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Both the Hamas in Gaza and the PLO in Judea and Samaria have not held parliamentary elections in more than a decade, and it remains to be seen who would win such an election – should the PA government call one.
It's not Islam. Really?
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A source in Ramallah noted that Abbas' internal political rivals, headed by Muhammad Dahlan, are much more likely to find themselves under an Interpol extradition order than Israeli officials.
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The level of satisfaction with the performance of Abbas stands at 31% and dissatisfaction at 65%.
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The Russian top diplomat reminded his audience of the PLO's failure to embrace Israeli generous offers in Camp David and Annapolis in the US.
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The Israeli plan, formulated under American pressure, is to help the Trump administration put pressure on Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to moderate his speech at the UN General Assembly.
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Referring to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Smotrich said: 'Never will there be an Arab state between the sea and the Jordan.'
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"Mahmoud Abbas will be 92 a decade from now. Israel will not intervene in his replacement, but we will certainly expect changes."
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Even though almost 55% of respondents believe the peace process should be resumed, some 80% believe it is dead.
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The US Consulate—rather than the US embassy in Tel Aviv—said the US-run talks are the best way to reach a comprehensive peace agreement.
State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert slaughtered some sacred cows on Wednesday.
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YES program was established by Congress in October 2002, in response to the events of September 11, 2001 (when 19 Arab terrorists attacked two major commercial skyscrapers in downtown New York City, killing upwards of 3,000 innocent American civilians).
"The [PLO] Executive Committee condemned the legislators of the American Congress and their positions towards the Palestinian people."
Dalal Mughrabi led the deadliest terror attack in Israel's history, murdering 37 civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding more than 70 others.
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Ze'ev Elkin, 46, is one of the natural candidates to replace the PM one of these days.
Fatah likewise called on Palestinian Authority Arabs not to "enter into confrontations" with Israel "that cost us much blood without a result worth the price being paid."
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In other words, since Mahmoud Abbas is freezing payments to Egypt and Israel for fuel and electric supply, Israel should make up the difference out of its own pocket.
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Apparently, the folks in Gaza can go without their refrigerators, as long as somebody does something about those pesky settlements.
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In 2016 the PA paid 26,800 killed terrorists' families a total $183 million, and 6,500 terrorist prisoners $135 million.
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A senior PA official said Abbas refuses to meet the US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman because of his well documented support for the settlements, for which Kushner and Greenblatt rebuked the Chairman during their meeting.
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'In light of sizeable gaps, lack of trust, and an absence of readiness for serious compromises from the Palestinian side, and the fact the Palestinian Authority is unable to provide an effective response to terror threats, it is difficult for me to envision the possibility of reaching a political agreement in the coming years.'
By D.S. Levi
If the Palestinian Authority is ignoring the Oslo Accords, why is Israel still moving forward with goodwill gestures to Ramallah?
10 years ago today, Hamas completed its bloody takeover of Gaza.
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The Americans inserted the clause into the document, but it was eventually removed under pressure from Naftali Bennett (Habayit Hayehudi) and senior Likud officials.
If Trump really believes the missing ingredient for peace has been a master real estate dealmaker, he’s wrong. But his willingness to pound the table at Abbas is nevertheless significant.
Jibril Rajoub never said the Kotel would be under Israeli sovereignty.
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Her sensible and tolerant approach to life, religion, and politics, has made her one of the most pro-Israel senior American politician.
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Couldn't happen to a nicer gal? Goes without saying, except that the irony of her lament is escaping the talented but, alas, humorless Nini.
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President Trump reportedly yelled at PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Ramallah, accusing him of reneging on his commitment to cut off payments to security prisoners and their families.
Trump had watched a video where Abbas admitted he incited against Israel.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas hid from President Trump that his government and Fatah had just honored 44 terrorists involved in the murders of 440 people.
Trump: Peace can never take root in an environment where violence is tolerated, funded and even rewarded.
"See... those who control the money in the world can be counted on one hand - and all of them belong to the Jewish world."
Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party does not enjoy support from the PA's population, and they would be quickly replaced by the Islamists and other terror groups if given the chance.
By D.S. Levi
A terrorist is sentenced and then jailed... "and then, he’s paid more than $3,000 every month.”
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Yes, Virginia, we really do live in the future, where up is down, right is wrong, and we're all bozos on this bus.
What Trump should have told Abbas.
PA Minister of Justice: "Our brave prisoners and righteous Martyrs... are fighters for freedom, justice, and peace."
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Hamas is second only to the PLO in its leadership's depth of corruption.
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The meeting will pay special attention paid to the PA's 'struggle against terrorism.'
Mahmoud Abbas shamelessly lied to the President of the United States in front of the entire world.
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It may be time for Israel to prepare for a tough and painful fight with yet another 'friendly' White House.
Rumors have been circulating this week regarding the failing health of Palestinian Authority leader Abu Mazen.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said the Palestinian Authority needs to "pass the test of peace."
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Lempert is planning to leave after Palestinian Authority Charmian Mahmoud Abbas' May 3 meeting with Trump.
Barghouti is no different than the terrorists Arafat and Abbas.
Abbas is raising payments to families of "martyrs," including lifetime monthly payments to families of suicide bombers.
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PA civil servants in Gaza received only 70% of their March salaries, with some receiving even less.
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'We made it clear that any approval of a freeze, including outside the blocks, is a red line for us and we would not continue to sit in the government in such a case.'
One can't expect the PA to be holier than the Pope (or Bibi Netanyahu)
The insurmountable obstacle to a deal is that the essence of the Palestinian movement is the denial of a state belonging to the Jewish people in any part of the land between the river and the sea
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'President Trump will soon have to decide if confronting the Palestinians on that terrorist incitement is more urgent than pursuing a pathway to peace.'
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'This is the way to respect international law as well as the security of Israel.'
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Yacoub Shahin, a native of Bethlehem, was the choice of fans from across the Middle East, beating Israeli Arab Amir Dandan and Yemeni Ammar Mohammed in the final round.
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'For too long the UN has been unfairly biased in favor of the Palestinian Authority to the detriment of our allies in Israel.'
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Congress had been looking at the PA's unilateral attempts at statehood, corruption, incitement of violence, and paying salaries terrorists in jail, which is why Congress put a hold on the payment.
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The imam of the Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque in Ramallah warned that moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would 'engulf the region in the flames.'
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PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Friday condemned attempts by the incoming Republican president to move the American embassy, saying it would send the Middle East peace process and the entire world into a “crisis.”
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How will the gang in Ramallah take the news from Washington? Not well, most likely.
The village of Amona and the rest of Judea and Samaria are already Israeli State Land!
Abbas calls for the repeal of the Balfour Declaration.
Minister Yuval Steinitz says Palestinian Authority leader Abbas is Israel's Number One enemy; look at his words at home.
The PA sent eight fire fighting crews over.
The witch hunt against Bannon is animated by the impotent rage of the "anyone but Trumpers."
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According to Klein, ZOA's experience and analysis of Breitbart articles confirm Bannon’s and Breitbart’s "friendship and fair-mindedness towards Israel and the Jewish people. To accuse Mr. Bannon and Breitbart of anti-Semitism is Orwellian."
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The museum depicts Arafat’s role in the rise of Palestinian nationalism as a reaction to the arrival of Zionism.
A Jerusalem Arab 14-year-old gets 12 years in prison for attempting to murder a Jewish teen and an adult.
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According to Human Rights Watch, the Egyptian authorities demolished at least 3,255 residential, commercial, administrative, and community buildings along the border, forcibly evicting thousands of people.
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The Netanyahu cabinet has been extra careful not to provoke the ire of the retiring emperor on the eve of that portion of his term when he no longer needs to worry about the Jewish vote.
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Liberman said PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was not seeking peace, and said he incited violence rather than work against it.
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The source noted that, despite their "dissatisfaction" with these requests, the PA leadership will restrain itself and avoid any UNSC move until after the elections.
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Officer Mansour was director of public relations and media at the PA military liaison, the unit that coordinates security with Israel.
What's the real reason why world leaders, and even Mahmood Abbas are attending Peres' funeral? It may not be why you think. Ari gives his take on the matter.
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Kerry is in the midst of his final attempt to shape the Israel-PA conflict resolution in his image, and he has been going at it with everything he has including the kitchen sink.
The full text of the speech to the UN General Assembly by PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, delusions included.
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The timing of the revelation did not escape PA Arab representatives, who have been flooding Israeli media Thursday morning with profuse denials of the charges.
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"President Putin offered to meet in Moscow on September 9," Abbas said. "I agreed. I was to fly to Moscow from here (Warsaw) to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu."
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A week ago, Putin’s Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa, discussed advancing Palestinian-Israeli peace talks with Abbas in Amman.
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It should be noted that the Oslo Accords forbid the participation of terror organizations in PA elections, but Hamas has already set a precedence in 2006.
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The same official also told Israel Radio that the PA does not demand that Israel freeze settlement construction as a prerequisite to the Paris conference, but rather the freeze should coincide with the start of negotiations.
By a strange quirk of history, Lord Balfour created both the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
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According to Liberman, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has been an obstacle to a working solution for the area.
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"A terrible poison is spreading," the French PM cautions. "Slowly, insidiously, against the background of influences from abroad ... developed against a model of society which contradicts the Republic and its values."
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Erekat has raised the flame under his attacks on Israel for its audacious killing of Arab terrorists, looking to link it in the Europeans' minds the horror Arab terrorists are inflicting on their civilian population.
The IDF arrested a man in a raid on the village where he lives.
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Rajoub condemned a successful peacebuilding event between Israeli and Arab youth sponsored by the Peres Center for Peace as a "crime against humanity."
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One report that had been produced by a Knesset committee was shelved because of the 2015 elections.
Mahmoud Abbas wants "illegal" guns taken away after two of his policemen were killed by PA citizens.
More details have emerged as to what exactly happened in the Kiryat Arba terror attack.
Israeli leaders responded fiercely to the lies hurled from the European Union podium by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.
On the eve of the French peace conference to help foster peace between Israelis and the Palestinian Authority, Director-General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Dore Gold is less than optimistic.
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"Last year MK Yoel Hasson (Zionist Camp) tried to pass the Arab initiative in the Knesset and the Likud rejected it."
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At this point, outside the Gaza Strip, only Marwan Barghouti has the street cred and the political wherewithal to rule the PA, which should be a source of concern to Israel.
Ideiss was apparently referencing an obscure recent ruling issued not by “rabbis” but by a single “rabbanit”. Rabbanit Idit Bartov.
The recent poll revealed that 59% of Palestinians believe that it is the Palestinian leadership, not Israel, which is to blame for their worsened situation
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The Israel Hayom Sunday article is an attempt to blame the Germans for the February faux pas.
It is not yet clear whether the dismissal is related to Rajoub’s dramatic walkout last week in protest of Jewish settlers attending a Samaritan Passover sacrifice or is due to internal political wrangling within the Palestinian Authority leadership.
Abbas demanded the soldier gets what's coming to him - and he didn't mean a medal.
Abbas ignored Biden's call to condemn the terrorist attack in which American Taylor Force was murdered.