Maurice Hirsch, at The Blogs

Sep 21, 2023, 2:42 PM

The 2023-2024 Gaza Terror Campaign

Four different factors are about to cause an explosion of the Gaza Strip powder keg. While none of these factors have anything to do with Israel, Israelis will most probably find themselves again indiscriminately targeted by the rockets of...

Jun 8, 2023, 8:29 PM

The UN inquisition to vilify Israel

The third installment of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) appointed Inquisition to vilify Israel and the Jews is out, and it is safe to say that even Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels himself would be proud of the...

Jun 1, 2020, 6:54 PM

The abyss dividing the Israeli and PA leadership

Today, June 1st, Israel will mark two monumental events in its brief history. These events are the epitome of the abyss that divides us from the Palestinian Authority (PA). The first monumental event happened on Friday night, June 1st, 2001....

Nov 27, 2019, 2:11 PM

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When the Dutch stopped funding the PA’s ‘Pay-for-Slay’

Illustrative. From Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon's presentation on payments to Palestinian terrorists, outside the UN Security Council, May 11, 2017. (Courtesy)

If the international community covers the needs of the Palestinian population, the PA can use its own funds to reward terrorism

Aug 23, 2019, 9:03 AM

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Those ‘heroes’ who massacred Jews in 1929

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 25, 2019. (Flash90)

Nine decades after Arab riots left 130 Jews dead, the Palestinian Authority continues to lionize the perpetrators

Jun 30, 2019, 3:54 PM

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50 billion reasons why the PA and PLO reject Peace for Prosperity

Illustrative. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with the Palestinian Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 15, 2018. (Abbas Momani/AFP/File)

How can the Palestinians accept a plan that clearly points to their leadership failing them for the past 25 years?

Apr 18, 2019, 3:19 PM

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Mr. Prime Minister, it’s the PA that declared war on Western values

Mahmoud Abbas speaking at the UN Security Council on February 20, 2018. (screen capture: UNTV)

Palestinians claim to be innocent victims of financial sanctions even as they vow to spend their last penny on terrorists

Mar 25, 2019, 8:47 PM

The inevitable Hamas rocket attack

The launch of a rocket this morning by the Palestinian “factions” - a.k.a terrorist groups - targeting the center of Israel’s civilian population was inevitable. The tensions between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, that have existed since Hamas took control...

Feb 6, 2019, 1:13 PM

PA chooses terror promotion and rewards over US aid

As of January 31st, the US administration ceased all its aid to the Palestinian Authority. In response, Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian Chief Negotiator, said: “Hundreds of Palestinians will be losing their jobs as a result of the U.S. decision to...

Dec 27, 2018, 3:02 PM

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The White House is focusing on the wrong election

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (Flash90, SAID KHATIB/AFP)

If Palestinians go to the polls in 6 months, Hamas is likely to take over the Palestinian Authority

About Me

Lt. Col. (res) Maurice Hirsch is the Director of the Initiative for Palestinian Authority Accountability and Reform in the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, a Senior Legal Analyst at Human Rights Voices and a member of the Israel Defense and Security Forum. He served for 19 years in the IDF Military Advocate General Corps. In his last position he served as Director of the Military Prosecution in Judea and Samaria.