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September 12, 2016

Mahmoud Abbas Probably Worked for the KGB. Does It Matter?

His former handler is Putin’s Middle East envoy.

Last week, an Israeli news network announced the finding of substantial evidence that the Palestinian Authority president had been recruited by Soviet intelligence during the 1980s and that his handler was none other than Mikhail Bogdanov—currently Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the Middle East at a time when Russia is intervening to broker talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Jonathan Tobin considers the significance of these revelations:

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September 12, 2016

  1. The U.S. Didn’t Owe Iran $1.7 Billion

    But the White House refuses to disclose its calculations.

  2. Mahmoud Abbas Probably Worked for the KGB. Does It Matter?

    His former handler is Putin’s Middle East envoy.

  3. Attending a Church Dinner in Massachusetts? Watch Thy Pronouns

    Lest thou be guilty of sex-based “discrimination.”

  4. A Surrealistic Film Tackles the Ghosts of Poland’s Jewish Past

    Demon.

  5. China Cracks Down on Its Jews

    Repression in Kaifeng.