Topic: Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas's folly August 25, 2019 David L. Rosenthal Perhaps the stupidest thing he ever said was that the people today calling themselves Palestinians are directly descended from the ancient Canaanites. 
Abbas curses President Trump January 18, 2018 David Zukerman But did he gesture with rude intent?
NY Times covers up an inconvenient truth for Palestinian Authority December 10, 2015 Steve Feldman A shocking sin of omission from the former paper of record.
Abbas on Slanderous Rampage against Israel at U.N. September 27, 2014 Leo Rennert Not exactly a moderate peace partner.
How Wash. Post, NY Times inject Palestinian propaganda in 'news' dispatches April 28, 2014 Leo Rennert Headlines and lead paragraphs reflect a decided Palestinian bent.  Only if you dig deeper into such articles does it become apparent that messages conveyed at the top just ain’t so. 
If Abbas is a Peace Partner I'm Elvis March 30, 2014 Dan Calic The time has come to realize what’s taking place in not-a-peace-process.
Obama paints Bibi as obstacle to peace, lauds Abbas March 3, 2014 Leo Rennert Why would Obama resort to tactics like this?
Puffing John Kerry February 7, 2014 Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison No amount of press puffery can change the brute facts of John Kerry's tenure as Secretary of State.
Along Came Kerry February 5, 2014 Gene Schwimmer The biggest factor standing in the way of a settlement in the Middle East may well be... John Kerry.
NY Times 'Roughly' Wrong about Mahmoud Abbas January 30, 2014 Leo Rennert 'A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.'
The Palestinians Want to Dance at Two Weddings January 5, 2014 Michael Curtis A major stumbling block to any solution to the Israeli/Palestinian impasse is the Arab refusal to accept the legitimacy of the state of Israel.
It's all Likud's Fault November 7, 2013 Leo Rennert WaPo sees only Israelis impeding two-state solution.
NYT Absolves Abbas from all Sins November 2, 2013 Leo Rennert ...but faults Israel at every turn.
Kerry Commits Harakiri July 29, 2013 David Singer ...and over Palestine, bizarrely enough.
Netanyahu's negotiating tactics need revision May 12, 2013 Ted Belman Netanyahu should assert that Israel will never divide Jerusalem and that it will be Israel's undivided capital forever. The case can easily be made that what is commonly referred to as Arab East Jerusalem is really Jewish Jerusalem.
WaPo Libels Netanyahu April 10, 2013 Leo Rennert ...while shielding Mahmoud Abbas. Paging Mr. Orwell!
WaPo Rewrites History April 7, 2013 Leo Rennert Stalled peace settlements are whose fault?
The NYT and Fake 'Martyrdom' April 3, 2013 Leo Rennert Abbas speaks, the Times obeys.
The Peace Process Obsession February 20, 2013 Richard Baehr Before the president and his new Secretary of State John Kerry begin to repeat the mistakes of the past and resume the effort at "peace processing," here is what they need to understand.
Will the real Moderate Palestinians Please Stand Up? January 20, 2013 Michael Curtis Are there indeed Palestinian leaders whose position is more moderate than that of the acknowledged extremists?
Abbas's Epic Fail October 22, 2012 Leo Rennert The important conclusion to be drawn from the latest elections is that Abbas has lost the final shreds of domestic legitimacy to negotiate a final-status solution with Israel.