Abbas has taken his diplomatic war against Israel to Brussels, calling for the EU to immediately and officially recognize the state of ‘Palestine’ with Jerusalem as its capital.
In Amman, Pence reassured King Abdullah II that the US administration remains committed to reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks with Jordan as a main player.
Israeli leaders criticized Abbas for his vitriolic speech calling Israel a ‘colonial project that has nothing to do with Judaism,’ while Netanyahu claimed Abbas is actually helping Israel’s diplomatic efforts.
Fearing that their freedom is in jeopardy, many Palestinians view the Palestinian Authority as a burden and demand that PA head Mahmoud Abbas step down.
Isn’t it obvious by now that any “solution” involving the permanent existence of a Jewish state of any size will never be sincerely accepted by the Palestinians?
Don’t be fooled by the seemingly spontaneous outburst of Palestinian rage. It’s actually a well-orchestrated show, run by the Palestinian leadership and Islamists, who seek to gain a few points at the expense of Israeli lives.
The father of terror victim Hadas Malka demonstrated the stark contrast between Israelis, who cherish life, and Palestinian society, which praises ‘martyrdom.’
How does the public endorsement of the Jerusalem terror attack and the terrorists stand up to Abbas’s promise to President Trump to stop anti-Israel incitement?
What the Palestinians understood from Trump’s decision to delay moving the US embassy to Jerusalem is that the US president folds under pressure and threats.
The Palestinian leadership continues to glorify terrorists and Nazi collaborators by naming schools after them and presenting them as role models to the students.
In Washington, Abbas signaled he would abandon the strategy he pursued in recent years seeking unilateral statehood recognition on the international stage.
UNRWA is now threatened by Palestinians who claim the organization has succumbed to Israeli pressure by recognizing Jewish history and removing incitement.
During his four years as Pope, Francis has continually put significant barriers in the way of peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and instead strengthened Abbas’s refusal to negotiate with the Jewish State.
While the Vatican stressed the holiness of Jerusalem to “believers of all three Abrahamic religions,” Abbas referred to it as “the capital of Palestine.”
Anti-Israel elements are gathering in Paris in another attempt to ambush Israel and pressure it into concessions to the Palestinians, supposedly in a move towards peace.
