Latest Palestinian poll shows they still love terrorism

A new PCPSR poll was released today asking Palestinians questions about the 75th anniversary of the "nakba" as well as other topics.As always, when given a choice, Palestinians show an overwhelming preference for terror.When asked what was the most positive developments for Palestinians since 1948, 24% said the rise of Islamist terror groups, 21% said the two terror sprees...

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January 1920: Palestinian Arabs pledge to boycott Jews forever until either Zionism is eradicated - or until they all die

On January 16, 1920, prominent leaders of Nablus - both Muslim and Christian - met in a conference where they pledged, under oath:: (1) To boycott the Jews completely as n counter-measure against their covetous spirit toward this country. (2) To refuse them dwelling space in our district, and to binder their admittance thereto in every way. (3) To persevere In this...

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Palestinian Arab angry reactions to Mansour Abbas' words of sanity show why they can never be peace partners

i24news reported Sunday:Violence should be discarded and condemned “in all its manifestations” for Jews and Arabs to have a common future as neighbors, Mansour Abbas, arguably the most prominent Arab Israeli lawmaker of the day, told i24NEWS in an exclusive interview.“We think that this demand is a compulsory for all of us, and we should push the violence in all of its manifestations...

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12/02 Links Pt1: R.I.P., UN Two-state Solution; Welcome, Bibi: Blinken To Headline Anti-Israel J Street Conference; Palestinian teens order Haredi man to kiss their feet, post on TikTok, are arrested

From Ian: Welcome, Bibi: Blinken To Headline Anti-Israel J Street Conference A State Department spokesman told the Free Beacon that Blinken’s engagement with anti-Israel groups like J Street is an "important part" of the agency’s mission. "It is routine for the secretary of state to engage with different civil society groups representing a broad array of foreign policy interests,...

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11/16 Links Pt2: Meir Soloveichik: The Prime Minister and the Minyan; A UN Seminar Teaches Antisemitism, Encourages Bias; Israeli company on the edge of finding diabetes cure

From Ian: Meir Y. Soloveichik: The Prime Minister and the Minyan While Jabotinsky’s own appreciation of civic religion may have grown over time, there was no guarantee that the nascent Israeli right in 1948 would have been sympathetic to the Jewish state being a place that cherished traditional Jewish faith. It was Begin who, as prime minister three decades after the founding,...

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Proof #82761 that when Palestinians say "Zionist" in English they mean "Jews"

Palestine Today has an article about the Congressional race in Pennsylvania that was won by Summer Lee.AIPAC had supported Lee's opponent Mike Doyle with a large infusion of cash in the final days of the race.Palestine Today positioned this as "a crushing loss for the Jews in Pennsylvania"in Arabic (autotranslated):For the Jews?That's a strange way to look at it, since Pennsylvania's...

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Hezbollah says that the maritime border dispute is not over - and never will be

The maritime border agreement (indirectly) signed between Lebanon and Israel last week is not really a final agreement, according to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.In a speech he gave last night, Nasrallah showed a map of the various positions and said that there was still an area of about 2.5 square kilometers - demarcated by a line of buoys that Israel had insisted would...

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Terrorists always win the PR battle in a TikTok world

Ambulances aiding victims of Elad terror attackThere is one thing missing in all the media coverage of IDF operations in the West Bank.Why they are there.For years, the IDF rarely entered Area A. The Palestinian Authority took responsibility for security there, and they generally cooperated with Israel in rooting out terrorists - who were enemies of the PA as well. The system...

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When "Israelis killed Palestinians in cold blood!" changes to "Heroic Palestinians martyred while attacking the Zionist enemy!"

Two Palestinian Authority security services members were killed this morning near the Huwara checkpoint as they shot at the soldiers there.Whenever incidents like this happen, before a terror group takes responsibility, Palestinian media (and even other terror groups) first respond by claiming that the IDF shot innocent civilians in cold blood.Islamic Jihad called it a "cold...

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Even Palestinians regard the Algerian "reconciliation" between Hamas and Fatah as a joke

On October 13, major media reported:Palestinian factions signed a reconciliation deal in Algiers on Thursday, vowing to hold elections by next October in their latest attempt to end a rift that has now lasted more than 15 years.The deal was signed by a leading figure from the Fatah party of President Mahmud Abbas and by the chief of Islamist movement Hamas, which rules Gaza.But...

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There's another Mediterranean natural gas agreement where Israel seems to have been out-negotiated - in Gaza

From all appearances, the new Lebanese-Israeli maritime border agreement seems to indicate that Israel has given up significant positions for very little return. David Schenker summarizes in the Wall Street Journal:During negotiations, mediated by the Biden administration, Israel conceded the entirety of its claims to the 330-square-mile zone to Lebanon in return for...

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Jared Kushner reveals why Trump was turned off by Abbas

CNN Arabic quotes an episode in Jared Kushner's book Breaking History that I couldn't find in any English-language articles. The quotes are obviously translated from English to Arabic and back, so they will not be exact quotes from the book.The President was scheduled to meet with the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank. Abbas came to the...

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Palestinians have a thriving export industry that has netted them billions of dollars. Understand this and you understand everything.

Israel has proposed a plan for West Bank Palestinian Arabs to be able to travel overseas via the Ramon Airport in Eilat, planning test flights to Turkey from which they can go anywhere else in the world.Up until now, if they want to fly anywhere they need to travel through the Allenby Bridge crossing to Jordan and from there go to Amman.This plan would save them a great deal...

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New York Magazine @NYMag carries water for antisemitic BDS movement

New York Magazine has an article by Ross Barkan that asks "Is the BDS Movement Too Alienating to Make Real Change?"Barkan completely accepts and supports the goal of BDS, to destroy the Jewish state, as perfectly legitimate. The author is merely uncomfortable about its strategy and methods. The goals of BDS are a blend of the pragmatic (Israel’s withdrawal from the occupied...

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The truth about BDS

I originally wrote this for publication in a major media site, but they do not publish from pseudonyms, so here it is.____________________________________________On December 4, Time magazine published an article partially entitled "Here’s What You Need to Know About BDS" by Sanya Mansoor. BDS stands for the demand to Boycott, Divest from and Sanction Israel. The Time...

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The PLO's Catch-22

Short-lived Istanbul agreement between Hamas and the PANow that the PLO has caved and returned to security coordination with Israel, Hamas and Islamic Jihad are angry and upset. The Islamic Jihad spokesperson in Lebanon (who has been very visible lately in PIJ media), Ihssan Ataya, called the announcement of the restoration of relations and security coordination between...

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