Mahmoud Abbas

Why PA's new prime minister heads a papier-mâché government

Alaa Tartir
19 June 2013

The Palestinian Authority will never achieve liberation so long as it remains subservient to Israel.

Palestinian Authority minister flees criticism at boycott conference

Jawad Naji’s thugs later beat up a Palestinian boycott activist who publically denounced Mahmoud Abbas.

Warmonger poses as voice of reason on Palestine

Think tank “expert” Nick Witney helped Britain secure a massive arms deal in Saudi Arabia; his claims to be promoting peace in the Middle East must be questioned.

Obama makes fun of heckler asking "who killed Rachel Corrie?"

Rabeea Eid, the Palestinian who interrupted Obama’s speech, says it’s necessary to make sure that the US presidential visit isn’t treated as something “normal.”

Goldstone again? Source: rights groups fear Palestinian cave-in at UN could scuttle action on settlements

Palestinian human rights advocates fear that the Palestinian Authority is about to help bury a UN report on Israeli settlements that could lead to sanctions on Israel.

Veteran prisoner Maher Younis goes on hunger strike

Maher Younis has been in prison for 31 years; in a message from Gilboa jail, his fellow detainees are demanding his release.

BBC's cruel excuses for ignoring Palestinian hunger strikes

Amena Saleem
London
10 January 2013

The BBC cites bizarre criteria in defense of its refusal to cover protests in Israeli jails.

Canada's tax dollars aid Israel's divide and rule tactics

Yves Engler
14 December 2012

Reports that Stephen Harper’s government is about to stop giving “aid” to the Palestinian Authority should be treated with skepticism.

Palestinian forces increasingly join Israel in repression of journalists

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Ramallah
28 November 2012

Palestinian journalists routinely self-censor following increased violations of media freedoms in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

"Time to go," Abbas told by Palestinians in Beirut

Moe Ali Nayel
Beirut
12 November 2012

Young refugees in Lebanon pledge to reinvigorate the struggle for the right of return.

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