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Kerry Huffs and Puffs and Abbas Blows Him Down

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

No one believes in Kerry more than Kerry. He blew into town a self-proclaimed “peace for money” program” bolder than Oslo.” Abbas has rejected land for peace. Now he rejects money for peace.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Terror on the Roads: Roundup for Monday Evening

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

4: 36 PM Stone throwing near the Gush Etzion tunnel roads 4:51 PM  Firebombs causes a fire near Atarot. Firefighters can't get near to put it out due to massive stone throwing.The firefighters were eventually rescued by Border Police who used live fire. 5:24 PM Stoning in Hebron near Gross Square at Israeli cars. 7:43 […]

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Leftist Block Hebron Road Paving

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A group of leftists interrupted a construction job undertaken by the Ministry of Defense, to pave a path between Kiryat Arba and Hebron. At first, it looked like they were not going to be able to block the work, but in the end, the MOD workers were forced to stop working. The work had all […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

Who Are the Journalists and Who Are the Terrorists? (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Once upon a time journalists covered the news. Now journalists are the front lines for terrorists can shoot at Israeli soldiers before journalists shoot the pictures, but who gets the credits?

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Bus Attacked Near Efrat Tunnels

By Jewish Press News Desk

A bus was attacked by Arab stone throwers on Sunday afternoon near the Beitar (el Hadr) Junction on Route 60, just north of Efrat. On Friday, residents of Efrat protested the escalating terrorist attacks on the roads, and in that section of the road in particular.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Terror on the Roads: Arabs Oil Up

By Jewish Press News Desk

For the second time in just over a week, Arabs have poured oil on the main road connecting Highway 60 to Beitar (near Efrat), in the middle of the night. A little over a week ago, Arabs poured oil on the same road causing a car to spin out of control and crash. The fire […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Colonel: IDF to Build Bridge to Bypass Terrorist Village in Judea

By Jewish Press Staff

The officer said that the road is not being built because we are afraid, but because the IDF is unable to contain the attacks.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Israelis Protest Around Yesha

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israelis protested and held vigils in locations around Judea and Samaria on Friday. The locations where the vigils were held were selected based on locations on the road where Jews have been recently attacked by Arabs. Some of the locations included the roads near Beit El, the Beitar Junction on Road 60, El Arub near […]

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Arabs Attack Girl Near Efrat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab stone throwing and other violent disturbances near Efrat continues. Following in the footsteps of the pipe bomb found near the northern entrance last week, a girl was hurt Thursday when rocks were thrown at a car she was riding in. A number of cars were hit and damaged near Efrat's northern entrance. Last week […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements

US Implicitly Backs Peace Now Petition to Destroy Outpost

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US considers a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria an international issue, so much so that a US official attending a hearing on an anti-outpost Peace Now petition.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Bibi to Talk Separately with Kerry, Sarkozy and Hague – in 4 Hours

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has a busy day Thursday and is scheduled to talk with two foreign ministers and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a four-hour time span. His office announced he will welcome U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at 10:15, and the American efforts to bring Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Arrests PA Security Officers Who Murdered Jew

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israeli soldiers on Tuesday arrested three Palestinian Authority security officers who murdered 24-year-old Ben-Yosef Livnat at Joseph’s Tomb two years ago but spent only one year in a PA jail before being freed. An IDF investigation of the incident confirmed Palestinian Authority claims that Livnat and other Jews tried to enter the holy Jewish site […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / Hamas / Police and Crime / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

National Emergency Drill Prepares for the Worst

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The annual Home Front Drill is quite routine. This year there are more reasons for Israelis to take it more seriously, such as Assad, Hezbollah and chemical weapons, for starters. Hope for the best.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Settlements

Shin Bet Foils Hamas Plot to Kill Israeli, Hold Body for Barter

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel is uncovering terror cells in Judea and Samaria at an alarming rate. This time, a Hamas cell was nabbed before it could murder an Israeli. The Palestinian Authority’s silence speaks loudly.

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements

Kerry Headed for PA-Israel Crisis that He Created

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry has done a lot in three months. He has won the distrust of Abbas. He has personally upbraided Israeli Ambassador Oren. Why is he coming to town this week? Maybe he booked the wrong plane.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Does the Work for PA and Uncovers Huge Weapons Hoard

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority is supposedly on top of terror. So why did the IDF have to raid a wanted terrorist’s home in Samaria and confiscate hundreds of bullets, guns, knives and IDF uniforms?

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

PA Outsmarts Self, Loses Out on UNESCO Old City Mission

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority outsmarts itself again. Israel agreed to allow UNESCO to visit the Old City as long as there were no political motives. The PA could not resist and is left with nothing.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Religion / Monitor

PA Resurrects 'Palestinian Authority Descending from Jesus’ Gospel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

How far the PA will go to present the lie as the truth and the truth as a lie? Its claim that Jesus was a Palestinian is old hat. But now the “resurrection” also refers to “the Palestinian state.”

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

Legal Activist Calls for Prosecuting France 2 for Al-Dura Hoax

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel should file criminal charges against France 2 following a government report Sunday that the television channel broadcast a film in 200 that falsely portrayed the alleged killing of 12-year-old Mohammed Al-Dura by Israeli soldiers. Charles Enderlin was bureau chief of France 2 when the Second Intifada, also known as the Oslo War, broke out. […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Swastika Over Hebron

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

As of 11:15 AM Israel time, the Nazi flag is still up there.

Terrorism / Jewish / NY / Hamas / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Captured Palestinian Cigarette Smuggler behind Ari Halberstam 1994 Murder

By Jewish Press Staff

The Hamas and Hezbollah fingerprints are on the yeshiva student's murder as they are on the multi-million dollar smuggling operation.

Terrorism / US / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Lapid Unintentionally Helps Right with Bid for ‘Interim PA Pact’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Yair Lapid, Israel’s Finance Minister and head of Israel’s second largest political party, has unraveled U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to reincarnate the “peace process” before Kerry even packed his bags for another trip to Israel at the end of the week. He told the Yediot Acharonot newspaper Sunday what everyone except Kerry […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Media

Israel Explodes the ‘Big Lie’ – Gaza Al Dura Boy Wasn’t Killed

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It took a world war to expose the Nazi lie. Now, 12 years after the media lie that the IDF killed an innocent 12-year-old Gaza boy, it appears he never died. “The Truth will out” wrote Shakespeare.”

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / Hamas / News Briefs

Arabs ‘Celebrate’ Nakba with Kassam on Negev and Mortars on Golan

By Jewish Press News Desk

Gaza and Syrian Arabs on Wednesday marked Nakba Day, the English date of the re-establishment of the State of Israel on May 15, 1948, with a Kassam rocket attack on the Negev and two mortar shells on the Golan Heights. The mortar shells may have been unintentionally fallen on the Israeli side of the border […]

Middle East / Levant / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / Islamists / United Nations (UN) / Settlements / Sports

Fatah Condemns Co-Existence

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Everyone knows Abbas wants to make peace with Israel, which wants to drive all Arabs into the sea, right? And how many know that Abbas’ Fatah party condemned the crime of a Jewish-Arab soccer game?

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / US / Politics / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists / Hezbollah

US: Iran Still Has Time to Change Course on Nuclear Program

By Jewish Press Staff

"Our policy is not aimed at regime change, but rather at changing the regime’s behavior."

Middle East / Levant / Hamas / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Science and Tech / Settlements

Would Hawking Meet Paraplegic Arab Saved by Israel?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He could meet a three-year-old Arab toddler with no arms and no legs, named Mohammed al-Farra.

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / On Campus / Education

Hawking's Boycott Falls into a Black Hole

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Israeli Presidential Conference that Stephen Hawking is boycotting because of the “occupation” of supposed Palestinian land has drawn in the past none other than several senior Palestinian Authority officials, including one who two weeks ago said he would like to drop a nuclear bomb in Israel. Thanks to a bit of Internet homework by […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Hezbollah

Red Cross Bares Its Heart and Soul, Honors PA Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Red Cross, the folks who demand Israel allow jail visits by terrorists’ families but winked when Hamas held Shalit as hostage, honors Palestinian Authority “prisoners” – the ones who kill Jews.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Reality Check: the Truth Behind Judea and Samaria Crossings

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

The crossings and IDF checkpoints in Judea and Samaria have been the source of much confusion and debate worldwide. Crossings and checkpoints, while both provide important security benefits, are different. Crossings are facilities used by Palestinians to enter from Judea and Samaria into other regions of Israel. Checkpoints, on the other hand, operate during times […]

US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Most Israelis Trust Obama, Most PA Arabs Distrust Him

By JTA

Israelis by a 4-to-1 margin are more confident than Palestinians in how President Barack Obama a handles his foreign policy, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday. The survey revealed that 61 percent of Israelis "express confidence in the American president to do the right thing regarding world affairs," as opposed to 15 […]

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Kerry’s Dream and Abbas' Nightmare Meet in Biblical Beit El

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Israeli government has announced a new step in plans to build 300 new homes in Beit El, in  northern Samaria, just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to convince Mahmoud Abbas to return to talks if Israel slaps a freeze on building for Jews in Judea and Samaria. Reports from Israeli […]

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Jordan Moves to Scrap Peace Treaty over Arrest of Jerusalem Mufti

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

World War III may have been close and may have been prevented on the Temple Mount, where the Jerusalem Mufti was arrested and then released for throwing chairs at Jews on Jerusalem Unification Day.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

PA Official: ‘If We Had a Nuke, We’d Use It This Morning’ (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority doesn’t need rocks, firebombs, guns and suicide bombers. Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub has a better way to kill Jews: “If we had a nuke, we’d use it this very morning.”

Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Kerry Hosts Livni, to Return to Israel to Push Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with visiting Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni this week and told reporters he will return to Israel in two weeks to push ahead for more “peace process” talks. In a brief session with reporters,  Kerry did not refer to the de facto building freeze that Israel media reported […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Hamas Terrorists in Ramallah Planned Rocket Attacks on Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel is a step ahead of terrorists – but only one step ahead. A Ramallah area terrorist cell linked with Gaza planned to kidnap a soldier and fire rockets on Israel. The Shin Bet foiled the plot.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Report: Kerry Won Five-Week Unofficial Building Freeze from Bibi

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu again plays chess, or poker, with the United States. Kerry wants a building freeze to satisfy Abbas’ conditions for resuming talks. Netanyahu reportedly agreed – but for only five weeks.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / Global / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Chinese Media Ho-Hum on Netanyahu’s Visit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Chinese media have reported Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s current visit as secondary news, reflecting China’s distance from the Israeli-Palestinian Authority issue. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is also in China, and his visit has gained slightly more attention than Netanyahu’s. The Prime Minister’s main mission is economic, and Israel’s trump card in any political dealings between […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Denmark, Finland Upgrade Palestinian Diplomatic Missions

By JTA

Denmark and Finland have jumped on the bandwagon of pro-Palestinian Authority countries to update their Palestinian diplomatic missions to embassy status. The countries made a joint announcement Saturday on the sidelines of a meeting of Nordic foreign ministers in Stockholm. “We hope that the intention to give, for all practical purposes, the Palestinian Missions in […]

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Gaza Rocket Hits Eshkol Region

By Jewish Press News Desk

Reshet Bet reports that a rocket from Gaza just hit the Eshkol region. No injuries or damage were reported. No alerts went off either.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Breaking News: Multiple Shooting Attacks, Jew Injured

By Jewish Press News Desk

Multiple Shooting attacks have been reported in the Shomron in the past 10 minutes (5:03 pm). One occurred between Karnei Shomron and Yitzhar (Tzir Gilad), one person has been injured. MDA is responding. In the second shooting attack also near Gilad farm, a number of Israeli cars were hit, but no injuries were reported.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Islamists

Boston Bombers Wanted to Attack July 4th, but Couldn’t Wait

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

There is basic similarity between the Boston Marathon bombers and Hamas. When a terrorist or killer , call him what you will, gets his hands on weapons, almost nothing will stop him from using them.

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Hamas / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists

Two TV Stations in US Broadcast Hamas and Hezbollah Incitement

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US outlaws the Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist groups. That has not stopped two TV stations, one on each coast, to air their programs urging suicide bombings. The Muslim Mideast comes to the USA.

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem

PA Arab Shoots at Israeli Car; Gaza Terrorists Fire Two Mortars

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian Authority terrorists shot at an Israeli car near Maaleh Adumim and terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza fired two mortar shells on the Western Negev Thursday evening. No injuries were reported in  the attacks, which came two days after a PA Arab stabbed to death a Jewish father of five children in northern Samaria. The […]

Terrorism / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Kerry Hosts ‘Peace Process Partner' Livni to Advance PA Demands

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

John Kerry and Tzipi Livni have something in common. Both of them want to advance their political careers with the booby prize of an Israeli-Palestinian Authority peace agreement.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Arab Cabbie Tries to Commit Suicide over PA Traffic Ticket

By Jewish Press News Desk

A taxi driver tried to set fire into his car early Wednesday after a police officer gave him a traffic ticket because he parked in an off-limits area between Bethlehem and Beit Jala. ”I wanted to set fire to my taxi and keep myself inside it to explode because I am exploding from the new […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

New Outpost in Memory of Arab Terror Victim

By JTA

The Shomron (Samaria) Regional Council moved its offices to the site of Tuesday’s lethal terrorist attack and posted a sign “Eviyatar” at what is intended to become a new outpost in memory of the victim, 31-year-old Eviyatar Borovsky of Yitzhar. “The Zionist response is to deepen Jewish roots in the land," said Samaria Regional Council […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Arab on Arab Rock Violence, and Stone Throwers Caught

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arabs mistakenly attacked an Arab car, and a group of Arab stone throwers were captured.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Netanyahu Meets with US House Foreign Affairs Committee Delegates

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday with a delegation of senior members of the U.S.  House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, led by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA.) "The last time I was here, we had a situation during the Second Lebanon War,” said Rep. Royce. “I was in Haifa and I saw what things […]

Terrorism / Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas’ Fatah Party Praises ‘Hero’ Who Stabbed Jew to Death

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Fatah party, headed by Mahmoud “Peace Partner” Abbas, quickly responded to Tuesday’s murder of a Jew. It did not condemn it, No, it praised the terrorist. John Kerry, are you reading this?

Israel / US / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Dustin Hoffman a No-Show, But Sent Love via Audio to Israel-Hater

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Dustin Hoffman was unable to attend, so the Muslim Public Affairs Council found another Jew to present the Israel-hater with their Media Award.

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Egypt Mediating Fatah-Hamas Unity, Urges Election Postponement

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Egypt is urging Palestinian Authority PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to postpone elections while trying to convince the rival Hamas terrorist organization to drop demands for simultaneous presidential and legislative elections. Holding elections at this time, which already is four years after Abbas’ mandate has expired, would torpedo efforts for a unity government, sauces told the […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Rock-Throwing Terrorists Return to Route 443

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arabs Monday morning hurled rocks at motorists on Route 443, which connects Modi’in with Jerusalem, despite two checkpoints on the highway that also serves as alternate route to Highway 1 to Jerusalem. No injuries were reported. The Supreme Court three years ago ordered that the government open the road to Palestinian Authority drivers, […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hamas and IDF Box it Out in Rocket ‘Game’ of Negev Roulette

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The government and Hamas act like two lightweight boxers. A jab here, and fake there – until a “lucky” punchy Hamas gives the IDF an excuse to deliver a 1-2, but not a knockout.

Eye on "Palestine" / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Jewish Liberators of Italy Blocked from Speaking at Celebration

By Jewish Press Staff

The organizers of a Thursday parade in Rome marking the World War II liberation of Italy prevented a representative from the Jewish Brigade group from speaking at the commemorative ceremony. A group of Jews and others marched under the Israeli flag and a banner of the Jewish Brigade that fought the Nazis in Italy. The […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Religion

Peres and Pope to Team up for Peace Process Resurrection

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Peres, the pope and the word “peace’" are virtually interchangeable. All three of them get together next week to try to resurrect the peace process. And don’t forget Kerry is a Catholic more or less.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Rock Throwers Hit Soldier in the Head

By Jewish Press News Desk

An IDF soldiers was wounded in the head by a rock-throwing Palestinian Authority terrorists Wednesday afternoon and is being treated in an Israeli hospital for light to moderate wounds. Arabs attacks soldiers in the Tulkarem area, approximately less than 10 miles east of Netanya.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Two Life Terms Plus 58 Years for Arab Who Killed Two with a Rock

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian Authority rock-throwing terrorist was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences and another 58-year sentence for the murders of an Israeli man and his infant son ear Kiryat Arba two years ago. Waal al-Araja, whose wages as a PA security officer are partly paid for by American and European Union aid, was sentenced Tuesday […]

IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Arab Caught Spying on Jewish Community South of Hevron

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF arrested on Monday a Palestinian Authority Arab from a family affiliated with Hamas after he was spotted taking pictures of a Jewish community located between Hevron and Arad, the Jewish Press has learned. Sources said that the Arab is part of a clan that lives next door to the community of Beit Yatir, […]

Jewish / US / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Respected Poll: Large Majority Favor Sovereignty in West Bank

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The idea of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria once seemed a pipe dream or nightmare, depending on your view. Now, a respected poll delivers a thunderbolt: 80 percent say it will happen.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey

Sunday Times: Israel Wants Use of Turkish Base to Bomb Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Turkey and Israel once were good friends until Erdogan went berserk when Israel defended itself against Gaza missiles and then Turkish terrorists. But the Iranian threat has a way of uniting old friends.

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements

IDF Soldiers Clean Up Desecrated Hebron Monument

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

During a Passover tour, participants were shocked to see the monument of Joshua Salome desecrated with black spray paint.

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Archaeology

Hamas Bulldozes UN Heritage Site for Terrorist Training Grounds

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

After Israel threw out Jews from Gaza and gave greenhouses to the Palestinian Authority to prosper, the PA turned them into terror training camps. Now Hamas does the same at a World Heritage site.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

The 'Disabled’ Terrorist Stood Up to Attack IDF

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Palestinian Authority media report that the IDF shot a disabled man who had been in a wheelchair. So how did he manage to throw hammers at soldiers and try to snatch a rifle. IDF: Terror plot foiled.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Gaza Analyst Says Fayyad’s Resignation a Failure for Kerry

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry tried to follow Obama’s first-term act to “hit the ground running” in the Mideast but so far he is stuck in the sand. Fayyad’s resignation is another feather out of Kerry’s cap.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Thwarts Terror Attack at Checkpoint

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli reserve soldiers prevented a major terrorist attack in Sunday by arresting a Palestinian Authority terrorist at the checkpoint immediately west of Kfar Saba, north of Tel Aviv. The highway to the checkpoint is the main artery for Ginot and Karnei Shomron and Kedumim, The terrorist was caught with an improvised firearm, ammunition and a […]

Terrorism / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists

Hamas Tightens Ties with Iran in ‘Sister City’ Agreement

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas-controlled Gaza and Iran have strengthened ties with a “sister-city” agreement linking Tabriz, located in northwestern Iran, with Gaza City, according to the Fars News Agency, controlled by the Islamic Republic. Tabriz Mayor Ali Reza Novin and Gaza Mayor Refik Salem Mekki Novin said, "The sisterhood of the two cities was approved by Tabriz Islamic […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Israel Sees Jordan: Things are Not All Quiet on the Eastern Front

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A recent Jordanian-Arab Palestinian agreement to prevent the Judaization of Jerusalem, and an overwhelming majority of the Jordanian parliament urging prison release for the mass murderer of Israeli schoolgirls, reveal things are not all quiet on the Eastern front.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Israeli Arabs

PA Museum Invents 200-Year-Old Palestinian History

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The PA’s building a museum and inventing a “200-year-old” history is not surprising. If you are gonna lie, do it right and start with its 3,500-year-old history, dating back to Akedah Ishmael.

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Human Rights Watch Turns on Hamas for Executions of Collaborators

By Jewish Press News Desk

Human Rights Watch, which usually has Israel in its crosshairs, has turned its fury on the Hamas terrorist organization for failing to investigate the gory public execution of seven Gaza Arabs accused and sentenced to death without a trial for helping Israel. Hamas rejected the criticism, saying it was biased and adding that it has […]

Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

US Efforts to Retain PA's Fayyad May Have Finally Torpedoed Him

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

U.S. and similar EU efforts to retain Fayyad have instead worked to discredit him in the eyes of many Arab Palestinians.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Guatemala Recognizes Palestinian Authority as a State

By JTA

Guatemala has recognized Palestine as a state, which it believes will help bring about a peace agreement with Israel. It joins several Latin American countries that have recognized a sovereign state of Palestine in the last two years. The Guatemala's president's office said in a statement that it decided to "recognize the State of Palestine […]

Terrorism / Syria / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Arab Citizen Charged with Joining Syrian Jihadists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Nearly 1.5 million Arabs are Israelis. Most are decent citizens, even if not Zionists. But more and more want to destroy Israel. For the first time, an Israeli Arab allegedly joined Syrian jihadists.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

State Dept. Fights Suit by Americans Claiming US Funds PA Terror

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The State Dept. has forked over $4 billion to the Palestinian Authority since the Oslo Accords. Some funds go to terrorists, but the State Dept. is arguing against a suit challenging its largesse.

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

PA Terrorists Arrested for Stabbings in Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Authorities lifted a gag order Tuesday on the arrest and indictment of two Palestinian Authority terrorists, both in their 20s,  for stabbings of Jews in Samaria and in eastern Jerusalem. One of the terrorists is student from a village in Samaria who stabbed a man at the Tapuach junction, causing moderate wounds. The attacker, Mistafa […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Turkey

IHH Terrorists Will Sue IDF despite Netanyahu’s Apology

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When Israel uses Western culture to win over Arabs, its collective cheek gets smacked. Example: After Netanyahu apologized for soldiers defending themselves, their IHH attackers said they will sue.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Holocaust

PA Refuses to Change 'A Few Words’ for Kerry

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry’s latest “listening tour” is drawing the familiar echo of “no.” The Palestinian Authority boasts that Kerry asked it to change a “few words” in the Saudi Peace Initiative. Nice try. John.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists

Hamas Arrests, Beats Long Haired Youth, then Gives Free Haircuts

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas gets more like Iran every day but at least offers something free to Arabs. Long-haired youth are arrested and beaten before getting a crew cut.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Holocaust

Hamas Attacks Sderot with Missile to Mark Holocaust Day

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

An early warning siren wailed in the Sderot area Sunday night, hours before a nationwide siren reminds the country of the Holocaust. “The journey for justice and freedom is not yet over,” said Peres.

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Shin Bet Arrests Hamas Terrorists for Attacks at Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed Sunday that it arrested a five-member Hamas terrorist cell in Jerusalem for firebomb attacks on security officers at the Temple Mount last month. Nine policemen suffered injuries. The arrests were kept under wraps until Sunday, when security officials announced that indictments were filed against the cell a week […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hamas Calls UNRWA’s Protest Strike ‘Unjust’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas blasted UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, as being “unjust” for stopping food distribution after rioters stormed UNRWA offices in Gaza in what Hamas said was a “peaceful demonstration.” "They were screaming, shouting and threatening employees," said Adnan Abu Hasna, media adviser for UNRWA in Gaza. "It was a really serious danger […]

Middle East / Levant / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Kerry Wants Pro-Hamas Turkey to Fix Israel's Peace with Fatah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Sec. of Foggy Bottom Kerry is chock full of ideas, such as selling pro-Hamas Turkey as a quick fix for the beloved peace process. Two Problems: Israel and the Palestinian Authority don’t buy it.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Israel Won't Hand Over Maps

By Jewish Press News Desk

Trying to outsmart Israel, the PA is demanding that Israel hand over maps, to use them as the sole basis for negotiations,

Terrorism / Syria / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hamas Brings Tunnel Smuggling Know-How to Syrian Rebels

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One of the big winners in the war in Syria could be Hamas, at the expense of Abbas. Hamas not only is fighting with rebels but also is reportedly building smuggling tunnels for an attack on Damascus.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Jews Call Police on Ha'aretz Writer for Endorsing Stone Attacks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Rocks kill. Words incite to kill. After a court convicted a PA terrorist of murder by rock-throwing, Haaretz’s Amira Hass writes it is a “duty” to hurl rocks at “foreign rulers.”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Terrorists Roll Out Red Carpet for Kerry

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry visits next week to reincarnate the peace process. How will he finesse a new PA terror attack on an IDF checkpoint, where soldiers killed the terrorist? Move the checkpoint to the Mediterranean?

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Kills Palestinian Terrorist in Shomron

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Wednesday evening a number of Palestinian terrorists attacked an IDF pillbox in Einav, near Tul Karem.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

UN: Rocket Attacks ‘Undermine' Ceasefire, Israel Should Refrain

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

United Nations “peace process” coordinator Robert Serry underplayed Wednesday morning’s rocket attacks on southern Israel while wagging his finger against any retaliation, which was “proportional” by virtue of two bombing attacks that caused no casualties. While citing the Kassam rocket attacks on the town of Sderot as “violations of the ceasefire,” Serry added that they […]

Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Palestinian Terrorist Convicted for Double-Murder, Another for Looting Victim's Body

By Jewish Press News Desk

A military court convicted Palestinian terrorist Wael Salaman Mohammed el-Arjeh of Hebron for the murder of Asher Palmer and his son Yonatan on September 23, 2011.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Outpost Fathers Arrested in Middle of the Night and then Freed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Border police swooped down on the Eish Kodesh outpost late Monday night and arrested five men who were released only hours later concerning an incident several weeks ago in which a Palestinian Authority Arab infiltrator was wounded. The Honenu legal defense organization called the arrest a “political provocation by the police," who lawyers said knew […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Terrorist’s Death by Cancer Gives PA New Excuse for Terror

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority never misses an opportunity to incite terror. Firebomb attacks and prison riots followed the death of a cancer-stricken terrorist. The PA blames Israel, of course.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Fayyad Hospitalized

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was hospitalized on Monday after being feeling ill at his office in the Finance Ministry, which he temporarily heads, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency. Fayyad was rushed to a Ramallah hospital reportedly was in stable condition.

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

King Abdullah and Abbas: Jointly Prevent Judaization of Jerusalem

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

According to its peace treaty with Jordan, Israel recognizes Jordan's role as custodian of Muslim sites in Jerusalem, but that role is not to "prevent the Judaization of Jerusalem."

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Egypt

Hamas PM on Official Visit to Egypt

By Shalom Bear

Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh left Gaza to Egypt on Saturday with a delegation of 21 senior Hamas members. Haniyeh is meeting with senior Egyptian security personnel. The Hamas delegation are trying to improve relations with Egypt, which have been on a down-slide ever since the terror attacks began in the Sinai which many suspect are […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

Israelis May Off PA Debts by Paying More for Electricity

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The wise men of Chelm have a nifty solution to pay off Palestinian Authority debts for electricity. Use funds collected for the PA or use US aid? Nope. Just make Israelis pay more for electricity.

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