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Israel Won't Hand Over Maps

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

Terrorism / Syria / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hamas Brings Tunnel Smuggling Know-How to Syrian Rebels

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

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

Palestinian Authority Terrorists Roll Out Red Carpet for Kerry

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Kills Palestinian Terrorist in Shomron

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

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

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Outpost Fathers Arrested in Middle of the Night and then Freed

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

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

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Fayyad Hospitalized

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

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

King Abdullah and Abbas: Jointly Prevent Judaization of Jerusalem

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

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

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Egypt

Hamas PM on Official Visit to Egypt

By Shalom Bear

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

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

Israelis May Off PA Debts by Paying More for Electricity

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Arrests 30 PA Terrorists from Bethlehem Area (Video)

By JTA

A gag order has been released on the arrest and indictment of 30 Palestinian Authority terrorists from the Bethlehem area, where President Barack Obama visited last week. The defendants, believed to be part of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), were charged with carrying out  machine gun and firebomb attacks on Israeli civilians from Kibbutz Migdal […]

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

Turkish Billionaire to Head Israel-PA Business Arbitration Panel

By Jewish Press News Desk

A billionaire from Turkey, whose relations with Israel have gone from bad to worse until last week’s attempt by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to end the crisis over the May 2010 flotilla clash, is to serve as the chairman of the new the Jerusalem Arbitration Center (JAC), set up to settle disputes between the Palestinian […]

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority

What Obama Didn't See in Palestine (Israel)

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority removed an Israel-free map of "Palestine" to not put a damper on Obama's fiction of a peaceful Paestinian Authority.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Israeli Police Remove PA Squatters from E-1

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israeli police on Sunday removed Palestinian Authority protesters squatting on the “E-1” area of Maaleh Adumim, east of Jerusalem, with President Barack Obama safely out of the country. The demonstrators camped out on the area just before President Obama arrived in Israel as show of their claim to the land, as well as all of […]

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

Hamas Official says Abbas May Visit Gaza with Erdogan

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

What will Israel get in return for Netanyahu’s apologizing to Turkey for IDF soldiers defending their lives? A former senior adviser to Hamas says Abbas may visit Gaza with Erdogan.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Israel Catches Five PA Terrorists Who Critically Wounded Baby

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli security forces have arrested five Palestinian Authority rock-throwing terrorists who caused critical injuries to a baby, two sisters and their mother on the road from Ariel to Tel Aviv two weeks ago. The attackers hurled rocks at Israeli civilian vehicles with the intent of causing a crash, which resulted when the driver lost control […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Obama Lectured Israelis, Promised and Applauded Arab Palestinians

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

So the west will continue pretending that: the PA is a non-terrorist political group deserving of continuing U.S. aid, the Israeli government is intransigent and unwilling to make concessions, and it is Israel which bears all responsibility for ensuring that a Palestinian state - created in its own image - comes into existence as soon as possible.

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

The Trick Up Obama’s Sleeve Is an ‘Unannounced’ Freeze

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Skeptics who did not believe that Obama would not come with a game plan to force Israel back into talks on PA terms may be right. The NY Times reports that Abbas will accept an “unannounced” settlement freeze.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas’ Gift to US: A ‘Childish” Portrait of Obama and Lincoln

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas gave visiting President Barack Obama a portrait of his guest with Abraham Lincoln, the quality of which was panned in a Tweet published by the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency. “Oh. My. Lord what is that gift Abbas just gave Obama? Is that a painting of Obama and Lincoln? Looks like […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Abbas Reportedly Will Accept ‘Unannounced' Settlement Freeze

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas supposedly is willing to accept an unannounced freeze on building by Jews in Judea and Samaria in order to pave the way for a return to talks with Israel, according to The New York Times. The newspaper more often than not follows the Obama administration policy line and serves as […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Here Is What Obama Won’t See in Ramallah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

President Barack Obama’s helicopter touched down in Ramallah Palestinian Authority headquarters shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday, preventing him from seeing the “unwelcome” signs that were posted in the area. President Obama immediately began discussions with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas after an extremely brief welcoming ceremony. Signs that Obama did not see, according to the Bethlehem-based […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hebron 'We Have a Dram' March Culminates in Attack on Local Jew

By David Wilder

Some of the people were wearing masks with pictures of Obama on them. Most of the pushing and shoving centered around a banner sign they were carrying.

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

While Obama's on Tour, Congress Sends Tough Love to PA

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

This proposed legislation requires several things of the Palestinian Authority without which it will not receive certain U.S. benefits including significant financial aid and the privilege of being referred to as anything other than "the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority."

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

Obama Fudges Facts on PA Terror and Israeli Security

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama uttered ominous hints that he continues to whitewash terror to advance the “peace process.” The president laid the groundwork for telling Israelis what is best for them when he speaks tomorrow.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas Mulls Getting Rid of Fayyad

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is thinking of getting rid of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and instead appointing an economist to form a new government, a Palestinian official told Chinese news agency Xinhua Wednesday. Fayyad also is knowledgeable about economics, having taught the subject in Jordan. He also earned a Masters in Business Administration at St. […]

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

PA Daily’s ‘Welcome Obama’ Op-Ed: Hitler Greater than Roosevelt

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority reaches new depths of anti-American vulgarity on the eve of Obama’s visit with its official daily praising Hitler and condemning “lies” that Muslims were behind 9/11.

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

American Israeli Terror Victims Spurned by Obama, US Admin

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

So far the Ethiopian Israeli beauty queen, Yityish Aynaw, has been the recipient of more attention from the president's advance team than have American Israeli victims of terror.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Arabs Spray Paint ‘Obama’ Banner with Swastikas

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

PA Arabs already have put banana peels on a spiked carpet for Obama’s visit to Bethlehem. Vandals sprayed swastikas on an Obama banner. Then a car ran over it and others set the banner on fire.

Terrorism / Syria / Global / Turkey / Palestinian Authority

American Vet Fought with Syrian Rebels, Now with al Qaeda (Video)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

According to at least one news source, Harroun has pledged to fight with Arab Palestinian forces against the Jewish State.

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

Obama on Eve of Visit: I Will Not Free Pollard (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama preps Israel for his visit with an interview on Israeli TV: Pollard will stay in jail. Iran is at least a year from nukes. And he would like to come to Israel “and sit at a cafe and just hang out.”

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Says Obama May Avoid Ramallah

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama may scratch Ramallah from his itinerary and meet Palestinian Authority only in Bethlehem when he visits the Church of Nativity, the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency reported. The news agency, which has close ties with the Palestinian Authority, quoted “anonymous” PA sources. A sign of how President Obama would be received by the […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

PA Arabs Go to Court to Divide Efrat

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When almost no Arabs stake claims to areas that were “state land” under Turkey and Jordan and now Israel, the PA tries to find another way to divide Efrat. It goes to court and claims discrimination.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

US Denies Obama Boycotting Ariel U. Students

By JTA

A U.S. embassy official denied that it did not invite students from Ariel University to President Barack Obama’s speech in Jerusalem next week because the institution is located in Samaria, which the United States considers an illegitimate and illegal settlement. The speech, set to take place at the Jerusalem Convention Center next Thursday, on the […]

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

Thomas Friedman Labels Obama’s Visit a ‘Tourist Trip’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Thomas Friedman is ho-hum about Obama’s visit to Israel, calls him a “tourist” and calls the Palestinian Authority issue a “hobby” for US diplomats. But does anyone care what Thomas Friedman says?

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

US Arabs: Obama Blames Israel, Congress for Slacking Peace Progress

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Arab Americans who met with Obama said he blamed the Israeli government for refusing to make concessions, blamed the U.S. congress for providing cover to the Israeli government, and he planned to bring an additional $500 million in aid for the PA.

Terrorism / Israel / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Holocaust

Peres Tells EU Parliament, ‘Europe Has Divorced Its Past’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

President Shimon Peres told the European Union Parliament Tuesday, “In the past thousand years, more Jews lived in Europe than in any other continent.  Alas, more Jews were murdered in Europe in the last hundred years than in the preceding two thousand years.” The first Israeli president to address the current arrangement of the EU […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Report: Mossad Wiretapped Abbas’ Tunis Office in 1993

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Mossad wiretapped the Tunis office of Mahmoud Abbas, now chairman of the Palestinian Authority, shortly before the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, Yediot Acharonot reported. Shabtai Shavir, who headed the Mossad at the time, reportedly told officials at an emergency meting that  "a Fatah-affiliated man within the PLO leadership"  placed  wiretapping equipment […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Obama Promises Arab-American Leaders He Is Committed to PA State

By JTA

President Barack Obama told Arab-American leaders that his trip to Israel and the Palestinian areas would demonstrate U.S. commitment to partnering with the Palestinian Authority to bring about a state. "The President noted that the trip is not dedicated to resolving a specific policy issue, but is rather a chance to consult with Jordanian, Israeli, […]

US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

A Preview of President Obama’s Stage Show to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The year’s biggest photo op gets underway next week. Obama will smile in Jerusalem and Ramallah and pray in a church that he can “fool all the people all of the time.”

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Media

French City Honors Murderer of Israeli Minister

By Palestinian Media Watch

Al-Rimawi was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Riots Fizzle, As Do Fears Of A New Intifada

By Ben Sales

JERUSALEM – Palestinians were marching, rocks were flying, tires were burning and prisoners were hunger-striking.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

British Envoy Flees for his Life from Arab Students (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The British Consul-general learned first-hand Tuesday about a dialogue with PA university students.

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / Palestinian Authority / Islamists

Hamas on Manhunt to Execute Israeli Collaborators

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Gaza Arabs who risk being executed for helping Israel are in Hamas crosshairs again. Eight collaborators were brutally executed last November, Now, Hamas wants more.

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Netanyahu Tells AIPAC It’s ‘Such Fun’ Building Coalition Gov’t

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke to the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)  policy conference by video Monday night, explaining, “I was hoping to speak to you in person, but unfortunately, I had to stay in Israel to do something a lot more enjoyable – putting together a coalition government. “What fun! “ Before […]

Jewish / Palestinian Authority / Settlements / Obituaries

Rabbi Froman of Tekoa, Gush Etzion, Dies after Long Illness

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Rabbi Menachem Froman died Monday night at has home in Tekoa in Gush Etzion, where 200 of his students and followers sang and prayed instead of learning with him a weekly lesson in the mystical Zohar.

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