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Road Terror Rock Attack in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

The attack took place against the backdrop of escalating attacks around the capital as final status negotiations wind to a close.

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

Israel Offers to Free 400 Additional Terrorists

By Jewish Press News Desk

Releasing 30 mass murderers isn't enough. Israel has offered to free another 400, if Abu Mazen would just talk a little longer.

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

Senior PA Minister Says Jews Must Be Banned from Western Wall

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Perhaps John Kerry will suggest Israel make a “goodwill” concession and ban Jews from praying at the Western Wall.

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

Fact Check: Release of Terrorists Depends on Progress in Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The entire world quotes Abbas’ blaming Israel for wiggling out of freeing terrorists. The facts show it is Abbas who is wiggling.

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

Fatah Official: Use the Rifle Instead of ‘Negotiations’ (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A Fatah party official carries Kerry’s torch that the Palestinian Authority will get it wants either by diplomatic war or terror.

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

Abbas and Kerry in Cahoots to Throw the Peace Talks Bomb at Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The thundering silence from the White House after Abbas’ exit was the calm before the coming storm.

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

IDF Arrests Palestinian Authority Terrorists Who Fired on Israelis

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli security forces and soldiers lifted a gag order Monday and revealed they have arrested a Palestinian Authority terrorist cell from Samaria that carried out shooting attacks and a firebomb attacks in the past several months. They attacked Israeli motorists near Kedumim, located three miles east of the Karnei and Ginot Shomron communities in central […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Kills Hevron Arab Trying to Damage Security Fence

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel soldiers killed a 15-year-old boy who was attempting to damage the security fence south of Hebron Wednesday and refused to heed soldier'warnings to halt. Palestinian Authority media came up with a new idea for the youth’s approaching the security fence. In Gaza, the suspects usually are described by Arab media as playing soccer or […]

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

Abbas Latches on to Obama's Big Lie for Release of Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Did Obama know who was sitting next to him when he said his guest “consistently renounced violence”?

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

Thousands Rally in Palestinian Authority for Abbas

By Jewish Press News Desk

Thousands of Arabs in the Palestinian Authority rallied in major cities on Monday in support of “Palestinian national rights,” the official WAFA news agency reported Monday. The supporters waved pictures of Yasser Arafat, the first terrorist to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said at one rally, “We are here today […]

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

Abbas Has 26 Reasons to Extend Talks and All of Them Are Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas will not end the wrongly-named peace talks until he achieves his aim for starting them – freeing 104 terrorists.

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

Supreme Court Rules Hebron’s ‘Peace House' Belongs to Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is up to Defense Minister Ya’alon to decide if a court ruling in favor of Hebron Jews has any meaning at all.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Terrorist Who Bombed Tel Aviv Bus Sentenced to 25 Years

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority terrorist convicted last year of bombing a bus in Tel Aviv in 2012 was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in jail. The explosion on the local bus wounded 28 people. The terrorist, Mohammed Mafarji and who was 18 years old when he bombed the bus, said he carried out the attack during […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PLO Faction Spokesman Fails in Suicide Attempt

By Jewish Press News Desk

The spokesman for a faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) tried to kill himself with a knife on a main street in Ramallah on Sunday, sources told the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency. The man reportedly cut his neck with a knife but passersby saved him. He was reported to be in serious condition in […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Jordan

IDF Kills PA Terrorist at Allenby Bridge Crossing

By Jewish Press News Desk

The terrorist tried to grab the gun of an IDF soldier near the crossing.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Politely Asks Rock-Throwing Arabs not to Throw Rocks (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“Please, Arab demonstrator. Please do not throw rocks. It is not nice. Please, Pretty, please…. Ouch!”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Kills Wanted Suspected War Criminal

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Amnesty International is invited to investigate who really commits war crimes.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Tries to Pre-Empt Anti-Israel Amnesty Report

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF preceded an upcoming anti-Israel Amnesty report Wednesday night and charged that “Amnesty International wholly ignores the substantial increase in Palestinian violence initiated over the past year, and shows a complete lack of understanding as to operational challenges the IDF is posed with.” Amnesty routinely picks part the IDF for alleged violations, such as […]

IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hundreds of Arabs Riot at Gaza Security Fence

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli soldiers on patrol at the Gaza security fence shot at a mob of hundreds of rock-throwing Arabs Tuesday, two of whom sustained moderate gunshot wounds. The rioters also burned tires that were rolled towards the soldiers. None of the soldiers were wounded.

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

Israel Discriminates 'against' PA by Charging Less for Electricity

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Israel Electric Corp. shuts off power to those who don’t pay – unless the debtor is the Palestinian Authority.

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Boycott / BDS / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Richard Falk Blames Israel for Sins of Egypt and Palestinian Authority

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Falk lies in answers to “who shoots at Gaza fishermen and who prevents Palestinian Authority Arabs from protesting?”

IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Shin Bet and IDF Arrest Hamas ‘Highway Rock-Throwing’ Gang

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), soldiers and police have arrested 15 Hamas members in the past several weeks on suspicion of carrying out rock-throwing and Molotov cocktail attacks on Highway 443, which connects Samaria, Jerusalem, the city of Modi’in and Ben Gurion Airport. Several of those arrested are returnees to terror, having previously been […]

Israel / US / Palestinian Authority

Obama to Invite Abbas to White House

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama is ratcheting up the pressure and will invited Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the White House, Arab media reported Monday. A summit in Washington with Abbas would “even things out” politically since the president is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu next week, when the Prime Minister will address […]

Israel / News Briefs

Air Raid Drill Sirens Sound Nationwide

By Shalom Bear

A nationwide air raid drill was run today, so the schools will be prepared for missiles from Iran, Gaza or the Palestinian Authority.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Islamists / Gulf States / UAE

Muslim Clerics Finally Forbid Suicide Missions but Only on Mars

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Islamic law forbids a one-way trip to Mars, a “fatwa” Muslim religious committee has ruled in the UAE (United Arab Emirates), the Khaleej Times reported Wednesday. “Such a one-way journey poses a real risk to life, and that can never be justified in Islam,” the committee said. “There is a possibility that an individual who […]

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

Presbyterians Do Repentance and Drink SodaStream

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It stands to reason that’s since BDS is based on the Big Lie, the impression that the “church” supports also is a lie.

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

Abbas, Kerry to Hold Second Paris Meeting

By JTA

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet for a second day to discuss core issues in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Kerry and Abbas met for two hours on Wednesday evening  in Paris, where they “had an in-depth discussion about the core issues” surrounding a peace deal […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Pays Terrorists on Time but in Debt to Gas Stations

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab gas stations in Judea and Samaria have refused to fill tanks of Palestinian Authority security vehicles because of six months of unpaid bills, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency. The accumulated bill for unpaid fuel now stands at nearly $16 million, according to an official of the union of gas station owners, The […]

Israel / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

14 Ways to Shut Up BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The differences between the Boycott and Pro-Israel movement are that BDS is unified and is not crippled by competitors.

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

Netanyahu Calls Boycotters ‘Anti-Semites'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu’s comments about the Boycott Israel movement is a sign he is seriously worried about its potential damage.

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

Kerry and Abbas to Meet in Paris on Wednesday

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will talk with Mahmoud Abbas in Paris on Wednesday in his non-stop diplomatic assault to break the Palestinian Authority and Israel’s stated refusals to agree to American ideas for the establishment of the Palestinian Authority as a new country within Israel’s current borders. State Dept. spokeswoman Jen Psaki said […]

Israel / Jewish / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas’ Removal of Religious Identity from ID a Two-Edged Sword

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority announced on Sunday that "the part that defines the religion of the Palestinian citizen has been erased” has been erased from identification cards. Hassan Olwi, a director in the Palestinian Ministry of Interior, told the Chinese news agency Xinhua that the decision was made a few days ago in accordance with PA law […]

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

PA Allocates $46 Million More for Terrorists

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Palestinian Authority announced last week it will be giving an additional $46 million a year to released prisoners, including hundreds of murderers of civilians, according to the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). This new funding is an addition to the tens of millions the PA already gives in salaries and other benefits to terrorists in […]

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / Iran / News Briefs

New PA Foreign Policy: Renew Iranian Ties to Threaten Israel

By Shalom Bear

The PA has renewed ties with Iran and is threatening to bring back suicide bombers. Does this concern anyone?

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Arabs Block Highway South of Gush Etzion

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arabs from the village of Al Aroob rioted and blocked the only road connecting Gush Etzion with Kiryat Arba-Hevron Thursday night and then attacked IDF soldiers with firebombs and rocks before they were dispersed with tear gas and rubber bullets. None of the soldiers were injured, an IDF spokeswoman told The Jewish Press, […]

Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Former Fatah Strongman in Gaza Denies Meeting with Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mohammed Dahlan, the former Fatah party strongman in Gaza, denied on Thursday that he recently met with Shlomo Molcho, one of Israel’s two negotiators with the Palestinian Authority and a confidant to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The Maariv newspaper reported that the two men met in Dubai to establish a closer relationship with Dahlan, who […]

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

ADL Raps Kerry for Boycott Threat

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has sent an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry criticizing him for his threat that Israel faces boycotts if the American-backed peace talks with the Palestinian Authority do not succeed. ADL’s director Abraham H. Foxman also sharply rapped Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas for his “unwillingness to accept […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Arab Rioters in Samaria Reportedly Injures Soldier

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arabs in a village near Shechem in northern Samaria lightly wounded an Israeli soldier with rock throwing and firebombs early Wednesday after the IDF entered area to arrests four suspected terrorists, according o Arab media. An IDF spokeswoman told The Jewish Press that only one terrorist was arrested and that there were no […]

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

Road 443 Warning - Too Dangerous for Israeli Ministers

By Shalom Bear

Average Israelis warned, terror would escalate on Road 443 following the Supreme Court's decision. Now Israeli ministers are forbidden to drive on 443. What's wrong with this picture?

Israel / US / Travel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

US State Dept. Continues Stiff Travel Warings in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. government employees are forbidden from traveling anywhere on personal business in Judea and Samaria except for Bethlehem and Jericho, according to the government’s latest travel advisory. In language softer than previous warnings that scared the dickens out of anyone even thinking of visiting Israel, the advisory pointed out, “Over three million foreign citizens, including […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs

Here's How Hamas Digs Terror Tunnels and Builds Rockets (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

The Defense Ministry is literally gambling the lives of Israelis by only not bombing terror tunnels.

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

Abbas to NYT: NATO Force Can Patrol Palestinian State

By JTA

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas told The New York Times he would be willing to allow a U.S.-led NATO force to patrol a Palestinian state for an indefinite amount of time. Israeli soldiers and Israeli settlements could remain for five years from the state’s establishment, Abbas said in an interview with The New York Times […]

The Muqata

Abandonment and Boycotts - How We Should Respond

By JoeSettler

Threats to abandon Settlers to terrorists, and boycotts of Israel are creating opportunities that can be exploited for the good, says JoeSettler.

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

IDF Uncovers 3 Arab Guns at Checkpoint East of Netanya

By Jewish Press Staff

All in a day’s work for Palestinian Authority Arabs – guns smuggling, rock throwing and an attempted hit and run.

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

Palestinian Authority Criticizes Israeli for ‘Incitement'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority called the kettle black Thursday and accused the Netanyahu government of inciting against Mahmoud Abbas and damaging the peace process, the PA official WAFA news agency said. Abbas’ spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said, “The positions of the president [Abbas] and the Palestinian leadership are aimed at protecting the rights of the Palestinian […]

Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Fatah Official Visits Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jibril Rajoub, a senior leader in the Fatah party headed by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, visited Iran Tuesday, the first time a PA official has traveled to the Islamic Republic in several years. He told Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Fatah “will not stop the resistance until the establishment of an […]

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

The 10 Plagues of John Kerry

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

No one illustrates the posture of power of the United States of America more than John Kerry.

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

Terrorist Killed after Shooting 12 Bullets at IDF in Samaria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority promotes terror as “resistance” and speaks the truth in inaction more than in words.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Holocaust

Palestinian Authority Daily Claims Netanyahu Has ‘Nazi Genes’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The official Palestinian Authority daily last week, days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, published an op-ed demonizing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who it said has Nazi genes that he may have “acquired it genetically from the days of the Nazis and the Aryan race." The report, translated and published by the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), […]

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

PA Says IDF Delayed Its Prime Minister‘s Convoy again

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli soldiers delayed the convoy of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah for the fourth time in a month on Tuesday, according to the PA’s official WAFA website. It did not say how long the convoy was delayed but only stated that the soldiers stopped the vehicles to inspect identification cards of Hamdallah’s security force. […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Sports

Chile’s Palestine Soccer Club Leaves Map on Uniforms despite Fine

By JTA

Chile’s Palestine Football Club, after being fined for wearing uniforms on which the number one in players’ numbers in the backs of their shirts were represented by a map of Israel as Palestine, unveiled its new uniforms that now show exactly the same thing on the front of the shirt. Inset into the players’ numbers […]

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

Thomas Friedman in Israel: Only Livni and Kerry Are Believers

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli negotiator and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni are the only two people who still believe in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said in Tel Aviv Monday night. “The Israelis are the Palestinians are ambivalent towards their future and towards the […]

US / News Briefs / Media / Settlements / Sports

UPDATED: Fox News Rejects SodaStream’s Super Bowl Ad (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

SodaStream is getting great free publicity from Boycott Israel and now Fox News, which rejected its Super Bowl ad.

Terrorism / Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Obama Administration Labels Islamic Jihad Leader as Terrorist

By JTA

The Obama administration has designated Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s deputy secretary general Ziyad al-Nakhalah as a terrorist, the U.S. State Dept. announced. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the Dec. 22 bombing of a bus in Tel Aviv in which quick thinking by two passengers and the bus driver prevented a mass casually disaster. “Ziyad has […]

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

Foreign Ministry Cites PA Incitement as Obstacle to Peace

By Jewish Press News Desk

The “culture of hatred” promoted by the Palestinian Authority and that has been more pronounced since the resumption of “peace talks” since last July "undermines the chances for peace between Israel and the Palestinians," the Foreign Ministry stated on Sunday. It tied the resumption of discussions with a sharp increase in terrorist attacks. There were […]

IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Hamas Calls Teaneck Jews on Temple Mount ‘Settlers’ (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Arabs say so often that Jews are trying to re-build the Temple that they might end up convincing Jews to do it.

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Russia

Abbas Asks Russia for Billion Dollar Gas Project Off Gaza Coast

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority  chairman Mahmoud Abbas asked Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Thursday to invest in a $1 billion natural gas project off the coast of Hamas-controlled Gaza, Russia’s news agency reported. Abbas is vesting Moscow, which has been a strong backer of the Palestinian Authority. Securing a huge investment for Gaza would help Abbas win […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Forces Discover Firearm Hidden inside of Child’s Backpack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If Israel surrenders the Jordan Valley, Arabs will be relieved of the burden of having to smuggle weapons.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Terrorist Firebomb Bus in Samaria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Palestinian Authority terrorists hurled two firebombs at an Israeli bus near Shchem Wednesday night, causing damage to the vehicle but no injuries to the passengers. Soldiers are combing the area for the attackers.  

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

Peres Demand for ‘Jewish State’ Recognition an Obstacle to Peace

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

President Shimon Peres has told diplomatic officials that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's demand that the Palestinian Authority recognize Israel as a “Jewish State” is “unnecessary” and is an obstacle to a peace pact, the Yisrael HaYom newspaper reported Wednesday. The “Jewish state” issue has been one of Netanyahu’s’ favorite ploys to make PA chairman Mahmoud […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Romanian President: Palestinians Should Recognize Israel as Jewish

By JTA

Romania supports in principle Israel’s demand for Palestinian recognition of Israel as the Jewish state but encourages compromises on this and other issues, Romanian President Traian Basescu said. Speaking to JTA at his presidential palace two days before an Israel visit that  began Sunday, Basescu said that “if they [the Palestinians] want peace, they must […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

Arab Journalists Claim Harper’s Bodyguards Assaulted Them

By Jewish Press News Desk

No confirmation of the alleged assault was reported by any news outlet other than Ma'an.

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

Border Police Shoot Suspected Terrorist West of Hebron

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Border Police officer shot and seriously wounded a suspected Palestinian Authority terrorist Monday afternoon near the Jewish community of Telem, located on the highway leading from Kiryat Arba-Hebron to Kiryat Gat and Beit Shemesh. The policeman spotted the suspect running towards the security control tower. The suspect ran away after warnings shots were fired […]

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

Canadian PM Harper Brings 21 Rabbis on ‘Red-Carpet' Visit to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Canada’s constant support of Israel since Harper became Prime Minister is a rare example of intellectual honesty.

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

Gaza Terrorists Continue Rocket War, Test IDF’s Threats

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists from Hamas-ruled Gaza attacked southern Israel again Sunday morning with two more rockets that exploded in open areas and caused no damage or injuries. Military officials said last week that Israel will not allow a return to the days of “tit-for-tat” retaliation, with Hamas and other terrorists launching a couple of rockets a day […]

Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Denies Report It Arrested Hamas Terrorists

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority hurriedly denied an Israeli report Thursday night that its security forced arrested Hamas terrorists in Hebron who were planning to take explosive devices with them to Israeli population centers. "We have no information about this issue," Palestinian Authority Adnan al-Dumieri told the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency. The original Israeli report by the […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hamas Mad at ‘Pro-Israel’ Twitter for Closing Its Account

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas has castigated Twitter for closing its account, an action that it said “exposes the ‘unprofessional’ policy of the latest, and the total ‘bias’ to the Israeli occupation and real terrorism in the world,” according to the terrorist organization’s website. Of course, Hamas says Israel is a terrorist organization, while Hamas, in its own words, […]

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

Bill Would Link Funding for Palestinians to Incitement

By JTA

A bill introduced by the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee would link assistance to the Palestinian Authority to its efforts to stop incitement. Under the bill presented Wednesday by California Republican Rep. Ed Royce, the president would have to determine that the Palestinian Authority “no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against […]

US / News Briefs

House Spending Bill Restores Aid to Israel to $3.1 Billion

By JTA

Funding to Israel was restored to its pre-sequester level of $3.1 billion in the spending bill the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Wednesday. Aid to the Palestinian Authority was conditioned on its not running to the United Nations for recognition. The $1.1 trillion bill passed Wednesday is the result of a deal brokered last […]

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

Lapid Says He Doesn’t Trust the Palestinian Authority

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid, Israel’s favorite chameleon, declared on Wednesday that he does not trust the Palestinian Authority and would not depend on it to keep Israel safe while having full control of the Jordan Valley. He took what he said is a centrist view - against annexing Jewish communities in Judea and […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

Palestinian Authority Deleted Media Footage of Protests in Ramallah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority police allegedly took photographers into custody and deleted their footage of recent protests in Ramallah against UNRWA policies, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency. The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms said that the actions violate "freedom of opinion and expression," and demanded authorities "enable journalists to exercise their professional duty […]

Israel / News Briefs

Attack on Mosque Is Third Price Tag Incident in a Week

By Jewish Press News Desk

Suspected right-wing Jewish vandals set a mosque in the Arab village of Deit Istiya in Samaria on fire late Tuesday night and painted graffiti on the mosque’s wall with hate messages such as “Revenge for spilled blood in Kusra,” referring to the village where Arabs brutally beat a group of Jews last week after the […]

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

Hundreds of Rabbis Support Ya’alon’s ‘Fed Up with Kerry’ Comments

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP), comprising over 350 prominent Israeli rabbis, has sent a letter of support and encouragement to Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon for his clear and fearless remarks that “enough is enough.” The rabbis assured him that the Torah supports those who “stand firm, speak the truth, and thereby lead to a […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

PA Won’t Explain Why Machine Guns Were in Embassy in Prague

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority has not explained to the Czech Republic why 12 firearms, including submachine guns, were stored at its embassy in Prague where a PA diplomat was killed in an explosion to weeks ago. Palestinian diplomats have apologized for hiding illegal weapons at the Prague embassy where a blast killed the ambassador on New […]

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

Court Orders Livni to Respond to Lawsuit of PA Terror Victims

By JTA

Israel’s Supreme Court has given Justice Minister Tzipi Livni one week to respond to a lawsuit by an Israeli NGO representing victims of Palestinian terror victims in a case against the Bank of China. On Tuesday, the court put its time mandate on Livni hours after the Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center filed a suit requesting […]

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

Israeli Police Stop PA Official’s Car Second Time (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The lack of love between the Palestinian Authority and Israel is played out best in live street theatre.

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

Police Stop Palestinian Authority Prime Minister for Speeding

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli soldiers stopped a speeding car north of Ramallah Tuesday, and it turned out to be a vehicle driving Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Razi Hamdallah, who immediately turned the incident into a nasty political fight. He reportedly called one soldier a “dog” and scorned him for standing in “occupied territory.” His car and convoy had […]

Op-Eds

The Palestinian Authority's Existential Conflict with Peace

By Gil Solomon

Abbas will have his endless war, whether Israel likes it or not.

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

German Foreign Minister: Israel’s Building ‘Disrupts’ Peace Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

Visiting Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier accused Israel of “disrupting” talks with the Palestinian Authority for a peace agreement by announcing the construction of more homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria. He alleged that the building violates understandings that Kerry set forth last July, when direct talks resumed for the first time in three […]

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

Biden Tries to Create a New Sharon Legacy of Peace

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One of the greatest dangers to peace is taking all of the conditons for war calling them a basis for peace.

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