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Anthony Weiner Occupies ‘Open Zion’ (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Anthony Weiner does not think Judea and Samaria are “occupied.’ Neither does former Supreme Court Edmund Levy. But that statement makes Weiner a far-right ignorant radical, in the eyes of “Open Zion.”

Terrorism / Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Terrorist Was in Contact with Hezbollah-Linked Cell

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) released for publication Thursday that a four-person Palestinian Authority terrorist cell was arrested, including one who was in contact with a Hezbollah-linked cell in Jordan. The cell was compromised of terrorists of the Palestine Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and carried out a shooting attack on hikers […]

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

Kerry to Wait for Dessert after Meals with King Abdullah and Bibi

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry may or may come up with results in his peace process trip to the region, but at least he will have a full stomach. He ate and talked with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman Thursday afternoon before flying to Jerusalem, where he and the Prime Minister will dine at […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Weapons Cache Uncovered in Overnight IDF Raid in Shechem

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

IDF soldiers have uncovered a weapons cache during a special raid Wednesday night in Shechem, located in north-central Samaria and where the Palestinian Authority is supposed to be responsible for security. The cache included two pistols, parts of an M-16 rifle, more than 100 ammunition clips, ammunition and other military equipment. The IDF has recovered […]

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

Hamas Claims Erdogan Will Visit Next Week

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Gaza next Friday, even though he said earlier this week that protested against his government have forced him to suspend plans to honor Hamas with a visit. A Palestinian Authority newspaper quoted the Hamas regime’s secretary Abdulsalam Siyam as saying that two Turkish officials and several journalists already […]

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

Netanyahu Invokes Herzl’s Vision on Eve of Kerry’s Visit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry has great timing. He comes to Israel hours after the anniversary of the death of the founder of Zionism, giving Netanyahu the opportunity to state there is no peace without security.

Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Knesset Bills Would Define Israel as Jewish State

By JTA

Two bills submitted to the Knesset on Tuesday would legislate Israel’s Jewish character and as a democratic state. A bill proposed by coalition chairman Likud Knesset Member Yariv Levin and Jewish Home MK Ayelet Shaked would create a Basic Law declaring that Israel is the national home of the Jewish people and does not recognize […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Jordan / Saudi Arabia / United Nations (UN) / Israeli Arabs

Jordan Sets the Tone for Kerry’s Visit: Choose Surrender or War

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Arab world has mined the diplomatic field before Kerry’s visit Thursday. Saudi Arabia tells Kerry the PA musty be a “contiguous” state. Jordan’s King Abdullah: A stalemate will result in violence.

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Arab Incitement: Israel to Raze Al Aqsa Mosque, Build Holy Temple

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Here’s good reason for Israel’s saying that UNESCO has been hijacked by the PA agenda. ”Israel planning to raze Al-Aqsa to build ‘second temple,” Screams Saudi Gazette headline. PS: They can’t count.

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

Israeli-Americans Oppose US Motion to Dismiss Suit on Aid to PA

By Jewish Press News Desk

The 24 Americans living in Israel who had sued the State Department over U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority have filed their opposition brief to the government's motion to dismiss,” Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) said Wednesday The plaintiffs allege that aid money to the PA is not being carefully scrutinized nor administered and funds […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jordan / Settlements

EU Backs Off Condemning Settlements before Kerry Visits Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has succeeded in convincing the European Union to back off from passing another critical resolution of a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria, an indication that the international community is losing its patience with the Palestinian Authority. The Foreign Ministers were expected to adopt a critical resolution on Israeli settlement policy […]

Israel / Syria / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Kerry Heads to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait before Visiting Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Globe-trotting U.S. Secretary of State John Kelly has left India for Saudi Arabia and Kuwait before flying to Jordan and Israel later this week to tackle the issue of Palestinian Authority demands. The Saudi kingdom is a powerful ally of the United States and is solidly behind the rebels in the Syrian civil war. Kerry […]

Terrorism / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

IDF Leaves Jews Open to Rock Terror 'Only Once a Day'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

In the Negev, it’s rockets. In Judea and Samaria, it’s rocks. The IDF brags about stopping the attacks – again, and again. But why does it let them happen in the first place? Want a promotion? Shut up.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Israel’s Keystone Cops Catch the Arab – after a Car Crash

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli police once again have managed to get involved in a traffic accident while chasing after a fleeing Arab. This time around, it ended up a lot better than earlier this year, when police in the south chased after an Arab vehicle that had fled a checkpoint. As the police chased, the speeding Arab vehicle […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas Surrenders to Reality, Accepts Prime Minister’s Resignation

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas never surrenders to Israel but shows he knows the meaning of the word. Just before Kerry flies into town, Abbas finally accepts the resignation of his three-week prime minister.

Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Prime Minister's Twitter Account Says it All

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

e two tweets on the PA Prime Minister's Twitter account: the first announcing his appointment, the second, 16 days later, announcing his resignation.

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

Leading Middle East Journalist: New PA PM Has Resigned

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Khaled abu Toameh, who for years has been the leading journalist reporting accurately on the Palestinian Authority, its many divisions and opponents, as well as the situation in general in Israel and the wider Middle East posted on his Facebook page the bombshell that the brand new Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Rami Hamdallah, […]

Terrorism / US / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

‘Rohani the Moderate’ Helped Plan 1994 Bombing of Buenos Aires

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Every normal person knows Rohani is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. For the abnormal, (Read: Western diplomats) guess what? He helped plan to kill Jews in Buenos Aires and backed hiding Iran’s nuke program.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Religion

Police Detain Four Jews for ‘Bowing in Prayer at Temple Mount

By JTA

Four Israeli Jewish teenagers were detained by police Wednesday for bowing down at the Temple Mount, an act that seen as a prayer and which is prohibited by the Muslim Waqf, the Muslim religious administration that is authorized by Israel to manage the holy site. A rabbi also visiting the site told Israel National News […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Palestinian Authority’s New Prime Minister Refuses IDF Protection

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority’s New Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has refused Israeli protection and insists he will travel as he pleases in “Area C,” which supposedly is under full Israeli control. Hamdallah, who is replacing Salam Fayyad, created diplomatic crisis by his refusal to allow Israeli protection, according to the Gulf News website. “We do not know […]

Terrorism / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Religion / Settlements

Yes, Virginia, There are Good Muslims

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

There are Muslims who don’t see Jews as pigs and Israel as a cancer. In this case, they are non-Arabs living in Canada. One speaker at an event honoring Jews said the PA issue was instigated by communists.

Terrorism / US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Turbulent Middle East Guarantees Increased US Arms for Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

What’s more important to the US, another Arab state within Israel’s current borders or the Iranian nuclear threat? The answer is in expected US arms to Israel. Despite budget cuts, it will increase.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Clinton's $500K Advice: Learn to Live with Palestinian State

By JTA

There is no alternative to a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Bill Clinton said at an event to honor Israeli President Shimon Peres. Clinton was speaking Monday night at the Peres Academic Center in Rehovot in honor of Peres’ 90th birthday. “Your neighbors are still your neighbors,” the former U.S. president said of the […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / US / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Palestinian Authority / Jordan / Hezbollah / Egypt

Iran and US in Proxy War in Syria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Iran and the US don’t have to go to war. They already are there. Obama arms Sunni rebels. Iran sends Hezbollah Shi’ites to help Assad. And Israel prays it won’t get the dirty end of the stick.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

Best Inebriated Muslim Excuse: IDF Got Me Drunk at Gunpoint

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It took the IDF more than eight hours to draw up a response to the incident for the Jewish Press.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

PA Strikes Out again; Boulder Nixes Making Nablus ‘Sister City’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Boulder City Council Monday night decided to leave the “peace process” for those with less common sense and overwhelmingly nixed a controversial proposal to adopt Nablus, the Arab version of the Biblical city of Shechem, as a sister city. The council voted 7-2 against the proposal, according to the local ABC outlet Denver Channel, […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements

Israel Bows to PA and EU Threat, Stops Building in ‘East’ Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Threats work again on Bibi. Israel has not started to build one single home in “East” Jerusalem for Jews this year after a joint Palestinian Authority-EU threat to sue Israel in international court.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Settlements

State Dept. Shows Faint Signs of Dumping ‘Peace Process’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry’s June 7 deadline is long gone. Jewish housing starts in Judea and Samaria soar. So why is Kerry coming to Israel again? Nothing official, but you read it here first: Obama may be ready to give up.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Official Boycotts BDS Talk after Heckler Insults Abbas

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian Authority official stormed out of a Boycott Israel conference in Bethlehem after a heckler insulted PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas – and was hospitalized for his insults. “Jawad Naji was speaking at the ‘Fourth National Conference for the boycott of Israeli goods,’ held at Bethlehem University, when a member of the audience, Nizar Banat, […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / Settlements

Report: PepsiCo Offered $2B for 'Settlements' Labeled SodaStream

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If you can’t beat’em, join’em. PepsiCo is reportedly bidding $2 billion buy out the Israeli SodaStream firm. A buyout could jeopardize the factory in Maaleh Adumim because of the boycott movement.

Terrorism / US / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

PA Pulls Out ‘War Crime’ Threat if Direct Talks Don’t Resume

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Decline and Fall of the ‘Peace Process’, Chapter 2,543: If Israel does not agree to PA unconditional conditions for non-negotiated negotiations for a PA state, it will charge Israel with war crimes.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Science and Tech

Brain-Dead Israeli Boy’s Kidney Donated to PA Child

By JTA

The kidney of a 3-year-old Israeli boy was successfully transplanted to a 10-year-old Palestinian Authority boy. The parents of Noam Naor decided to donate his kidneys after their son was declared brain dead nearly two weeks ago after falling from a window in his parents’ apartment. One kidney went to an Israeli child, and the […]

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

Israel Cracks New Hamas Ring Linked with Shalit Deal Terrorist

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel security personnel have broken up another Hamas terrorist cell linked with one of more than 1,000 terrorists and security prisoners freed last year to bring home kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), IDF and police arrested Bachar Attalah Sa'ad, who lives near Ramallah, on charges of plotting to kidnap an […]

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

Arabs Stage Mass Protests Same Day Kerry’s Deadline for Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Leave it to John Kerry and his Foggy Bottom aides to come up with the idea, intentional or not, to make the anniversary of the Six-Day War as the deadline for talks. Instead, Arabs plan mass protest.

US / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas Replaces American-Backed Fayyad with Fatah Ally

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas finished off his latest swipe at the United States Sunday by appointing a professor, who is a member of his Fatah party, to replace PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as prime minister of the PA. Fayyad, trained in the United States as en economist, was hand-picked by the Bush administration […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Hezbollah / Egypt

Hamas Surprised: Iran Supports a ‘Dictator Like Assad’ ?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

You find the rats when the ship sinks. The Iranian dictatorship used to love the Hamas dictatorship until Hamas opposed the Assad dictatorship. Hamas asks, “How could Ahmadinejad support a dictator?”

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

Abbas' Adviser Calls Israel-PA High-Tech Meeting ‘Unacceptable’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Microsoft and Cisco learn how Abbas defines ”direct talks.” Their officials are to attend an Israel-PA high-tech confab. Abbas’ adviser says it’s “unacceptable.” It gives the world the wrong impression.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

How to Graduate in the Palestinian Authority

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority is offering its younger citizens an easier path to High School graduation, according to a source in the IDF. Any High School student who gets arrested by the IDF automatically passes 10 of their their matriculation (Bagrut) exams. Is it any wonder that terrorist attacks are up?

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

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 / 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 / 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 […]

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 / 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 / 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.”

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 / 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 / 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 […]

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?

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.

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, […]

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

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 […]

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 / 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.

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