Who Are The Palestinians? Part 2

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Fadi Elsalameen is a political commentator on Arab-Israeli affairs and an adjunct senior fellow at the American Security Project. He's a vocal critic of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, and he has received several death threats and survived an assassination attempt.

Elsalameen believes that an important step in liberating Palestinians is monetary freedom—specifically bitcoin, which can help them bypass the Palestinian Authority's control over their finances. In April, he spoke with Reason's Noor Greene at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami.

Q: What role does the Palestinian Authority play in Palestine today?

A: The Palestinian Authority is a burden on the Palestinian population. Almost 84 percent of the population believes that the Palestinian Authority is corrupt. We've spent almost $40 billion inside the Palestinian territories since 1993, and there's very little to show for that money. But we do have very wealthy politicians. Most of the economic sector is monopolized by politicians who are directly linked to the president. And the president is in his 18th year though he was only elected for a four-year term.

Q: As a Palestinian, how would you face corruption from the Palestinian Authority?

A: The majority of the Palestinian economy depends on labor in Israel. If you're a Palestinian worker, you need a permit to enter Israel to work, which is provided for free by the Israelis. But you have to pay the corrupt Palestinian official, who's now the minister of civil affairs, $500 a month to maintain your permit. So they levy a tax on you as a worker. If you are a Palestinian living under the Palestinian Authority, under the Israeli occupation, you're really battling all kinds of forces, whether it be corruption, military occupation, a lack of freedom, a lack of expression, or no independence whatsoever.

Q: Where does aid go that the U.S. and other countries send to Palestine?

A: Sadly, the aid that is sent by the U.S. or Europe mostly goes to benefit corrupt Palestinian officials. And if you're sending aid to strengthen and embolden corruption, you're fighting against democracy. We need to step back for a second, not only to stop the aid, but stop the way the aid is being sent. That's why we talked about introducing bitcoin into the equation. Bitcoin is a solution where the Palestinian Authority is not involved, the banks are not involved, and it's direct aid from the United States.


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Fadi Elsalameen on Using Bitcoin To Fight Corruption in Palestine

Fadi Elsalameen is a political commentator on Arab-Israeli affairs and an adjunct senior fellow at the American Security Project. He's...

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Jews are 10% of the Old City?
They're gaining on you!!!

 

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The pallys will never let a conspiracy theory get in the way of a reality based worldview.

Their every waking moment is consumed by Jew Fixation Syndrome as they gradually fade Into the abyss of irrelevance,

There is no Israeli organ theft - top PA forensic medicine official refutes PA libel | PMW Analysis

There is no Israeli organ theft - top PA forensic medicine official refutes PA libel

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There is no Israeli organ theft - top PA forensic medicine official refutes PA libel​

Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Jun 20, 2022

• Senior Forensic Medicine official:

“All the Martyrs we have checked and seen, none of them had any theft of their organs.”

• Nontheless, Fatah official repeats PA organ theft libel:

“Israeli market traders and medical faculties steal organs from dead Palestinian prisoners”

A top PA official in forensic medicine recently refuted the PA libel that Israel steals organs from dead terrorist prisoners and dead terrorists – so-called “Martyrs”:

 

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Bella Hadid Calls Out Instagram for Censoring Her Palestine Post​

 

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Mohammad al-Halabi, the former head of Gaza operations for Christian aid group World Vision, was recently convicted on a number of charges, including being a member of a terrorist organization, giving information to terrorists and taking part in “militant training exercises.”

In addition, Halabi was found to have channeled millions of dollars from his charity employers to the US and EU-designated terror group Hamas, prior to his arrest in 2016.

The Beersheba District Court found him guilty on all bar one charge, which was assisting the enemy, on the grounds that, as a Gaza Strip resident, he is not a citizen of the State of Israel.

The judges, who revealed there was a significant amount of documentary evidence to support Halabi’s guilt, described him as repeatedly changing his testimony “in order to justify his lies” and making “contradictory and illogical statements in an attempt to explain away his detailed confession and the information he provided that indicate involvement in Hamas.”

The most significant facts of the case are:

• Judges revealed that, while World Vision genuinely believes Halabi is innocent, the charity did not have strong enough financial checks and balances in place amid fears such provisions would damage its working relations with other Gaza-based groups;
• Halabi was recruited by a Hamas operative in 2004 and initially began as a fighter for the terror group alongside his brother Diya before being assigned the mission of infiltrating World Vision, which operates in 100 countries, and hired him in 2005;
• He met with Hamas operatives throughout his employment at World Vision and channeled money and physical materials to the group, which facilitated the maintenance and creation of its vast network of terror tunnels;
• Halabi actually visited the terror tunnels at least twice in 2012, using one such occasion to hand over $20,000 to repair a damaged shaft;
• The court rejected the defense’s claim that Halabi’s confession — described as “given in various ways” and “detailed, coherent, truthful [and with] many unique details” — was coerced.

Media Outlets Incredulous at Conviction of Hamas Member Who Confessed to Diverting Charity Funds to Terror Group | Honest Reporting

Mohammad al-Halabi, the former head of Gaza operations for Christian aid group World Vision, was recently convicted on a number of charges, including

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[ They were born sane, and turned insane by an insane culture ]

The PA also publishes poetry in its official daily. Recently, several poems by a writer named Muhammad Al-Haifawi demonize Jews/Israelis and call to destroy Israel.

One poem predicts that “a revolution will set out against the lowly and the impure”:

“Congratulations, most holy [Jerusalem]…
From within you the revolution will set out against the lowly and the impure.
Every oppressor will be trampled, regardless of how tyrannically and recklessly he behaves
Your brave-hearted young people lived and died with heads held high
The day of victory is already near,
herald this to everyone.”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 19, 2022]

Another poem referred to Israelis as “you evil ones” and foresees Israel's end:

“The day will come – you evil ones –
When you will leave the land of the rebels
And you will become dust”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 29, 2022]

A third poem, written after Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in what the PA has termed a deliberate “assassination,” called to kill Israelis, vowing revenge for her death – “tooth for a tooth, eye for an eye”:

“Long live, long live Palestine!
O army of murderers and Nazis
We have waved the flag and sworn
Tooth for a tooth, eye for an eye
Shireen’s blood will be avenged
Because blood is a duty that must be paid”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 22, 2022]

Palestinian Media Watch has exposed other poems that call for violence against Israel. Conveying “the words of his honor the President Mahmoud Abbas,” Nablus District Governor Ibrahim Ramadan read a poem in 2020 calling on Palestinians to take up arms and die as Martyrs:

Speaker on stage: “And now to the words of His Honor the President Mahmoud Abbas, presented by brother Ibrahim Ramadan, District Governor of Nablus.”
Nablus District Governor Ibrahim Ramadan:
"O Martyr, Allah's mercy upon you.
If I fell on the land while covered in my wounds
And my blood flowed from me and my weapon lay by my side
This is the path of my struggle, therefore my brother, complete my struggle.
This is what the Martyr tells [us]."
[Official PA TV, Reporters in the Field, Jan. 6, 2020

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Poem in PA daily to Israelis: “You will become dust” | PMW Analysis

Poem in PA daily to Israelis: “You will become dust”

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The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has decided to restore ties with Syria, 10 years after its leadership shunned Damascus over opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on a revolt against his rule, two sources within the group told Reuters.


One official who asked not to be named said the two sides have held several "high-profile meetings to achieve that goal."

Hamas leaders had publicly endorsed the revolt aimed at overthrowing Assad's dynastic rule, and left their Damascus headquarters. That angered their common ally, Iran.


Hamas's ties with Iran were later restored and officials of the Palestinian Islamist faction praised the Islamic Republic for help with building their Gaza arsenal of long-range rockets, which they used in fighting Israel.

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Hamas to restore Syria ties after 10 years of dispute, sources say

The terrorist organization had previously endorsed the revolt to overthrow Assad.

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Arab48 reports:

The administrative detainee, Khalil Awawda, suspended this morning, Tuesday, his open hunger strike, which lasted for 111 days, in rejection of his arbitrary arrest, after promises and pledges to end his detention, according to the Prisoner Club in a statement.

Awawda's hunger strike has been a cause célèbre especially in Islamic Jihad circles, because he has been a known terrorist for a long time.

As with nearly all cases of hunger strikes, the striker declares victory based on some supposed Israeli promises that are not spelled out. The article doesn't say that he will be released now. Typically, the deal from Israel seems to be in the form of promising not to extend the existing administrative detention beyond its initial timeframe.

The hunger strike has barely been mentioned in Western media. Years ago these strikes garnered some publicity, but without anyone actually dying from these extended "hunger strikes" that involve a bit of cheating, the media lost interest. And without publicity, the propaganda value has been considerably reduced.

Palestinian terrorists claim victory with another prisoner hunger strike

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Khaled ''I'm Confused about what Islamic Terrorism is all about'' Barakat is a bit miffed that Canada has a terror list that includes the PFLP.

To be so entitled.....

Canada-Based Senior PFLP Official Khaled Barakat: Canada Must Abolish Its Terrorist List; Armed Struggle, Missiles Are The Only Way To Achieve Palestinian Rights

Canada-based senior PFLP official Khaled Barakat, who is also the leader of the Samidoun organization, said in a June 3,...

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Canada-Based Senior PFLP Official Khaled Barakat: Canada Must Abolish Its Terrorist List; Armed Struggle, Missiles Are The Only Way To Achieve Palestinian Rights​

 

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Do it for.... the children.

 

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Remember Nizar Banat?

He's the critic who publicly called the Palestinian Authority corrupt and organized protests against Mahmoud Abbas.

Last June 24, at 3:30 AM, he was arrested by PA security services. By 6:30 AM, he was dead.

The PA pretended to be shocked at his death and arrested a bunch of people after the international community expressed displeasure at an obvious assassination.

And now, according to reports, the supposed murderers will be set free on bail.

Felesteen reports that according to sources, the military court of the PA in Ramallah decided to release on bail 14 defendants in the case of the assassination of Nizar Banat.

The sources stated that the decision to release the accused was based on the decision of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

The defendants are being released on condition that their movement be restricted. And if they happen to disappear towards Jordan, well, these things happen.

Especially when you work in a government as corrupt as the PA is, under the dictatorship of Mahmoud Abbas.

Abbas releasing accused killers of Nizar Banat on "bail": report

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When US President Biden announced that his administration would be renewing its financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority, he probably thought he was promoting peace. Destroying that illusion, a new video released by Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party reiterates that the US-trained and funded PA Security Forces fulfill a double role: Cops by day and terrorists by night.

In a post on its official Facebook page, Fatah refers to the security force terrorists who were arrested as "heroic prisoners,” and to the security force terrorists who were killed as “Martyrs,” finishing the post with the symbol of a heart.

Posted text: “Our heroic prisoners and Martyrs ”
Text on screen: “By day [PA] Security Forces [members], and by night self-sacrificing fighters”
[Official Fatah Facebook page, May 25, 2022]

In the video linked to the post, Fatah glorifies 4 members of the PA Security Forces arrested or killed during gun battles with Israeli forces combatting terror. As well as glorifying the arrested and killed terrorists, the video further applauds the fugitive father of terrorist Ra’ad Hazem who murdered 3 in a terror attack in Tel Aviv. The father holds the rank of Colonel in the PA Security Forces.

In the video, Fatah shows images of the following terrorists, specifically noting the rank - mostly high ranking officers - they hold in the PA Security Forces:

• “Heroic prisoner Major Muhammad Al-Tubasi”

Al-Tubasi is suspected of shooting at Israeli soldiers near Jenin on May 13, 2022, in an attack in which Israeli Police officer Noam Raz was murdered.

• “Heroic Martyr Lieutenant Colonel Daoud Zubeidi”

Zubeidi, who participated in the same attack and shot at Israeli soldiers in Jenin on May 13, 2022, died of his wounds two days later.

• “The school of the Security Forces, Colonel Fathi Hazem ‘Abu Ra’ad’”

Fathi Hazem is the father of terrorist Ra’ad Hazem who murdered 3.

• “Heroic Martyr Captain Tayseer Ayaseh”
• “Heroic Martyr First Lieutenant Adham Aliwi”

Ayaseh and Aliwi, were shot while shooting at Israeli undercover forces on June 21, 2022.

While the photos of the terrorists are shown on screen the following song is played in the background:

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Cops by day, terrorists by night - the PA Security Forces’ double role | PMW Analysis

Cops by day, terrorists by night - the PA Security Forces’ double role

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It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that swift and decisive responses to islamic terrorist attacks goes a long way toward reducing future attacks.

Increased, targeted force mitigated Israel’s last terror wave

Israeli forces, again, entered Palestinian towns and villages almost daily to make arrests, leading to a 90% decrease in terrorism.

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An analysis of the Israeli response to the recent wave of indiscriminate Palestinian terrorism demonstrates that targeting the terrorists and their supporters is effective. The IDF and elite undercover security forces launched multiple raids to stop the wave of violence in late March, especially in the Jenin region of northern Samaria, where the perpetrators of three murderous attacks lived.

 

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After the really staggering sums of welfare money thrown by the EU at the Pallys, the EU welfare donors seem less than clear on why the Pallys have managed to do effectively nothing to improve their lives with those boatloads of cash.

The EU’s Aid Policy Won’t Fix Palestine’s Economy | by Alexandra Gerasimčiková - Project Syndicate

Alexandra Gerasimčiková calls for a new European assistance model that better matches realities on the ground.

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According to a recent EU review of investments in Palestine since 2014, ongoing contributions from “Team Europe” – the EU, its member states, and public development banks, particularly the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – amount to €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion). Three-fifths of that sum was committed in the past two years, with loans accounting for 71% of the total, or €1 billion