Full Text of the Phased Plan: Political Programme Adopted at the 12th Session of the Palestinian National Council Cairo, June 9, 1974 Text of the Phased Plan resolution: The Palestinian National Council: On the basis of the Palestinian National Charter and the Political Programme drawn up at the eleventh session, held from January 6-12, 1973; and from its belief that it is impossible for a...
The Hamas Interest in the Tahdiya (Temporary Truce) with Israel
We can deconstruct the myth of Muslim moderates when researching the Muslim enemy’s modus operandi on how it defrauds and stalks its Jewish prey. Via JCPA: Hamas regards the temporary cease-fire as a tahdiya and not a hudna. A tahdiya – “a period of calm” – is used by Hamas to describe a simple cease-fire. A hudna implies recognition of the other party’s actual...
The Myth of Palestinian Moderation
Michael Freund writes: Even for a region awash in fable and legend, this one is a real whopper. It is the myth of Palestinian moderation, and US and Israeli leaders continue to buy into it. They embrace Mahmoud Abbas as a reasonable person, and base their policy on the belief that most Palestinians abhor violence and terror. But as I demonstrate in this column from the Jerusalem Post, there is...