Netanyahu’s surreal attempt to woo Palestinians
Yossi Mekelberg
March 09, 2021 22:19
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cafe, as Israel further eased COVID-19 restrictions, in Jerusalem, Mar. 7, 2021. (Reuters)
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Some political realities in Israel surpass even the most creative and imaginative of satires. We all know that politicians, especially when an election campaign is upon them, tend to develop unique relationships with the truth and the notion of integrity. So why should one be at all surprised to learn that Israeli Deputy Minister Fateen Mulla, of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, has asked the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah to encourage the Palestinian citizens of Israel to vote Likud, or at least refrain from supporting the Arab Joint List? Yes, you read that correctly, no need to rub your eyes a senior Likud member apparently spoke to Mohammed Madani, a Fatah official and confidant of Palestinia
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Palestinian parliamentary elections are set for May 22 amid discord in the Fatah movement. (AFP) Ramallah - Asharq Al-Awsat
Fatah warned its Central Committee member Nasser al-Qudwa against fielding a separate list in the upcoming legislative elections to compete against the movement.
Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub threatened to dismiss Qudwa from his post if he went forward with the move.
The committee is expected to discuss the issue during a meeting chaired by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday.
Rajoub’s threat followed a tweet by committee member Hussein al-Sheikh, in which he affirmed that Fatah movement would submit a unified list for the polls.
by Yves Engler / March 5th, 2021
Broadbent Institute head Rick Smith should just be frank and say he hates Palestinians and doesn’t care about internationalism.
On Tuesday Smith tweeted that it was disturbing that NDP MP Niki Ashton was doing an upcoming fundraiser for the Progressive International with former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. In response to former NDP MP Svend Robinson tweeting, “I look forward to joining this great event with Niki and Jeremy Corbyn and supporting Progressive International”, Smith wrote “this is very unfortunate. In a recent report, the UK’s independent Equality and Human Rights Commission found serial ‘unlawful acts’ of antisemitism in UK Labour under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.”