1. Despite Hamas and Islamic Jihad overshadowing the PA by launching 3,000 rockets against Israel this week, PA and Fatah leaders have been actively calling for escalation of Palestinian violence everywhere – in the West Bank, in the Gaza Strip, and in the “Interior” ie, Israel.
2. While the war with Gaza is raging, Israeli Arabs have been attacking, shooting, lynching and murdering, as well as burning synagogues, apartments, and cars belonging to Jews.
May 12, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
1. #IsraelUnderAttack has taken Israel by surprise - but shouldn't have done. 80% of Palestinians consider PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas corrupt; Fatah split into three parties to run in the election touted for late May. Things were not looking good for Abbas...
2. In the last elections in 2006, Hamas won a majority of seats both in Gaza and the West Bank, and everyone knew Abbas was about to again lose these elections. And so Abbas just smothered PA democracy and canceled the election...
May 11, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1. The timing of this latest terror wave in Israel initiated by PA Chairman Abbas is not at all surprising. After canceling the Palestinian elections because his Fatah party faced certain defeat, Abbas was at his lowest popularity ever with no legitimacy to continue ruling...
2. Abbas was desperate to redirect Palestinian wrath away from himself and toward Israel. Accordingly, as he did in the past in 2014 and 2015, Abbas artificially created a crisis over Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
