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Mahmoud Abbas is apparently promoting the elections in order to burnish the P.A.’s democratic image and gain the approval of the Biden administration, while at the same time using the decrees to cement his one-man rule.
Michigan imam calls to ‘join hands’ with Jews that wish Jerusalem to be retaken
Imam Mustapha Elturk: “Not all Jews are bad; some Jews and Christians are doing our work for us, as a matter of fact.”
Report: Abbas holds elections to coax Biden, Quartet to broker talks with Israel
The aim of such talks is to extricate the Palestinian Authority from its economic crisis and the isolation it suffered under the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Palestinian premier: ‘If ICC indicts Israel, we can take US firms to court’
The court’s decision to investigate Israel for war crimes “shattered the monopoly on pain Israel purported to have,” says P.A. Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh.
Top Iranian official: Gulf states allying with Israel face ‘catastrophic consequences’
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain will suffer “powerful blows” if they ally with Israel against Iran, says former Iranian defense minister.
Palestinian Islamic scholar: ‘If Muslims want peace, they must get rid of the Jews’
Muslims will experience a golden age “after the Jews are killed, in the time of Jesus,” says Mraweh Nassar, secretary-general of the Jerusalem committee of the International Union of Muslim Scholars.
Rep. Omar calls on Biden administration to support referring Israel to ICC
The court’s ability to “investigate, probe and render justice” is being undermined in the United States, says Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
Iranian intelligence minister: ‘Iran will only develop nuclear weapons if forced to’
“When you push a cat to the corner, it might behave differently from a free cat,” says Mahmoud Alavi.
Fatah official: ‘Criminal jackass’ Trump thrown into garbage bin of history
“Arab leaders that succumbed to Trump’s pressure will share his fate,” says Fatah Central Committee Secretary General Jibril Rajoub.
Al-Qaeda calls on Muslims to target Israeli visitors to Arab countries
The terror group in the Arabian Peninsula seeks to “revive the Palestinian issue, expose traitors, expose the enemies’ plans and reject all these agreements, and to seize the opportunity presented by the visits of Jews to Muslim countries to cut off their heads.”
The opening ceremony in Ramallah, attended by Palestinian officials, honored former Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Fathi al-Shaqaqi, Dalal al-Mughrabi and others • P.A. daily: ‘Jesus was the first Palestinian martyr.’
Hezbollah chief: ‘Capitol storming revealed truth about US democracy’
The election of “a person so arrogant, criminal, crazy and stupid” as Donald Trump exposes the shortcomings of America’s democracy, says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
