Posts Tagged: Abbas israel Jewish state
Report: Abbas Refused to Discuss Finding ‘Acceptable Wording’ on Jewish State
Times of Israel - The terminology recognizing Israel's Jewish character sought by Israel and rejected by the Palestinians during negotiations in recent months was not...
What’s Really Stopping a Peace Deal Between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
Secretary of State John Kerry's non-stop efforts at cementing an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord have failed. "Cement" turns out to be an important ingredient in the...
Abbas Says Jewish State Recognition Off the Table in Peace Talks
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, one of Israel's conditions for peace, will not...
The Recognition Trap
Recent reports in the Israeli daily Ma'ariv revealed that a PLO Central Committee member suggested that Mahmoud Abbas was ready to recognize Israel as a...
Four Things Obama Should Have Told Abbas
On Yom Kippur, 1972, I was standing alongside a Soviet Jewish dissident outside Moscow's lone synagogue when we were suddenly surrounded by KGB agents. Sensing...
Arafat Recognized Jewish State, Why Won’t Abbas?
The Arab League is endorsing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to accept Israel as a Jewish state as a part of any peace agreement. But in taking...
Mahmoud Abbas Flunks History
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has reiterated that he won't recognize Israel as a Jewish state, and he's claiming support for that...
