Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a ceremony marking the 54th anniversary of Fatah’s founding, in Ramallah on December 31. (photo credit: REUTERS)
X ![]()
Dear Reader,
As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, like ours, are being forced to look for new ways to keep going. Unlike many other news organizations, we have not put up a paywall. We want to keep our journalism open and accessible and be able to keep providing you with news and analysis from the frontlines of Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.
As one of our loyal readers, we ask you to be our partner.
For $5 a month you will receive access to the following:
- A user experience almost completely free of ads
- Access to our Premium Section
- Content from the award-winning Jerusalem Report and our monthly magazine to learn Hebrew – Ivrit
- A brand new ePaper featuring the daily newspaper as it appears in print in Israel
Help us grow and continue telling Israel’s story to the world.
Thank you,
Ronit Hasin-Hochman, CEO, Jerusalem Post Group
Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief
UPGRADE YOUR JPOST EXPERIENCE FOR 5$ PER MONTH Show me later
The mayor of a Palestinian town in the West Bank is facing strong condemnations for inviting Jewish settlers to the wedding of his son.
The Palestinian ruling Fatah faction decided to expel the mayor from its ranks and has called on the Palestinian Authority security forces to launch an investigation against the Palestinians who were seen celebrating with the settlers during the wedding.
Fatah said it has also formed a commission of inquiry to investigate Radi Nasser, the mayor of Deir Qaddis, 16 kilometers west of Ramallah.
The commission decided to immediately dismiss Nasser from Fatah and said it will work to remove him from his job. The mayor was elected as a representative of Fatah.
The committee also said that it has decided to deliver the names of Palestinians who attended the wedding to the Palestinian security forces so they would face legal measures.
Pictures from the wedding showing a number of settlers being carried on the shoulders of some Palestinian men appeared on social media, drawing strong condemnations from many Palestinians.
Palestinian social media users expressed shock and anger over the presence of the settlers at the wedding and accused the mayor of his son, the groom, of treachery.
The Fatah leadership issued a statement strongly condemning the presence of settlers at the wedding, dubbing it harmful to Palestinian national customs. Calling on the mayor to immediately submit his resignation, the statement stressed Palestinian opposition to normalization with Israel.
Fatah spokesman Osama Qawassmeh said that the participation of “terrorist settlers in Palestinian social events is a cowardly, condemnable, despicable and reprehensible act.”
The mayor denied that he or his son had invited the settlers to the wedding, which took place in Deir Qaddis on Wednesday night.
“I wasn’t at the scene because I was receiving guests at another location for dinner,” he said. “When I learned about the presence of the settlers, I kicked them out, together with the [Palestinian] men who were with them.”
He said that the four settlers were brought to the wedding by some Palestinians who work with them in a car repair garage.
The mayor said that despite the incident, he remains loyal to Fatah.
Hamas officials also denounced the presence of the settlers at the wedding and said it was a sign of “continued security coordination” between the Palestinian Authority and Israel in the West Bank. They called for holding to account those responsible for the presence of the settlers at the wedding.
Now is the time to join the news event of the year – The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference!
For more information and to sign up, click here>>
Comments are closed.