Mahmoud Abbas News, Pictures & Buzz

Egypt closely follows up investigations into murder of national in Saudi Arabia - Politics - Egypt  Ahram Online

Palestinians fume over PA decree targeting civil society groups  The Jerusalem Post

Elections do not reflect Palestinian aspirations  Arab News

Al-Qudwa says 'no turning back' from Palestine election campaign  Arab News

Arabic press review: Palestine slams Washington's 'lack of understanding' of ICC jurisdiction  Middle East Eye

Toward a Palestinian State? The US Confers Legitimacy on the Palestinian Authority and Hamas  besacenter.org

Palestinian elections are still far from certain  Israel Hayom

S Africa's Chief Justice ordered to apologise over pro-Israel comments  Africanews English

Abbas praises ICC prosecutor's 'courage' in opening Israel war crimes probe  The Times of Israel

Roundup: Egypt starts COVID-19 vaccination for elderly; Palestine extends state of emergency amid rise in infections - Xinhua | English.news.cn  Xinhua

Slightly Dialing Back the Cynicism About Palestine's Upcoming Elections  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Palestine extends state of emergency amid rise in COVID-19 cases - Xinhua | English.news.cn  Xinhua

PM Netanyahu denies failing to vaccinate Israel’s Arabs  Al Jazeera English

Palestinian election: Israel 'intimidating Hamas supporters' to stop them running  Middle East Eye

Covid-19: Palestinian Authority criticised for VIP vaccine distribution  Middle East Eye

J Street and the Problem of Palestinian Anti-Semitism  Israel Hayom

Bereaved Palestinians Urge ICC to Advance War Crimes Probe  U.S. News & World Report

Abbas praises ICC decision to probe possible war crimes in West Bank and Gaza  The Times of Israel

PA denies accusations of cronyism in vaccine rollout  Cleveland Jewish News

In blow to Abbas, senior Fatah official to form separate bloc to run in election  The Times of Israel

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why did Hamas accuse him of being Jewish

And says he wants more closeness to it. Mahmoud Abbas is the supreme leader of Palestine. Why does he suddenly love Iran so much? Are there any shared values?

The Israel Lobby claims Mahmoud Abbas doesn’t want peace, and that he has a hidden agenda. They claim that once a Palestinian state has been established, the Palestinian Authority will use this state to wage war against Israel. Let’s examine their “evidences”. Mahmoud Abbas said a couple of years ago: “We are praying for the souls of our martyrs who fell today to the shells of the Zionist enemy”. He also referred to militants as “freedom fighters”. This happened after an Israeli tank killed seven young Palestinians (source: ArabNews.com). Mr. Abbas also wrote a controversial letter of condolence to Abo Daoud’s family, when he died in 2010. Abo Daoud was the mastermind behind the Munich massacre in 1972. The letter says: “He is missed. He was one of the leading figures of Fatah and spent his life in resistance [against the occupation] and sincere work as well as physical sacrifice for his people's just causes” (source: CNN.com). In January Mahmoud Abbas caused controversy when he alleged a very close link between Zionists and Nazis during the holocaust. This conspiracy theory is taken from a doctoral thesis he wrote at a russian university in the early eighties, entitled The Other Side: The Secret Relation Between Nazism and Zionism. That same doctoral thesis also contains holocaust denial! (source: HuffingtonPost.com). So far I’ve been quoting sources which do not maintain any Zionist agenda. But I wanted to include an interview with Mahmoud Abbas taken from the Zionist netpage Palwatch.org. (Sorry, I can’t make this link clickable, but you can copy it to the address bar). http://www.palwatch.org/site/modules/videos/pal/videos.aspx?fld_id=140&doc_id=459 According to Palwatch’s interpretation, Mr. Abbas admits here that he has sent people to kill Israelis. But even though I don’t understand Arabic, I still find the subtitles somewhat strange. The reason is that Palwatch keeps adding explanations between parenthesis in the subtitles. A serious journalist wouldn’t put words into somebody’s mouth like Palwatch does. And perhaps the clip is taken out of context? Here’s my attempt to consider these issues from a pro-Palestine viewpoint. 1. The Israeli government’s cruel and inhumane treatment of Palestinians must be condemned. Israel has committed far worse crimes than the Palestinians ever did. And these crimes must be condemned, even if Mr. Abbas wants war. 2. It could be that Mahmoud Abbas is applying empty threats against Israel in order to regain some popularity among Palestinians who otherwise would have supported the Hamas. 3. Right wing Israelis should not be so over-focused on Mahmoud Abbas’ controversial statements. Instead, they should remove the number one reason for the hatred, which is the occupation. Maybe Mr. Abbas will quit saying such hostile things after the Palestinians have received their freedom? 4. The Palestinian view on Mahmoud Abbas is entirely different. They often see him as a traitor who has made far too many compromises with Israel. It is also a fact that Fatah and PLO use symbols and emblems that erase Israel from the map, even the 1948 border. One could say that some of these emblems were designed at that time when there was no negotiation between the parties. But that doesn’t explain everything, ‘cause some of these symbols are quite new. (source: NewYorkTimes.com) But one cannot ignore that Israeli maps often do not show the border between the state of Israel, and the occupied territories. In other words, Israeli maps erase Palestine. And the zealots use a map showing a so-called “Greater Israel”. Can someone who is pro-Palestine answer these questions? I’ll be very, very thankful!

I always suspected he is not from Palestine. On the other hand, none of us Arabs are from Palestine, so it´s a proof that Abbas is one one of us.

Did they do elections or how exactly , and same about Yasser Arafat ? when and how will they choose a new president ? if Mr Abbas dies who will be president until they choose a new pesident ? i mean after the Egyptian revolution , we had SCAF but they dont have an army , right ? @Y.K Cherson : btw not all arabs like Hammas , I am Egyptian and i don't like them or MB