism.
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Donniel Hartman had some bad news for his audience on the largely liberal Upper West Side: The two-state solution might not be dead, but it’s not imminent either, and most Israelis don’t believe the two-state solution is “implementable...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both claim to be working toward peaceful resolution of the Israel-Palestinian problem. Let’s take them at face value for a moment, that they both care about...
JERUSALEM -- Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said in Iran that armed resistance is the only way to fight against Israel. The "gun is our only response to the Zionist regime," Haniyeh said Monday in Tehran, according to the semi-official Iranian Fars...
JERUSALEM—Talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators leading to full peace talks have ended with no progress, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said. Abbas, following a fifth meeting between the sides, met Wednesday with Jordan's...
Just when it seems that the Palestinian people cannot not be more ill-served by its so-called "official leadership," Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshal have again proved their ineptitude. The question is, are...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published September 28, 2011
There have been oceans of ink, forests of paper and countless electronic communications about last week's drama at the United Nations, where Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas presented a formal request to the United Nations Security Council...
By Ron Kampeas, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published September 28, 2011
After the mutual accusations of ethnic cleansing and the sarcastic posturing, the ball is back in the Palestinians' court. The upshot of last week's Lollapalooza of speechmaking at the United Nations is that the Obama administration has succeeded in persuading...
"I sent the club a wire stating, ‘Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.'" - Groucho MarxGroucho's form of comedy can best be described as calculated anarchy. He and his brothers struck fiercely...
