The tragedy of the pro-Palestinian movement is its attachment to a single narrative: “Look at how wretched the lives of the Palestinian people are,” they tell us, “It is because of Israeli oppression.” Because this narrative must be constantly reinforced, there is little room for real reporting about the failures of the Palestinian leadership and the corruption and infighting that have caused the West Bank and Gaza to languish.

One journalist who does pay attention to internal Palestinian politics is Khaled Abu Toameh, an award-winning Israeli-Arab journalist who writes for The Jerusalem Post and the Gatestone Institute. He risks his life to tell the truth. Let’s track the last few days in Palestinian news through his reporting.