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November 19, 2019

While Persecuting Christians, Mahmoud Abbas Puts Himself Forward as Their Defender

The Palestinian Christmas charade.

Next month, the Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas can be expected to attend Christmas-eve services at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, and the Western media can be expected to air footage of him there while reporters comment on the alleged plight of Palestinian Christians living under Israeli occupation. These reporters can also be counted on to ignore the mistreatment of Christians by the PA; Bassam Tawil points to the recent death of a sixty-three-year-old woman named Terez Ta’amneh as illustrative:

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November 19, 2019

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    Israel could learn from the American example.

  2. In the Face of a Multitude of Threats, Jews Have a Responsibility to Transmit Jewish Civilization to Future Generations

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  3. Across the Middle East, Popular Anger Focuses on the Islamic Republic

    A vindication of U.S. policy.

  4. While Persecuting Christians, Mahmoud Abbas Puts Himself Forward as Their Defender

    The Palestinian Christmas charade.

  5. The Moral Conundrum of Jews Who Helped the Nazis, and How Israel Addressed It

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