Rioting Arab youths hurled rocks at police on the Temple Mount but for once failed to end visits there on Tuesday.
IDF troops continue their manhunt for the terrorists who kidnapped and murdered three Israeli teens as they hitchhiked home from yeshiva 18 days ago.
Arab response to Jewish unity: Barrage of rockets at Israeli civilians. No injuries or property damage - yet.
In praising the kidnapping, Hamas remains true to its anti-Semitic, genocidal founding charter.
Abu Mazen may pay lip service to "peace," but new Fatah video shows true face of Palestinian revolutionary group.
"I believe they will come back but if not, please be united. Be united.” - Racheli Frankel, mother of kidnap victim
Kayid al-Rol, a senior official of the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said Thursday that the Palestinian people stand behind their “right” to kidnap Israeli civilians and claimed the 16 year old high school students are “Israeli soldiers,” the Hebrew-language Ynet website reported. The website also reported that Jibril Rajoub, a ranking Fatah […]
Wednesday, Abbas grudgingly called for boys' release; Thursday, they're little more than "excuse" for Israel to punish Palestinians.
The White House finally issued a statement on last week's terror kidnapping of three Israeli teens, one a dual U.S. citizen.
Labor party chairman and opposition leader Isaac Herzog condemns Israeli Arab MK Hanin Zoabi for supporting terror kidnappers.
By Rachel Levy
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appears to be retracting his condemnation of the terror kidnapping of 3 Israeli teens.
The IDF found an avalanche of violent weapons while searching Arabs' homes for the Missing Boys.
The prime minister has authorized funds for weekend buses to schools in Judea and Samaria.
Aziz Dwek, a member of Hamas and speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was treated at Shaarei Zedek hospital in Jerusalem Monday. Dwek, 66, was arrested during the IDF sweep of terror operatives in Judea and Samaria. According to a report on the Hebrew-language Ynet website, Dwek was taken ill after being arrested. He was […]
Prof. Moshe Maoz warns that kidnapping could indicate al-Qaeda cell in Israel, but also says prisoner issue unifies Palestinian society.
Israel says it is unlikely to negotiate a prisoner swap with the terrorists who kidnapped the three yeshiva boys from Gush Etzion last week.
Palestinian Authority Arabs opened fire near the tunnel road leading to Gush Etzion. Initial reports indicate that the shots were fired from a white Subaru. Police have reportedly identified the car and are currently in pursuit. Five bullet casings from a pistol have been found near the IDF post at the checkpoint, near the turnoff […]
It is far from clear that Hamas is responsible for the current crisis. Netanyahu, however, set the stage by agreeing to the Shalit deal
The Cabinet will hold its weekly meeting in Tel Aviv on Sunday to be close to the Kirya IDF headquarters.
Three Israeli teens remain missing; personal gear recovered.
By Edwin Black
For Lowey, the question is whether she will break with the Obama Administration, which has signaled willingness to continue funding the new Hamas-infused Palestinian Authority.
Palestinian Authority plans to bypass Western aid regulations by funnelling terrorist pensions through PLO
Palestinian Authority security forces beat journalists in Ramallah, confiscate equipment; media group calls for inquiry
By Rachel Levy
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon says Israel 'won't ignore the fire' and 'will know how to lay its hands on' whoever threatens Israel.
PM Netanyahu now holds PA unity gov't leader Mahmoud Abbas personally responsible for Gaza attacks on southern Israel.
By Rachel Levy
Rocket attack from Gaza starts off the morning in southern Israel to show the new PA unity government is the 'same old thing.'
Reports on Palestinian infighting becoming daily feature. Today's segment: Fatah attacks Hamas in Ramallah, banks still closed in Gaza
Palestinian unity continues to crumble: Palestinian Authority security forces detained 16 Hamas supporters and issued summons to seven others across the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority Ma’an News Service reported Monday. The website reported that Hamas members, some as young as 16, were detained in Shechem, Ramallah and Hebron. In addition, seven people were summoned […]
Conventional wisdom says bringing Hamas into government will 'moderate' terror group. But they are more likely to influence Abu Mazen
By Rachel Levy
The coalition sharks are smelling blood - not from Israel's enemies, but rather from PM Netanyahu.
A Gaza-based PA official claims he wanted to travel to Brazil for the World Cup, but Israel has blocked him from going.
By Rachel Levy
The "only sane plan" is to annex Area C in Judea and Samaria, says Economy Minister Naftali Bennett. Coalition crisis ahead?
By Rachel Levy
Arab media are salivating over Jewish squabbles about internal Israeli divisions on policy reported by wire services.
Serry promised more U.N. money for Gaza and called for lifting the legal blockade of Gaza's borders.
Session to take place in garden without Christian symbols; int'l media misses irony of Peres and chief PA Holocaust denier gathering to pray
In Gaza, Hamas beat back Fatah workers at local ATM machines. In Judea and Samaria, PA cops continue to arrest Hamas members.
"There is no fig leaf large enough to cover Hamas' blood-drenched legacy," said the heads of the SWC.
The executive branch's embrace of the PUG will not be a group hug, according to some legislators.
PLO Chairman hails reconciliation deal as new beginning for Palestinians, fails to condemn Haniyeh comments
By Rachel Levy
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Islamist terrorism is "rearing its head" in Europe - and yet the EU praises unity with Hamas.
By Rachel Levy
A US president faces outraged lawmakers and public questions over swapping jailed Taliban terrorists for a hostage soldier.
Abbas said the unity government will follow international law, just as the PA does now.
Palestinian violence? Israel's fault. No peace in region? Israel's fault. Just don't spoil the lunch by mentioning incitement.
No unity today for the Fatah and Hamas terror groups trying to form a single government in the Palestinian Authority.
Last week an Islamist group rallied at Al Aqsa mosque, calling to erase 'Jewish filth' at the Temple Mount.
The EU Commission boasted about its latest enormous infusion of cash into the PA and UNRWA.
Former defense minister says American involvement in negotiations pushes Israel, Palestinian Authority apart, slams Livni, Netanyahu, Lapid
Just two days after the Pope visited Bethlehem, there was a fire in the Church of the Nativity. Coincidence?
Children as young as 12 participate in rally calling for destruction of Israel and Palestinian Authority.
A Gaza terrorist didn't make it home for lunch on Monday due to a 'work accident' in Jabaliya.
Never mind the hundreds of Muslim anti-Christian attacks over the years. It's really Israel who sows discord
The Palestinian Authority is hoping to use the upcoming visit by Pope Francis as a political pipebomb.
Now Hamas is being given a strategy for making acceptable its unalterable hostility towards the Jewish state.
IDF soldiers fought their way through gunfire and Molotov cocktails to arrest suspected terrorists in Samaria.
Political arrests continue unabated in both Ramallah and Gaza; Freedom Committee spokesman: Arrests have "strained reconciliation atmosphere."
Israel Police prevented a potential terror attack this week when they caught four PA Arabs carrying explosives and firebombs.
Islamic law is not based on the Quran so much as it based on the Arab world’s struggle to destroy Israel as a Jewish country.
People who refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish state are trying to “undermine the historic, moral and legal justification for the existence of the State of Israel as the national state of our people.” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday during a tour of Independence Hall. He noted, “The Declaration of Independence sets, […]
Unknown vandals splattered red paint on a line of Israeli flags set up in the city of Jaffa (Yafo) in the wee hours of Wednesday.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Tensions are continuing to rise and violent incidents are increasing in the Old City of Jerusalem, the latest taking place Tuesday night.
Kerry has made such a mess that no matter what he says about Israel or the PA, he is wrong. And he is a diplomat?
Get ready for a media onslaught blaming for “war talk” that really is no different from the “peace talks.”
Kerry: I do not believe nor have I ever said that Israel is or intends to become an Apartheid State.
Kerry’s mouth is too big for him or his spokespeople to put their foot into it.
Rand Paul, looking for the key to the White House, is trying to turn around his image of not being pro-Israel.
EMET wants the US to stop funding the PA, given its merger with Hamas. Doing otherwise contravenes US law.
The Boycott Movement, like the Palestinian Authority, is slowly but surely dissolving itself.
Turkey “will strongly support the reconciliation agreement and offer all humanitarian aid” for the Hamas-Fatah unity government that was announced Wednesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told Gaza’s de facto prime minister Ismail Haniyeh. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan became a fan of Hamas five years ago, at the same time relations with Israel […]
The last one out of the Peace Talks Cemetery is requested to please lock the gate and throw the key away.
The Palestinian Authority has granted itself its death wish, unless Obama wants to make a death wish for Israel.
Hatred of Israel is thicker than anybody’s blood.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
At least ten rockets were fired by Gaza terrorists at Israeli civilian targets over the holiday.
Four Israeli citizens were hurt Thursday in a road terror attack near Tekoa in Gush Etzion.
The government’s approval of Jews moving into the Hebron building marks a return to a bit of political normalcy.
Card-carrying Israeli citizens in a totally Arab city in the western Galilee already are preparing celebrations for what they expect will be the return of their “heroes” who killed Israelis in terrorist attacks. The United States is trying to work out a deal with Israel to allow freeing several Arab terrorists with Israeli citizenship in […]
The US may pretend it was forced to give up Pollard, but it is US that most wants to continue talks.
It won’t happen so soon, but it is only a matter of time until Jewish in Efrat finally can be like Jews in Tel Aviv.
Every time Kerry opens his mouth about his Peace Talks Follies, he only makes things worse, especially for himself.
No one has addressed question, “Why were plastic explosives laying around the PA office?”
By JTA
Israel’s Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Israel Defense Forces to bar a Palestinian runner from Gaza from participating in a marathon in Bethlehem but nevertheless recommended that he be allowed to participate in the race. Olympian Nader Masri, 34, had asked Israel’s military for permission to travel to the second Bethlehem marathon that […]
Carter still wears blinders that make him see that everything that Abbas does is for peace.
The Peace Process dummies think that Arabs play by Western rules while Islam says “you are allowed to lie in politics.”
Two suspects were caught Monday morning planting a bomb near the Gaza security fence.
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and who even wants to put him together again?
If not now, then later, the Arabs will again prove they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
A sports broadcaster would have his hands full trying to keep up with Wednesday’s fast-paced frantic Peace Talks Game.
“No I get by with a little help from my friends/Mm I get high with a little help from my friends” – the Beatles.
“Keeping Mr. Pollard on the bargaining table won’t salvage the talks.”
Another bust of a terrorist ring exposes deeper Islamic and Hamas' roots in Jerusalem.
Al-Quds reporter outraged by precedent of releasing Pollard - guilty of espionage, but not murder.
The State Dept. has systematically covered up the truth that the Palestinian Authority teaches incitement against Israel.
Kerry and Abbas are making fools out of themselves.
Can the US free Pollard if he refuses to attend his parole hearing, apparently a protest to being exchanged for terrorists?
Israel’s collective stomach is wrenching over the prospect of massive concessions for Pollard and more “peace talks.”
Feel sorry for Pollard. He is doomed in jail but would feel doomed if freed in exchange for prisoners and “peace talks.”
The fact that Hamas and Gaza are two words that Kerry never mentions underscores his illusions.
Palestinian Authority rock-throwing terrorists struck again Monday afternoon on Highway 60 Earlier in the day, Arabs on the southern section of Highway 60 between Gush Etzion and Kiryat-Arba-Hevron, hurled rocks at soldiers on patrol. No one was injured. Israeli soldiers continue to be under orders not to fire at terrorists who use rocks and boulders […]
Kerry may force Israel to free more terrorist; the problem is he won’t take them with him when he leaves.
The world so much wanted to believe that the fatal bomb blast at the PA office in Prague was accidental. Not so fast.
The attack took place against the backdrop of escalating attacks around the capital as final status negotiations wind to a close.