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August 22, 2017

How Mahmoud Abbas Emerged Victorious from the Temple Mount Crisis

Palestinians feel a sense of achievement.

A terrorist attack at the Temple Mount last month led Israel to install metal detectors and other security measures at the site, which in turn led to Palestinian demonstrations and rioting, which died down after Israel removed the metal detectors. The initial incident, writes Yossi Kuperwasser, was the first “in many years” that “involved a relatively extensive organization that planned a very complex operation at the most sensitive spot.” To Kuperwasser, the entire episode played in to Mahmoud Abbas’s hands:

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August 22, 2017

  1. A New Book Tries, and Fails, to Understand the West Bank’s Jews

    Unsettled.

  2. Terror Will Continue until Muslims Reject the Idea of the Caliphate

    Time to stop blaming the West.

  3. How Mahmoud Abbas Emerged Victorious from the Temple Mount Crisis

    Palestinians feel a sense of achievement.

  4. The Fire That Erased Much of Salonica’s Jewish Character

    Greek authorities prevented Jews from rebuilding.

  5. Egypt Seizes a Collection of Odd Jewish Artifacts

    Including “the commandments of Judas Iscariot” and a bad translation into Hebrew.