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Opinion Three Myths About Gaza Dispelled
The front-page photos and nightly news reports of the killings at the Gaza/Israel border have faded; the issues that fueled the confrontation have not. That the lives of 119 Gazans have been lost and thousands more unalterably changed is horrific. It will be just as tragic if the history of Gaza and the truth is…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas To Remain In Hospital, Despite Discharge Announcement
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ doctor said the Palestinian leader will not leave the hospital despite announcing that he would be discharged. Abbas has been in the hospital since early last week, the third time he was hospitalized since undergoing ear surgery earlier this month. He reportedly had a high fever when…
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Fast Forward Abbas Improving After Third Hospitalization In A Week
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly was improving after being hospitalized for the third time in a week. Abbas, 83, was admitted to the Istishari Arab Hospital near Ramallah in the West Bank on Sunday with a high fever and other complications following an ear operation a week ago. He reportedly received…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority Recalls U.S. Ambassador Over Jerusalem Embassy Move
(JTA) — The Palestinian Authority recalled its envoy to Washington, D.C., after the United States moved its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asked Husam Zomlot to return to Ramallah, Foreign Minister Riad Malki told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “When they opened their embassy in Jerusalem there was…
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Fast Forward Abbas Apologizes ‘If People Were Offended’ By Speech Blaming Jews For Holocaust
(JTA) — Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas apologized to Jewish people offended by his recent speech in which he blamed the Holocaust on Jews. “If people were offended by my statement in front of the [Palestinian National Council], especially people of the Jewish faith, I apologize to them,” Abbas said in a statement sent Friday…
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Fast Forward Even The German Palestine Association Slammed Abbas’ Holocaust Remarks
(JTA) — In an unusual move, the main Palestinian lobby group in Germany condemned remarks by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas about the Holocaust which it called “anti-Semitic.” The German-Palestinian Society, or DPG, in a statement Tuesday said it “dissociates itself clearly and unequivocally” from the remarks by the Palestinian Authority president. Speaking Monday in…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu, Trump Administration Officials Condemn Abbas’ Anti-Semitic Remarks
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned what he “another anti-Semitic speech” by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. “With utmost ignorance and brazen gall, he claimed that European Jews were persecuted and murdered not because they were Jews but because they gave loans with interest,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued on Wednesday,…
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Fast Forward White House Nearly Done With Peace Plan But Can’t Decide When To Share It
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has nearly completed a long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan but is still struggling to decide how and when to roll it out, a senior White House official said, acknowledging that Washington faces a “disconnect” with Palestinians over its planned U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem. The initiative, which had been widely…
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