Tagged with "Mahmoud Abbas"

New reports of "rejected" Palestinian peace deal

A map reportedly drawn by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas apparently shows an Israeli peace deal from 2008 that was ignored
by The Commentator - 23 May 2013
Fayyad jumps over Abbas row

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is reported to have jumped before he was pushed, in a move that adds fresh doubt over the Palestinian "partner for peace", Fatah
by The Commentator - 11 April 2013
Abbas admits: freeing terrorists is "priority"

Mahmoud Abbas has announced that his priority for the West Bank is to have thousands of terrorists released from Israeli prisons
by The Commentator - 4 April 2013
Palestinian Authority in freefall as Abbas claims he will "sack Fayyad"

Reports have claimed that even with Obama's ringing endorsement of Abbas and Fayyad, the former is due to sack the latter due to an ongoing dispute
by The Commentator - 22 March 2013
Abbas honours 'Mother of Martyrs' ahead of Obama visit

Obama may have a tricky trip in store for him as Mahmoud Abbas chooses to honour incitement and terror-champion Mariam Farhat for her "sacrifice"
by The Commentator - 19 March 2013
Peter Oborne gives a free pass to Palestinian rejectionists

It is astonishing that Oborne's blatantly one-sided account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which eschews proper context, is allowed to pass for respectable journalism in Britain
by Jeremy Havardi - 22 January 2013
British 'anti-Israel' textbook is not British at all

The firm that produced the textbook which replaced Israel with 'Occupied Palestine' is in fact owned by the Lebanese 'Tahseen Khayat Group'
by The Commentator - 2 January 2013
Exclusive: Palestinian leadership helps break sanctions on Sudan

Two brothers leading lavish lifestyles in London have attempted to secure lucrative oil contracts from Sudan’s sanctioned regime with help from the Palestinian Authority
by The Commentator - 17 December 2012
Rejection and terror: Same old Palestinian choices

That Abbas would rather shun repeated offers from Israel, and instead embrace Hamas, indicates that yet again, when presented with a path for peace, the Palestinians chose rejection and terror
by Arsen Ostrovsky - 10 December 2012
Palestine's strangely stubborn state of mind

Half a century of lost battles taught mightier powers to change their mindset – think of Germany after two world wars. The Palestinians never seem to learn
by Emanuele Ottolenghi - 8 December 2012
We Need To Talk: About Leveson, UKIP and Palestine

Raheem Kassam discusses the hot topics of the week with Dr. James Boys and Alex Wickham
by The Commentator - 1 December 2012
Netanyahu and Abbas must put their heads together

No matter what the UN says, direct talks, in which each sides makes excruciating compromises, are the only route to a Palestinian state
by Dermot Kehoe - 30 November 2012
Britain is now a bit part player in the Middle East

Britain's inability to assert a consistent and sensible policy with regard to Israel and Palestine has led us down the road to anonymity
by The Commentator - 29 November 2012
Three days to kill the peace process for good

This week, in the space of three days, the chance of a two-state peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians is disappearing to an extent that may well prove unredeemable
by Nick Gray - 28 November 2012
The EU should not be complicit in Abbas's mistake

The Palestinians are about to compound their 1947 UN blunder with yet another misstep at the world body. No EU country should be complicit in this mistake
by Daniel Schwammenthal - 27 November 2012