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Abbas Silent on Palestinian Authority Terrorist Murder of Soldier

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Even the UN denounced the Palestinian Authority terrorist kidnap-murder of an Israeli soldier, but PA chairman Abbas has nothing to say. Based on previous demands, he should seek release of the killer.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

'Dream Road' from Gush Etzion to Dead Sea May Explode Peace Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

While Abbas insists that a Palestinian Authority state will include all of the Jordan Valley, Israel plans facts on the ground to dissect it with a “dream road” from Gush Etzion to the Dead Sea.

Terrorism / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Egypt

Egyptian Army Saves Christians from Muslim Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The most dramatic change in Egypt is the war on Islamic terror. Its success can be measured by the army’s rescuing Christians from Islamists. Obama should be jealous; Christians in the PA should be so lucky.

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Likud MKs Rebel, Tell Netanyahu not To Give Land to PA

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A group of 16 Knesset Members in Israel’s governing coalition, many from the Likud that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu heads, wrote him on Sunday not to give up territory to the Palestinian Authority. In a letter sent to the Prime Minister during his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the MKs called on […]

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

PA Back in Town to Wink at PA’s Loaded Deck of Cards

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel and Palestinian Authority negotiators promised Kerry they would hold secret talks, without using the media to promote agendas. Israel has obliged. PA negotiator Saeb Erekat has not.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jordan

Jordanian Children Incited to Idolize Female Terrorist

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Jordanian children are taught from early ages to idolize Palestinian terrorists such as including Dalal Mughrabi, who in 1978 led a bus attack in which 37 Israeli civilians were killed, Palestinian Media Watch reported Sept. 12. Najla Sahwil, a Jordanian actress, recently told the official Palestinian Authority (PA) TV channel that she and her Jordanian […]

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'Sec’y of Nonsense' Kerry: PA-Israel Pact the Key to Mideast Peace

By Morton A. Klein

John Kerry says an Israeli-Peace peace pact is “important to “regional security and stability.” ZOA says he is full of nonsense: Arab wars on Israel have nothing to do with their own internal problems.

Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judaism

MK Ariel 'Blesses' at Temple Mount, PA Warns of Religious War (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

‘Peace talks’ are an excuse to avoid THE issue - the Temple Mount – but the PA pushes it in media, warns of religious war. Housing Minister blesses at the site. Fatah terrorists warn of ‘violent Friday.”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Arab Rock Thrower Hits Woman; IDF Arrests Firebombers

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists returned to one of their favorite spots south of Jerusalem Wednesday and attack passing Jewish motorists, injuring one girl. Near Hevron, the IDF arrested four Arabs were arrested, including those who had prepared firebombs to hurl at vehicles on Highway 60 at Beit Umar, located between Gush Etzion and Kiryat Arab-Hevron.

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

New Israeli Oil Find near Gaza Could Drive Hamas, Abbas into War

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel may have struck it rich twice – once with indications of oil off the southern coast and twice with the prospect of Hamas and Abbas fighting it out over probable claims to the Israeli discovery.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem

Abbas Scorecard on Stopping Terror: 5,700 Attempts to Kill in 2013

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas in 2003: ‘We reject terrorism in all forms.' In 2013: there’s no difference between our policies and those of Hamas.’ Results of his ‘Peace Process’ are 5,700 attacks in first six months of 2013.

Haredim & Hassidim / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Jordan / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Judaism

Jordan Calls ‘Women of the Wall’ Prayer Site an ‘Attack on Islam’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Women of the Wall was so focused on Haredim that the girls forgot to ask Jordan for permission to pray in their own minyan. Now maybe the WoW will wake up to reality and pray on the Temple Mount.

Terrorism / Syria / US / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

Abbas Rakes Obama over the Coals for Plan to Attack Syria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The closer the Palestinian Authority gets to become a country, the more it spits in the face of those who feed it. Abbas says Obama should stay out of Syria; PA media blame Obama for the civil war and 9/11.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Soldiers Run Away from Gunmen

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority security forces were forced to flee from gunmen early Monday during an attempt to arrest them, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency. PA soldiers, officially called “policemen,” raided a village in northeast Samaria to carry out arrests but were forced to withdraw under a hail of Molotov cocktails. The security forces  returned later […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Two Arabs Plotted to Blow up Jerusalem Mall Where They Work

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Remember this the next time Kerry claims Israel’s oppression of Arabs, by giving them equal opportunity, is the reason for hate and violence. Two Arab workers at a Jerusalem mall tried to blow it up.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Lapid Bars Party Members from Abbas Meeting

By JTA

Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid has barred five party lawmakers from meeting in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas , who had invited them to a toast in honor of Rosh HaShanah. The five lawmakers withdrew their acceptance of the invitation, according to the newspaper. Lapid ordered the withdrawal because it could prejudice the […]

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists

PA Cancels Peace Talks - IDF Ambushed then Used Live Fire, 3 Dead

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

PA says today's 'peace' talks cancelled due to IDF killing 3 in Qalandiya, Israel says Qalandiyans attacked IDF troops, response was justified, U.S. says talks not cancelled.

Terrorism / Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Lebanon / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Hezbollah

Here’s How Kerry, Hillary and Obama Let Assad Get Away with Murder

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry shuttled to Syria to “engage” Assad in 2006. Clinton called him a “reformer” after protests started. Obama gave Assad the gift of diplomatic ties while he was stockpiling chemical weapons. Assad fooled them all.

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

Hamas Sees New ‘Settlements’ as Homes for Arabs

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Hamas regime in Gaza now is welcoming the announcement by Israel to build new homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem, convinced that Arabs will take them over the property as they did in Gaza after the expulsion of Jews from the region in 2005. Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said the Jewish […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Sheikh Tells Arabs: Israel behind Cairo Coup (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When Erdogan blames Israel for bringing down Morsi, the government condemns him, but it stays silent when a far more dangerous man, an Israeli preacher, says the same thing to Arab citizens of Israel.

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Hundreds of Gazans Protest Against the 'Peace Talks'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Hamas rejects the idea of negotiations, security cooperation, exchange of land or forfeiture of the 'right of return' with Israel. It is virtually certain that any unity government will disavow any agreements Fatah makes during these 'peace talks.'

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

Abbas Stuns Israel, Implies Surrender of ‘Right of Return’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas has caught Israel sleeping at the political chessboard and has checked, if not checkmated, the government by stating he will give up the demand for foreign Arabs to flood Haifa and Jaffa.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Arab Terrorists’ Molotov Cocktails Ignite Forest Fire

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Palestinian Authority Arabs throwing Molotov cocktails at passing Israeli cars in Samaria Thursday ignited a forest fire near the Jewish community of Neve Tzuf, located in the Binyamin region north of Jerusalem. Volunteers quickly arrived on the scene and began to extinguish the blaze to prevent flames from spreading to nearby homes, and firefighters arrived […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

PA Threatens to Break ‘Peace Talk’ Rules and Go to United Nations

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority has a regular habit of signing agreements, such as the Oslo Accords, and then breaking the rules to start all over again That is the same recipe being cooked up in the resumed “peace talks.”

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem

Arabs Attack Jewish Homes in Jerusalem's Old City

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The real “peace talks” are taking place in areas such as the Old City of Jerusalem, where Arabs threw Molotov cocktails and rocks at two Jewish homes Tuesday night. A guard was lightly wounded.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Here’s How Abbas Fights Terror: He Lets the IDF Do It (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One of the least talked about issues in “peace talks” is security. Kerry “thinks,” pardon the term, that Abbas has stopped terror, so why didn’t the PA, instead of the IDF, raid Jenin to arrest a terrorist?

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Israel and Palestinian Authority Resume Secret Talks

By JTA

Israeli and Palestinian Authority negotiators met for a second round of hush-hush peace talks on Tuesday, reportedly in Jericho. The first round of talks was held last week in Jerusalem, and so far, both sides have more or less kept to a pledge of secrecy requested by  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The Israeli negotiators […]

Israel / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Egypt

Egypt Closes Gaza Border Crossing - No Flotillas on the Horizon

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Egypt closes Rafah border crossing, but no outrage from the defenders of Gaza. On the other hand, Hamas and Fatah are busy insulting each other.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Hacker Posts on Zuckerberg’s Facebook Wall

By JTA

A Palestinian Authority hacker from Hevron posted a message on Facebook founder Marc Zuckerberg’s wall to show there is a bug in the social network’s security settings. Khalil Shreateh posted information about the bug on Zuckerberg’s wall late last week following unsuccessful attempts to report the bug to Facebook security. The bug allowed Shreateh to […]

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

Yahrzheit Today for Dr. Applebaum and Daughter Nava

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian Authority suicide bomber ten years ago Monday night, on the Hebrew calendar, exploded his charge and killed seven people, including American Israelis Dr. David Applebaum and his daughter Nava the evening before her wedding date. Slightly less than two years ago, Palestinian Authority terrorist Ibrahim Muhammad Yunus Dar Musa, who helped plan the […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / United Nations (UN) / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Ban Ki-Moon Tries New Sales Pitch to Stab Israel in the Back

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Beware of false friends. Ban Ki-moon tries to soften up Israel by admitting that the U.N. sometimes is biased against Israel, but not to worry, because peace is on the way.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Livni Takes Herself Seriously - Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tzipi Livni, Israel’s senior negotiator in direct talks with the Palestinian Authority, could not resist the opportunity to say something about Wednesday night peace talks and revealed to reporters that the discussions were “serious.” Would anyone expect that the talks would not be serious? Thanks to Livni, everyone now knows that she and Saeb Erekat […]

Terrorism / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Israel May Hand Over Bodies of Terrorists as ‘Goodwill’ Measure

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel reportedly is prepared to make another “goodwill” move to the Palestinian Authority by handing over the bodies of more terrorists who were buried in Israel, according to the Hebrew-language newspaper Yediot Acharonot. Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh said that dozens of bodies will be turned over to the Palestinian Authority because of the […]

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Hamas Rejects Abbas’ Legitimacy to ‘Give up Land and Rights’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas has stiffened its condemnation of Palestinian Authority  chairman Mahmoud Abbas and rejected his right to “give up any part of the land of Palestine or any of the people's rights.” The terrorist organization that runs Gaza has repeatedly rejected Abbas’ right to stage direct talks with Israel, and now it has called on the […]

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Next Terrorist Release Coming Soon

By Jewish Press News Desk

Issa Karka, the Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoners revealed today that the next batch of Arab terrorists to be released will be in a month and a half from now. This next batch, he claims, will also include Arab terrorists with Israeli citizenship, and will include all the terrorists arrested before Oslo. Hamas Minister of […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Russia

Russian Firm Investing $30 Million in Bethlehem Complex

By Jewish Press News Desk

Russia is strengthening its presence in the Palestinian Authority with a $30 million investment in an office-commercial center in  Bethlehem that will include a gymnasium and music school. The Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency reported that the complex will be built next to the Russian Center for Science and Culture.    

Terrorism / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Israel’s Supreme Court rejects Suit against Freeing Terrorists

By JTA

Israel’s Supreme Court Tuesday, as expected, rejected a petition filed by families of terror victims against the release of 26 Palestinian Authority terrorists. Supreme Court President Asher Grunis stated after the rejection of the petition, “There is no dispute that the issue at hand is difficult and sensitive. Our hearts go out to the families […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Six of 26 Freed Terrorists are from Rival Groups to Abbas’ Fatah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel gave Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas a double boost in the planned release of 26 terrorists names Monday morning, first by agreeing to Abbas’ pre-condition linking their freedom with the resumption of peace talks and secondly by including six terrorists from gangs that are rivals to Abbas’ Fatah party terrorist branch. Two of the […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Arab and Israel Rock Bands Launch Their Own Peace Process

By Jewish Press News Desk

Move over John Kerry. Two Israeli rock bands, one Arab and one Jewish, are spreading a message of “metal brotherhood” with an 18-day European tour to show that co-existence is possible, CNN reported Monday. The Arab band is named "Khalas,” Arabic for “enough.” And the Jewish band is called “Orphaned Land.” Both bands will ride […]

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Rabbis Urge Netanyahu to Quit Rather than Free Terrorists

By Jewish Press Staff

Abbas has declared no Jew will be able to live in a PA state. The Rabbinical Congress for Peace says since Abbas obviously is not interested in peace, Netanyahu should quit before freeing terrorists.

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Indyk Preps for PA-Israel Talks by Meeting with Abbas in Ramallah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Martin Indyk, President Barack Obama’s latest panacea to save the Middle East from American failure, met with Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas Sunday in Ramallah on new developments in the “peace process.” Indyk reiterated American commitments to support direct talks with Israel over a period of nine months, starting with mid-July. Before the meeting, Israeli […]

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

Israeli Firm Plans Gas Pipelines to Turkey, other Mideast Nations

By JTA

An Israeli energy company has announced plans to export natural gas via pipelines through Turkey and other countries in the Middle East. The Delek Group, the parent firm for several energy and gas exploration companies, said in its new prospectus that it plans to export some of the newly discovered natural gas off the Mediterranean […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

PA Fails to Stop Terror; IDF Arrests Islamic Jihad Leader in Jenin

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority again has failed to reign in terror and left the “dirty work” for the IDF, which arrested an Islamic Jihad leader in a pre-dawn raid in Jenin Wednesday. Approximately 15 local Arabs rioted and threw rocks and Molotov cocktails and rolled burning tires at the soldiers, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Sports

Israel Gives up 'HaTikvah' Anthem for the Sake of Peres' Peace

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel has made another concession, without even being asked. The PA anthem was sung in Bethlehem for the Barcelona soccer team during its Peres-sponsored visit, but HaTikvah was ditched in Tel Aviv.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

State Dept. Creating False Picture of ‘Constant’ PA-Israel Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli and Palestinian Authority leaders have freely denied the request of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry not to talk behind his back on direct talks, but the State Dept., has been trying to create a false conception that the two sides are talking with each other more than they really do. Tzipi Livni, who […]

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Livni Says Israel to Hold ‘Round Two’ with PA in Israel Next Week

By JTA

The next round of Israeli-Palestinian direct talks will be held in Israel next week, according to Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel’s chief negotiator. She told Israel’s Channel 10 that the negotiations, scheduled to last about nine months, would alternate between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The next round will be held after the first group […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Deny Israel’s Existence and You Can Win $100 (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The PA puts its money where its mouth is, at least, when it talks to Arabs and not John Kerry. A PA TV program offers Arabs $100 to identify a city in “Palestine” mentioned in the Book of Jonah. Ashdod? Right.

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

Terrorist Attacks Down to ‘Only' 12 a Week

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel is so used to terror that it feels great when there are “only” 50 a month in Judea and Samaria. The US always gives Abbas credit for the reduction but never seems to blame them for attacks.

Settlements / Palestinian Authority / News Briefs / Antisemitism

Two Arabs Caught Vandalizing Tomb of the Patriarchs

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The two were recorded on security cameras as they were ripping a Mezuzah off the wall

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Egypt

Egypt Killed 30 Palestinian Authority Arabs Last Month

By Shalom Bear

In the past month, Egypt has arrested 90 people in the Sinai, 7 of them Palestinian Authority Arabs. Egypt has also killed 60 armed people in the Sinai, of which 30 were Palestinian Authority Arabs. In addition, Egypt destroyed 38 underground fuel tanks, according to EgyptIndependent.com. 28 of the tanks stored 634,000 liters of diesel […]

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Thinks ‘Terrorism’ Is a Race or Religion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Now we know why the Palestinian Authority does not stop incitement. That would be racism, according to the logic of a PA minister, who calls Bennett a racist for saying terrorists should be eliminated.

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Obama Calls Netanyahu, Abbas to Follow the Script for Direct Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama’s trust of Netanyahu and Abbas not upset Kerry’s peace process cart is zero, so he called both leaders on Thursday just in case they forgot who is calling the shots.

Terrorism / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Palestinian Authority Labels 600,000 Israeli Jews as 'Terrorists'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The PA upgrades its dictionary. Bennett is a terrorist for saying real terrorists should be killed. All settlers are terrorists. PA murderers are not terrorists – they are “strugglers for their freedom.”

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Obama Meets with Israeli and PA Negotiators

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Lest anyone forget who gets the blame for the failure of the renewed peace talks or for the"credit" of any agreement to hold water, Obama put in his two cents and met with PA and Israeli negotiators Tuesday.

IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

Israel Hospitals Took Care of Nearly 220,000 PA Arabs in 2012

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Will the United Nations, which has condemned Israel for alleged war crimes, also censure it for treating nearly 220,000 PA Arabs Israeli hospitals, including Hamas’ prime minister’s brother-in-law?

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Chabad Emissaries: Torah Forbids Surrendering Land to Enemies

By Jewish Press Staff

Chabad-Lubavitch movement emissaries in Israel have a mission to encourage Jews to observe Torah.” They remind the government that negotiating with enemies over borders endangers lives of Israelis.

Terrorism / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Abbas’ Fatah Party Lauds Female Terrorist as ‘Master of the World’

By Jewish Press Staff

Abbas' Fatah party Facebook page tells the truth about terrorism and the “peace process.” It posted a picture of three notorious female terrorists, each one a ”master of the world.” Now let’s talk peace?

Jewish / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

Kerry Names Oslo-Defender Indyk to Direct Peace Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Every US “peace process” mediator has failed. Martin Indyk is next in line. He has said Israel must cede the Temple Mount and the PA must give up the “right of return.” If he succeeds, expect war.

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Kerry Jumps on Okay for Freeing Terrorists, Announces Peace Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry and Livni have a lot in common. They both talk a lot and say nothing; they love themselves; and they are celebrating their return to diplomatic stardom. They may be “stars for a day.”

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Religion

PM Kerry Unmasks Himself, Crowns Palestinian Authority as a ‘Country’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry finally has tripped over himself, bared his not-so-hidden agenda and stated that the Palestinian Authority is a country. Asked later about the slip of the tongue, he asked, “Did I say that?”

Terrorism / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Cabinet Approves Freeing 104 Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It took Netanyahu several hours to win a respectable majority in the Cabinet to capitulate to Abbas' demand and approve the release of 104 terrorists in order to allow the renewal of direct talks in Washington on Tuesday.

Terrorism / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

US Bus Bomb Victims Relive Horror over Terrorists’ Release

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Sandy Bloom of New York and her husband Dov of Pittsburgh suffered for years from burns in a deadly 1988 terrorist attack on a bus. Now they are suffering from the thought of the terrorists being freed.

Terrorism / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Cabinet OKs ‘Peace Process’ Referendum, Delays Vote on Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu threw a sugar pill at the Cabinet by proposing a change in the Basic Law for a national referendum before giving Israeli land to the PA. The Cabinet is contemplating swallowing the bitter pill – freeing terrorists.

Terrorism / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Israel to Get Nothing but Talk for Freeing 104 Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel is to free 104 terrorists so Kerry can take the credit for the resumption of “direct talks,” but what will be on the agenda? Peace? Recognizing Israel? No. The PA will talk about a timetable for talks.

Terrorism / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Bennett: Terrorists Should Be Killed, not Freed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Naftali Bennett, Economy Minister and Jewish Home party chairman, wrote on Facebook Saturday night, “Terrorists should be killed, not released. All my life I fought towards fulfilling the two parts of this sentence. Tomorrow I will vote against.” A former IDF combat officer, Bennett said he has ordered his party ministers to vote against the […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Netanyahu: ‘Freeing Terrorists Clashes with Justice,’ but So What?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu says freeing terrorists is unjust, is against public opinion, and is painful. So why do it? Because it is in the “interest of the State,” meaning John Kerry is in charge of Israel’s security.

Terrorism / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Poll: Israelis Overwhelmingly against Release of Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It’s time again for Israel to turn the other cheek and express “goodwill’ to Abbas and love for peace by freeing terrorists who turn the other cheek to humanity and express their love by barbaric murders.

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

PA Entrepreneurs Shun Politics in Cisco Systems Training

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority entrepreneurs are not interested in politics and concentrate on business in a Cisco-Israel training program, Forbes business magazine reported. Israeli Jewish high-tech experts coach PA CEOs and middle-level managers in the sessions. Cisco CEO John Chambers began thinking about the program after meeting with  chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2008. “I personally went […]

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Egypt

Hamas Shuts Down Two Arab Media Outlets

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Hamas terrorist government in Gaza has shut down the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency and the Al-Arabiya satellite channel bureaus in Gaza, Ma’an reported. It said that Hamas officials questioned its Gaza bureau chief over an article translated from an Israeli newspaper reporting that six Muslim Brotherhood smuggled themselves into Gaza to plan an uprising […]

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

2 Arab Palestinians Failed High School Final Exams, Commit Suicide

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Arab Palestinians are required to take a test at the end of high school which pretty much determines their future. With a pass rate of less than 60%, the response by some is tragic.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Arab Arrested on Way to Carry Out Terrorist Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF soldiers identified and arrested a Palestinian Authority terrorist  who was carrying a pistol and ammunition  in Samaria with the intention to open fire on a bus traveling nearby. Two buses were hit by gunfire in the same area in two separate incidents over the past four weeks. “Security forces conducted surveillance operations in anticipation […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Government Evicts a Total of One Family from Amona Outpost

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Seven years ago, mounted police viciously trampled sit-down protesters at the Amona outpost during an expulsion. Today, one family peacefully left under orders. The community remains locked in a legal battle.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Palestinian Authority Death Wish Shuns Superhighways and Trains

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The PA’s all-or-nothing position years ago robbed itself of enjoying Israel’s superhighway. Now it refuses train lines that would propel economic growth. Why? Because it would help those awful settlers.

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Kerry‘s ‘Peace Process’ Ghost to Haunt Washington on Tuesday

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry can come out smelling sweet and let Israel and the PA blow up next week’s return of the ghost of direct talks Then he could end the travesty. But he wants to stink up the place with a decayed corpse of the peace process.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Arab Terrorists Suspected in Two Stabbings of Jews in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two Jews were stabbed in separate  attacks in Jerusalem on Wednesday, and police are investigating the possibility that one or both of them were terrorist attacks. Arabs are suspected in both knifings. One man, 52,  suffered moderate to serious  wounds when he was stabbed by an Arab in a bathroom at Shechem Gate in the […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Arab Held Israeli Woman at Knifepoint

By JTA

Israeli police have arrested a Palestinian Authority teenager for holding an Israeli woman at knifepoint. A resident of Tulkarm, located east of Netanya, allegedly pressed a knife to the neck of a woman from the northern Israeli community of Kfar Tabor, according to Haaretz. The man had apparently crossed into Israel illegally and was working […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

PA Arabs May Have to Go Hungry and Naked to Boycott Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

What do Rami Levi, Harel Wizel and Eil Orgad have in common? They are Israelis stores in Judea and Samaria. They also may be the key to destroying the peace process and making real peace.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Lieberman: Gives Abbas What He Wants and He Will Ask for More

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas will not be satisfied even if Israel surrenders to all of his territorial demands, said Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu faction of the Likud-Beiteinu party. “Let’s assume theoretically that Israel would return to the 1967 borders,” he told Voice of Israel radio Tuesday morning. “The next day, there […]

US / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Hamas Calls Return to Direct Peace Talks a ‘Disaster’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority leadership in Ramallah is a victim of delusion and does not realize that the agreement in principle to return to direct talks with Israel is a “disaster,” Hams terrorist organization spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency Saturday. "Stopping political reconciliation for negotiations between the PA and Israel is very […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Ombudsman Bares the Facts in ‘Wild West Bank’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jews in Judea and Samaria know it is lawless on the roads. Arabs drive with unlicensed cars. They steal water and do not pay taxes. A new Ombudsman’s report bares some of the facts – but not all.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / Jerusalem

IKEA May Open Branch in Palestinian Authority’s Ramallah

By Jewish Press News Desk

IKEA is considering extending its operations in Israel and opening up a branch in Ramallah, in the Palestinian Authority, and in Be’er Sheva and Jerusalem, the  Hebrew-language newspaper Yediot Acharonot reported. Matthew Bronfman, who holds the IKEA franchise for Israel, reported said that “we'll be happy to help establish the store” in Ramallah. The planned […]

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

JCPA: 'We're The Voice of American Jews,' But Many Beg to Differ

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The JCPA went to congress urging the U.S. to restart the "peace talks." It also claims to be the the representative voice of the organized Jewish community. Both ideas are wrong-headed according to many who spoke with The Jewish Press.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jordan / Settlements

Kerry’s New ‘Peace’ Brainstorm: Talk with Abbas without Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry is flying to the Middle East, but who cares about Egypt or Syria? He will meet with Abbas in Jordan; Israel is not on his itinerary. He is cooking up something nasty or really is weird.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Religion

Netanyahu Opens ‘Direct Talks' with Abbas: Greetings on Ramadan

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Who says Netanyahu does not want peace with Abbas? He picked up the phone to wish him greetings on Ramadan. Why didn’t Kerry think of that? Maybe Arabs will call tonight and wish Bibi a good fast.”

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Military Court Convicts PA Terrorist for Murdering Jew in Samaria

By JTA

An Israeli military court has convicted a Palestinian Authority terrorist for the April murder of 31-year-old Eviatar Borovsky, who lived in the community of Itamar, in northeastern Samaria. Zagal stabbed Borovsky to death as the father of five waited at a bus stop at the Tapuach Junction. Border Police officers shot and wounded Zagal at […]

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Egypt Crushes Hamas, Plans All-Out War on Sinai Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel, for a change, can sit back, enjoy the show and watch Egypt do what the world would not let the IDF do – massive destruction of Hamas smuggling tunnels and all-out war against terror in the Sinai. Israel, for a change, can sit back, enjoy the show and watch Egypt do what the world would not let the IDF do – massive destruction of Hamas smuggling tunnels and all-out war against terror in the Sinai. The Egyptian military demolished hundreds of smuggling tunnels in and out of Hamas-controlled Gaza Sunday and is preparing for an all-our onslaught of Hamas, Al Qaeda and other terrorists in the Sinai, Egyptian media reported. The Egyptian offensive is a political and military shock to Hamas, with reverberations in Ramallah and Washington, on the eve of yet another attempt by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to re-ignite the “peace process.” “The reduction in smuggling will make it difficult for Hamas to maintain the level of its revenues, and therefore it will be hard pressed to contain the protests against its rule,” according to the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS). “It will also be difficult to infiltrate weapons into Gaza, mainly enhanced rockets and surface-to-surface missiles.” The Egyptian Aswat Masriya media outlet reported that 805 tunnels along the smuggling route, centered in the border city of Rafiah, were destroyed. Most of the tunnels have been used to smuggle fuel into Gaza. The Egyptian army will also close the Rafiah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip “indefinitely,” an official source told Egyptian newspaper al-Masry al-Youm. It placed a severe siege on Hamas but without a peep from the international community, which still condemns Israel for the maritime embargo that is aimed at preventing the import of terrorists and weapons from the sea. Terrorists in Rafiah targeted a military checkpoint Saturday, but no casualties were reported, and Egypt opened the Rafiah border crossing for four hours Saturday to allow humanitarian cases to cross the border. The tunnels have been a key route for terrorists to travel freely back and forth to the Sinai Peninsula and establish terrorist outposts aimed at staking out bases for attack on Egyptian tourist areas, such as El Arish, as well as urban areas. The army killed at least five terrorists on Friday, but Egyptian media reported a larger-scale offensive is in the works after an attempted assassination of Second Field Army commander Maj. Gen. Ahmed Wasfy on Wednesday. Egypt is using heavy arms and warplanes, maneuvers that are prohibited under the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty of 1979 without Israel’s approval. With the unstable and radical anti-Israel Muslim Brotherhood out of power, thanks to the military “impeachment” or coup – take your pick – Israel is not blocking any offense, “Security sources confirmed that Israel does not mind that the Egyptian forces use heavy artillery and warplanes during the operation which is expected to start very soon” military sources confirmed to the official television on Saturday. Official added, “The army had decided to cleanse the Sinai of armed gangs and terrorists "The operation will continue until it reaches its objectives, which are not only military but also aim to develop the Sinai.” Meanwhile, state media have reported Friday that two Egyptian Apache helicopters hovered over olive groves south of El-Arish before they fired shells at bunkers of Jihadist gunmen who were preparing to attack army checkpoints. The Egyptian Air Force on Saturday sent in two Apache helicopters to gun down jihadists after it received intelligence information that they were hiding in olive groves and preparing to attack military checkpoints. On Friday, an Egyptian helicopter was seen in the skies over Gaza for the first time since the Six-Day War in 1967. The Hamas terrorist organization is an offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood and therefore is a natural enemy of the military that ousted Mohammed Morsi two weeks ago. Hams has denied Egyptian military statements that its soldiers jailed 32 Hamas terrorists and arrested dozens others in the Sinai Peninsula last week. Hamas figuratively shot itself in the head last August when it mounted a severe attack on the Egyptian army, killing 16 soldiers near Rafiah in a multi-pronged attack that was intended to continue into Israel but was foiled at the last minute by the IDF. Ever since, Hamas has been an undeclared enemy, and even the Morsi regime was suspicious of it. The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority also is benefiting from Hamas’ miseries but is suppressing its joy because Hamas has widespread support among Arabs in Judea and Samaria who are fed up with chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Any moves by the Secretary of State Kerry to win some kind of a forum between Israeli and Palestinian Authority are a useless exercise without the inclusion of Gaza. Another fallout of the offensive against Hamas might be negative for Israel in the near-term. “The motivation of Hamas and jihadi elements from Sinai to launch attacks against Israel is increasing,” INSS thinks.

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

Muslims ‘Celebrate’ Ramadan by Vandalizing Patriarchs’ Cave

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The media would be screaming its lungs off if Jews had vandalized a Muslim prayer room in the Patriarch’s Cave but did not even whisper when Muslims desecrated Jewish rooms. Happy Ramadan month.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Judaism

Freedom of Religion on Temple Mount – Except for Jews (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jerusalem police allow Arabs to keep Jews from entering the Temple Mount, just like they used to allow Haredim to keep women away from the Kotel – until it was not politically correct.

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

Judea and Samaria Children Salute IDF for Safer Lives

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Maybe a bit of flattery for the IDF by the folks who are targets for Arab rock throwers will keep the military on its toes. Jews in Samaria saluted the IDF Friday for making roads safer – for now.

Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Fatah Condemns Meeting between PA and Israeli Politicians

By JTA

Palestinian political party Fatah, along with other Palestinian political organizations, criticized representatives of the Palestinian Authority for meeting with Israeli politicians sympathetic with the Palestinian Authority.. In a meeting this week set up by the left-wing Geneva Initiative, members of the ruling right-wing Likud Party and opposition Shas Sephardi party met with PLO Secretary-General Yasser […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Second ‘Prisoner X’ Identified as Palestinian Authority Arab

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Israel court partially lifted a gag order Wednesday on the case of a second "prisoner X,” held in secret in a high-security prison, and identified him as Wael Abu Reda of Gaza. He is charged with committing “crimes against the security of the country.” Australian media earlier this year exposed the secret incarceration of […]

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

FIFA’s Stony Silence on Soccer Field Launchers (Video)

By A Jew In Need

Netanyahau showed FIFA’s president proof of missile launches underneath Hamas soccer fields. FIFA was unimpressed: Let PA soccer players travel freely or FIFA may expel Israel. No goal for Israel.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Religion

PA Propaganda on Temple Mount Makes Anti-Zionism Inevitable

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

PA newspapers and website routinely tell its readers how “fanatical” Jews and police “storm” the Temple Mount with the explicit aim of taking it over. Even if Arabs want peace, their leaders won’t let them believe it is possible.

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

PA Touts Kerry’s Return while He Stays at Wife’s Hospital Bed

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Big Lie, big explosion. Media spread a story yesterday that Kerry will be back in town this week. Today, the PA claims Bibi met with PA honchos. Abbas forgot that Kerry’s wife is in critical condition.

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

IDF Orders Soldiers to ‘Respect’ Muslim Ramadan

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Soldiers were particularly admonished to be respectful of Muslims at crossings through the security fence in Judea and Samaria.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

PA-Israeli Collision on the Roads Hospitalizes Nine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority prime minister Rami Hamdallah’s vehicle collided with an Israel car on Saturday near Bethlehem, seriously injuring the Israeli driver and leaving his children and three PA security guards with light injures. The PA vehicle was returning to Ramallah from a meeting with the governor of Hevron when his car collided with the Israeli […]

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Kerry Sweating to Save Face and Announce ‘Peace Talks’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has turned his schedule upside down to keep his three-ring circus from collapsing under his “peace tent” that he has weighted down with his fake smile and iron fist to save himself from looking like a diplomatic clown. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas are […]

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