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Abbas’ Idea for Israeli Security: No IDF Arrests of Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas is doing a great job to make the PA non-existent. He claims cooperation with the IDF is great but the IDF must stop entering Arab cities to arrests terrorists. Even Livni is not that naïve to agree.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

Shooting Near Emanuel

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Jewish-owned car was shot at near the town of Emanuel in the Shomron. No one was injured in the attack. An alert level was raised in the town in light of the shooting.

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

Mezuzah a Victory Sign in Struggle for ‘Shdema’ in Gush Etzion

By Jewish Press Staff

Five years ago, the IDF abandoned a base called Shdema near Bethlehem, part of “Area C” designated as Israeli-controlled, and tried to turn it over to Arabs. A group of women stopped the army.

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

Arrests in Al-Bireh, Near Psagot (+Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF troops entered the village of Al-Bireh near Psagot, and arrested two brothers.

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

Netanyahu Speech a Gamble that Abbas Won’t Call Israel ‘Jewish’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Be careful what you wish for. Netanyahu again turns Abbas’ refusal to see Israel as a Jewish state a "red line.” If Abbas “doesn’t miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity,” fine. But what if Abbas calls his bluff?

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

PA Security Forces Crack Down of Criminals, but not Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Several hours before a PA terrorist gunned down a nine-year-old Jewish girl in Psagot, PA security forces in Jenin cracked down on local criminals while Hams tried to set up cells under the PA’s nose.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

Psagot Attack Jeopardizing Abbas’ Demand to Free Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“Peace talks” resumed on condition of Israel’s freeing 104 terrorists, one batch at a time as a test of PA “peace.” Abbas did not keep his end of the deal, but you can count on Israel to let him off the hook.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

Update on Condition of Noam Glick, Injured in Psagot Terror Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Following her surgery, Noam Glick is now listed in light to medium condition.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

Schools Opened in Psagot as Searches Continue

By Jewish Press News Desk

Schools closed in Psagot until searches complete in the morning.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

9 Year Old Shot in Terror Attack. Search Continues (+Photos)

By Jewish Press News Desk

A 9 year old girl in the town of Psagot has been shot in the chest, on Saturday night.

News Briefs / Settlements

Settlement Rally a Gigantic Success

By Jewish Press News Desk

The gigantic (as it was billed) pro-Settlement rally in Binyanei Ha’uma on Wednesday night, was a gigantic success.

Jewish / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements / Shiloh Musings

Huge Pro-Settlement Rally in Jerusalem Wednesday

By Batya Medad

Our people in Jewish Home and Likud kept campaigning that they had to be in the coalition to influence government. They're in now, and what influence do they have?

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

IDF Foils Terror Attack Near Gaza, Ordered Jews to Remain in Homes

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Terror from Gaza resumes. The army spotted two armed terrorists and opened fire before the cell could carry out an attack on a nearby Jewish community. Aircraft are looking for the terrorists.

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

Abbas’ Fatah Party Decides to Draw PA Borders with Blood

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority puts a new meaning into the term “red line.” Fatah, headed by PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, states on Facebook,"Blood of Martyrs (Shahids) that draws the borders of the homeland."

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

Gov’t Wants ‘Land Freeze’ to Stop Building in Samaria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

How can the government stop building in Judea and Samaria without saying so? Simple. Just stop “settlements” from buying land from Palestinian Authority Arabs. The High Court will decide who is right.

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

Netanyahu to Tell Half the Truth and Gamble on the Consequences

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“Truth or Consequences” was an old TV show. An entertainer performed a stupid stunt if he could not answer an equally stupid trivia question. Now Netanyahu and Obama are playing, but it is not a game.

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

Arab Terrorists Caught Near Beit El

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

On Thursday evening, the IDF caught two Arab terrorists that had earlier in the evening thrown multiple fire bombs at buses and cars near Beit El.

Terrorism / Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists / United Nations (UN) / Egypt / Settlements

400 Killed in Terror in 5 Days and Obama Says ‘World More Stable’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama was not joking at the UN. He actually said, “The world is a more stable place today than it was five years ago.” Does he watch TV? Does he know that Islamic terrorists killed 400 people in five days?

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

Palestinian Authority Terrorists Shoot Peace Talks in the Head

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When we wrote two months ago here that Obama’s reincarnated “peace process” was doomed from the start, we stated the ugly truth: Terrorists would drive in the first nail. Yet, the PA blames Israel.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

Netanyahu Orders Return of Jews to "Patriarch House" in Hebron

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu has given orders to permit the return of Jewish residents to the "Patriarch House" in Hebron.

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

IDF Soldier Critically Wounded by Terrorists in Hebron

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

An IDF soldier was fired upon by Arab Terrorists and critically wounded in Hebron on Sunday evening.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements / Judaism

WoW Miss their Chance for Equality at Kotel Priestly Blessing

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the Women of the Wall want equality with men, why don’t they try to perform the Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall? Do tribal distinctions contradict “equality?” If so, who needs a Reform "rabbi?"

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 […]

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

Beit El Residents Hit Back at Arab Assailants

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Residents of the "Nof" neighborhood of Beit El found themselves under a barrage of stones this evening as they were outside building their Sukkahs. The Arab assailants were very surprised to discover that these Beit El residents weren't very passive when it came to responding to the Arab attacks. The Beit El residents quickly reacted, […]

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

Firebomb Near Efrat

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Arabs through stones and a firebomb at cars driving on road 60, near the northern entrance to Efrat. Earlier in the afternoon, Arabs through massive amounts of stones at cars at the El Hadr/Beitar junction. No injuries were reported in either attack

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 / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Terror Attacks Near Ofra

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Two terror attacks just occurred near Ofra, resulting in no injuries, according to Hatzalah Yeuda and Shomron. In the first attack, Palestinian Authority Arabs threw paint at a car passing them in the opposite direction. The paint hit the Israeli car's windshield, but the driver managed to not lose control over his vehicle. In the […]

Op-Eds / Terrorism / Syria / US / Qatar / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Lebanon / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists / Jordan / Saudi Arabia / Gulf States / UAE / Egypt / Settlements

'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.

Jewish / News Briefs / Settlements

Hebron Packed with Jews On Tuesday for Tours and Prayers

By Jewish Press News Desk

It's estimated that 13,000 Jews visited Ma'arat HaMachpelah (the Tomb of the Patriachs) today for tours and the evening Selichot prayers ahead of Yom Kippur. Among those that will be at this evening's Selichot prayers are the Chief Rabbis of Israel, city rabbis, MKs and government ministers. There have been reports of Arabs stoning buses […]

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

Firebomb Near Efrat, Carjacking Near Dolev

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Firebombs, carjackings, and stonings seem to be the rule this evening.

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.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Livni: All Humans Were Created Equal, Except Pregnant Settler Women

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israeli law protects women who are pregnant or are on maternity leave from being fired, unless they live in Judea and Samaria.

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Settlements

Israeli Law May Apply to Citizens in Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

An angry government debate resulted in a positive change for citizens in Judea and Samaria.

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.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

Starting the School Year with a (Real) Blast (+Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

Students at the Orot Etzion Girls School in Efrat began their second day of school with an evacuation due to a bomb scare.

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

Arabs Going Wild, Throwing Stones and Firebombs

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Tuesday afternoon, Arabs in Hebron threw stones and shot slingshots at homes in Beit Hadassah and Beit Schneerson. Arabs have also been throwing stones at cars in Gush Etzion, and at a bus near the Old City's Damascus Gate. In the Binyamin region, Arabs have been throwing firebombs at cars on the road. The […]

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 […]

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 / Settlements

‘Capital of Samaria’ Ranked As Israel’s Safest City

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

A new poll conducted by Israel's Ministry of Public Security in order to determine the effectiveness of urban policing programs in 13 different Israeli cities found that residents in the city of Ariel, in Samaria, feel the safest from criminal activity. Ariel is home to 20,000 residents, of whom 92 percent responded saying that they […]

IDF & Security / UK / News Briefs / Europe / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements

Supermodel Bar Rafaeli Puts ‘Dumb’ Roger Waters in his Place

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Roger ‘Pink Floyd’ Waters learns not to start up with Israelis, especially a woman. And especially supermodel Bar Rafaeli. She exposed his hypocrisy of boycotting Israel but using her photo for his concerts.

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 / Settlements

Efrat Security Chief Honored

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF's Etzion Brigade honored Yaacov Ehrlich, the security chief of Efrat in Gush Etzion, with the coveted "Ravshatz" (Security Chief) of the Year award. Ehrlich has been Efrat's security chief for only one year. He is the third security chief from Efrat to have received the award.

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 […]

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

Stone Throwing in Gush Etzion

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Hatzala of Judea and Samaria reports that Arabs were throwing stones at cars travelling along the road between Jerusalem and Gush Etzion. The rock throwing occurred near the El Hadr (Beitar) Junction on Highway 60. No injuries were reported.

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.

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

French Court Acquits Boycott Activists of Hate Crime

By JTA

A French court has acquitted three activists charged with discrimination and hate crimes for calling for a boycott of Israeli products in 2010, the France 3 television station reported. The activists, Bernard Cholet, Jeanne Rousseau and Yamina Tadjeur, made the calls during a protest at a shopping center in the southern city and were charged […]

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

EU’s Yesha Boycott an ‘Outrage,’ Says Left-Wing Columnist

By Jewish Press News Desk

Matti Golan, former editor of the left-wing Haaretz newspaper and now a columnist for the Globes business newspaper, wrote that “outrage” is an understatement when referring to the European Union’s new guidelines to boycott Judea and Samaria. The guidelines require that Israeli companies signing agreements with the EU, such as those in the field of science, […]

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Settlements

Israel Police Ban Taser Guns Until Further Notice

By Jewish Press News Desk

In response to the shocking video of Israeli police repeatedly zapping a passive, non-resisting Boaz Albert with a Taser gun, police chief Yochanan Danino has ordered a temporary halt to the use of the weapon. Danino has ordered the review of the weapon and how the police use it. Until the review is completed, all […]

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Settlements

Israeli Police Caught Violently Attacking Settler in Graphic Video

By Shalom Bear

Despite being completely passive and not resisting arrest, as well as begging them to stop, police tased Boaz Albert multiple times with a taser gun in front of his children.

US / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Jewish Home Knesset Chair to Kerry: You Are a Hypocrite

By Jewish Press Staff

"By your own hand you have raised expectations to a dangerous level - one that might cause the whole region to spin out of control."

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / US / Hamas / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

US Does not Know If Israel Freed Terrorists or ‘Freedom Fighters’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the US were to call settlements ‘illegal,’ it would be defining Israel by its 1949-1967 borders. But if can’t even deny terrorists are ‘freedom fighters,’ it is defining the PA as a non-terror entity.

Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

AP Reporter: Is Construction Deal Killer Despite Murderers' Release

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Reporters at the Aug. 13 State Dept. press briefing pummeled the spokesperson about whether Israel's plan to construct housing units across the "green line" would scuttle the peace talks

Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Religion / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Arab Christian Party: Don't Release Arab Murderers!

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A new Arab Christian political party vehemently opposes BDS and the release of convicted Arab murderers, but whether it is the Holy Grail of Arabs fully supporting the Jewish State remains an open question

US / Government / News Briefs / Europe / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Bloomberg News: Netanyahu Running Scared from Worldwide Boycott

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Déjà vu. The “peace process’ began in 1991, when the threat of an international boycott forced Yitzchak Shamir to debate Arafat in Madrid. The same threat has Netanyahu running scared, says a columnist.

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 […]

Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / European Union

Netanyahu Gambles Again, Refuses to Sign New Agreements with EU

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the Prime Minister gets his way and the European Union blinks first, he could be riding high in the saddle again. If Netanyahu blinks first, he'd better run for his life.

News Briefs / Settlements

Excellent News from Peace Now

By Jewish Press News Desk

Thanks to Peace Now, we now know that there will be 1000 more homes available for Jewish families in Judea and Samaria. It's a start.

News Briefs / Media / Settlements

NYT Gets US Position on Israel Wrong, Reveals Additional Animus

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Two New York Times journalists get their facts wrong about Israel, and Wall Street Journal reporter prefers inaccuracies to corrections

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.

Government / News Briefs / Settlements

Livni, Bennett clash on benefits for Judea and Samaria

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Livni believes it is wrong and contrary to national interests to give funds to "secluded and dangerous settlements".

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements

Shas to Sue Gov’t because Haredi City not a National Priority

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Shas Haredi party can’t see past its black hat. Most of 91 Yesha towns now on the national priority list are near dangerous borders. Beitar Illit is not. Obviously, that’s discrimination, says Shas.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

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

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Is Netanyahu a New Ariel Sharon in Disguise?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Is Bibi now Sharon Number Two? Sharon turned on backers and expelled Jews from Gaza. Bibi frees terrorists and chases surrender. A new poll shows his star soaring and Lapid’s dropping. Bibi the “peacenik?”

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.

Government / News Briefs / Settlements / European Union

1,000 Intellectuals from 30 Countries Protest EU Settlements Boycott

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

The directive is discriminatory and based on a legal premise that is completely wrong.

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.”

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.”

Terrorism / Settlements

Possible IED on Alon Road in Binyamin

By A Jew In Need

IDF demolition experts are examining a possible improvised explosive device (IED) found on the Alon road, near the town of Kochav HaShachar, in the Binyamin region.

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 / News Briefs / Settlements

Weapons, Ammo Stolen from Karnei Shomron

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Over Shabbat, at around midnight, there was an infiltration into the town of Karnei Shomron. The infiltrators stole a weapon and ammunition.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Poll: Most Israelis are Against a Settlement Construction Freeze and Terrorist Release

By Shalom Bear

A Mina Tzemach poll results publicized yesterday, indicate that most Israelis don't have much hope for the current Peace negotiations.

News Briefs / Settlements / European Union

DM Moshe Ya’alon Teaches the EU a Lesson

By Shalom Bear

The EU are coming to the realization that Israel is not without strong retaliatory measures in can take in response to the EU's latest anti-Israel directive.

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.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

UPDATED: Possible Kidnapping in Binyamin Area

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Residents say they saw the Haredi boy waving for help, inside a Palestinian car with fake license plates.

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

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.

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.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

UPDATED: Off-Duty, Arab IDF Soldier Causes Alert in Ariel University

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

An emergency call-up happened at Ariel University, when an armed man, wearing a Kafiyah was spotted on campus.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Settlements

IRS in Court Friday, its Documents Prove Z STREET's Claims

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The first court hearing for the IRS since the scandal began is this Friday. IRS documents released by congress should constitute admissions by the IRS proving the pro-Israel organization's claim that the IRS engaged in viewpoint discrimination.

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.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Settlements

IDF Firebombed Near Efrat

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Arabs threw 5 firebombs at IDF soldiers near the northern entrance of Efrat in Gush Etzion. No other details are available at this point in time.

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.

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.

NY / Politics / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

In Email to JTA Quinn Says West Bank ‘Disputed Territory’

By JTA

Quinn’s position runs counter to that of the U.S. government, which considers the West Bank Israel-occupied territory.

News Briefs / Archaeology / Settlements

Million-Year-Old Cave Found in Shomron

By JTA

A million-year-old cave was discovered in western Samaria during work to move the security fence nearer the Jewish community of Tzofim, located east of the northern metropolitan Tel Aviv city of Kfar Saba and several miles west of Maaleh-Ginot-Karnei Shomron and Kedumim. Construction was being carried out to move the security fence closer to Tzofim […]

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

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 […]

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

Terror on the Roads: Gush Etzion - Sniper Rifles and Firebombs

By Jewish Press News Desk

Overnight, two firebombs were thrown at Israeli cars on road 60, south of the tunnel checkpoint, near the Beit Illit junction in Gush Etzion. One of the drivers reported that he saw a terrorist about to throw the firebomb at them, so he hit the gas to get away. As a result, the firebomb landed […]

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

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.”

US / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements

McDonald’s Boycotts Ariel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

In 1979, Peace Now co-founder Omri Padan protested the government's letting Gush Emunim to establish a settlement. Now, as McDonalds’ CEO in Israel, he refuses to allow a branch over the “Green Line.”

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 […]

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

Terror on the Roads: Arabs Shoot at Bus

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Early Tuesday morning, Arabs shot at an Afikim bus number 101, that was driving to the Tapuach junction in the Shomron. There were no passengers in the bus at the time. The driver was not injured. The army temporarily locked down Hawarwa, near Shechem, where the shooting occurred, while the IDF searched for the shooter. […]

US / Politics / News Briefs / Settlements

IRS: We Targeted Supporters of Israel's Disputed Territories

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

On Monday the IRS provided the 'smoking gun' pointed at its own head, in reports and information showing that the government agency made decisions based upon the views of pro-Israel groups which disagreed with the administration about the 'Disputed Territories.'

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