יום חמישי, 6 אוגוסט 2026Thursday, August 6, 2026
Follow Us
יום חמישי, כ״ג אב תשפ״וThursday, August 6, 2026
Follow Us

Sections

Palestinian Authority

Op-Eds

Will Hezbollah Terrorism Save Israel from Delusional Peace with PA?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatens the US-led "peace talks," saying he will back “Palestine resistance” to ensure that all of the Land of Israel will not remain in Jewish hands.

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Thinks ‘Terrorism’ Is a Race or Religion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Now we know why the Palestinian Authority does not stop incitement. That would be racism, according to the logic of a PA minister, who calls Bennett a racist for saying terrorists should be eliminated.

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.

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.”

IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

Israel Hospitals Took Care of Nearly 220,000 PA Arabs in 2012

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Will the United Nations, which has condemned Israel for alleged war crimes, also censure it for treating nearly 220,000 PA Arabs Israeli hospitals, including Hamas’ prime minister’s brother-in-law?

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

Abbas’ Fatah Party Lauds Female Terrorist as ‘Master of the World’

By Jewish Press Staff

Abbas' Fatah party Facebook page tells the truth about terrorism and the “peace process.” It posted a picture of three notorious female terrorists, each one a ”master of the world.” Now let’s talk peace?

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.”

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

PM Kerry Unmasks Himself, Crowns Palestinian Authority as a ‘Country’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry finally has tripped over himself, bared his not-so-hidden agenda and stated that the Palestinian Authority is a country. Asked later about the slip of the tongue, he asked, “Did I say that?”

Terrorism / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Cabinet Approves Freeing 104 Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It took Netanyahu several hours to win a respectable majority in the Cabinet to capitulate to Abbas' demand and approve the release of 104 terrorists in order to allow the renewal of direct talks in Washington on Tuesday.

Terrorism / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

US Bus Bomb Victims Relive Horror over Terrorists’ Release

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Sandy Bloom of New York and her husband Dov of Pittsburgh suffered for years from burns in a deadly 1988 terrorist attack on a bus. Now they are suffering from the thought of the terrorists being freed.

Terrorism / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Cabinet OKs ‘Peace Process’ Referendum, Delays Vote on Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu threw a sugar pill at the Cabinet by proposing a change in the Basic Law for a national referendum before giving Israeli land to the PA. The Cabinet is contemplating swallowing the bitter pill – freeing terrorists.

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

Bennett: Terrorists Should Be Killed, not Freed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Naftali Bennett, Economy Minister and Jewish Home party chairman, wrote on Facebook Saturday night, “Terrorists should be killed, not released. All my life I fought towards fulfilling the two parts of this sentence. Tomorrow I will vote against.” A former IDF combat officer, Bennett said he has ordered his party ministers to vote against the […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Netanyahu: ‘Freeing Terrorists Clashes with Justice,’ but So What?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu says freeing terrorists is unjust, is against public opinion, and is painful. So why do it? Because it is in the “interest of the State,” meaning John Kerry is in charge of Israel’s security.

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

Identities of the Murdering Terrorists Released

By Shalom Bear

The 104 terrorists slated to be released by Israel have blood of many men, women and children on their hands.

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

Poll: Israelis Overwhelmingly against Release of Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It’s time again for Israel to turn the other cheek and express “goodwill’ to Abbas and love for peace by freeing terrorists who turn the other cheek to humanity and express their love by barbaric murders.

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

PA Entrepreneurs Shun Politics in Cisco Systems Training

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority entrepreneurs are not interested in politics and concentrate on business in a Cisco-Israel training program, Forbes business magazine reported. Israeli Jewish high-tech experts coach PA CEOs and middle-level managers in the sessions. Cisco CEO John Chambers began thinking about the program after meeting with  chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2008. “I personally went […]

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Egypt

Hamas Shuts Down Two Arab Media Outlets

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Hamas terrorist government in Gaza has shut down the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency and the Al-Arabiya satellite channel bureaus in Gaza, Ma’an reported. It said that Hamas officials questioned its Gaza bureau chief over an article translated from an Israeli newspaper reporting that six Muslim Brotherhood smuggled themselves into Gaza to plan an uprising […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Arab Arrested on Way to Carry Out Terrorist Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF soldiers identified and arrested a Palestinian Authority terrorist  who was carrying a pistol and ammunition  in Samaria with the intention to open fire on a bus traveling nearby. Two buses were hit by gunfire in the same area in two separate incidents over the past four weeks. “Security forces conducted surveillance operations in anticipation […]

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.

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.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Arab Held Israeli Woman at Knifepoint

By JTA

Israeli police have arrested a Palestinian Authority teenager for holding an Israeli woman at knifepoint. A resident of Tulkarm, located east of Netanya, allegedly pressed a knife to the neck of a woman from the northern Israeli community of Kfar Tabor, according to Haaretz. The man had apparently crossed into Israel illegally and was working […]

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.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Lieberman: Gives Abbas What He Wants and He Will Ask for More

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas will not be satisfied even if Israel surrenders to all of his territorial demands, said Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu faction of the Likud-Beiteinu party. “Let’s assume theoretically that Israel would return to the 1967 borders,” he told Voice of Israel radio Tuesday morning. “The next day, there […]

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

Hamas Calls Return to Direct Peace Talks a ‘Disaster’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority leadership in Ramallah is a victim of delusion and does not realize that the agreement in principle to return to direct talks with Israel is a “disaster,” Hams terrorist organization spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency Saturday. "Stopping political reconciliation for negotiations between the PA and Israel is very […]

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.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / Jerusalem

IKEA May Open Branch in Palestinian Authority’s Ramallah

By Jewish Press News Desk

IKEA is considering extending its operations in Israel and opening up a branch in Ramallah, in the Palestinian Authority, and in Be’er Sheva and Jerusalem, the  Hebrew-language newspaper Yediot Acharonot reported. Matthew Bronfman, who holds the IKEA franchise for Israel, reported said that “we'll be happy to help establish the store” in Ramallah. The planned […]

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.

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

Netanyahu Opens ‘Direct Talks' with Abbas: Greetings on Ramadan

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Who says Netanyahu does not want peace with Abbas? He picked up the phone to wish him greetings on Ramadan. Why didn’t Kerry think of that? Maybe Arabs will call tonight and wish Bibi a good fast.”

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Military Court Convicts PA Terrorist for Murdering Jew in Samaria

By JTA

An Israeli military court has convicted a Palestinian Authority terrorist for the April murder of 31-year-old Eviatar Borovsky, who lived in the community of Itamar, in northeastern Samaria. Zagal stabbed Borovsky to death as the father of five waited at a bus stop at the Tapuach Junction. Border Police officers shot and wounded Zagal at […]

Terrorism / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists / Egypt

Egypt Crushes Hamas, Plans All-Out War on Sinai Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel, for a change, can sit back, enjoy the show and watch Egypt do what the world would not let the IDF do – massive destruction of Hamas smuggling tunnels and all-out war against terror in the Sinai. Israel, for a change, can sit back, enjoy the show and watch Egypt do what the world would not let the IDF do – massive destruction of Hamas smuggling tunnels and all-out war against terror in the Sinai. The Egyptian military demolished hundreds of smuggling tunnels in and out of Hamas-controlled Gaza Sunday and is preparing for an all-our onslaught of Hamas, Al Qaeda and other terrorists in the Sinai, Egyptian media reported. The Egyptian offensive is a political and military shock to Hamas, with reverberations in Ramallah and Washington, on the eve of yet another attempt by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to re-ignite the “peace process.” “The reduction in smuggling will make it difficult for Hamas to maintain the level of its revenues, and therefore it will be hard pressed to contain the protests against its rule,” according to the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS). “It will also be difficult to infiltrate weapons into Gaza, mainly enhanced rockets and surface-to-surface missiles.” The Egyptian Aswat Masriya media outlet reported that 805 tunnels along the smuggling route, centered in the border city of Rafiah, were destroyed. Most of the tunnels have been used to smuggle fuel into Gaza. The Egyptian army will also close the Rafiah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip “indefinitely,” an official source told Egyptian newspaper al-Masry al-Youm. It placed a severe siege on Hamas but without a peep from the international community, which still condemns Israel for the maritime embargo that is aimed at preventing the import of terrorists and weapons from the sea. Terrorists in Rafiah targeted a military checkpoint Saturday, but no casualties were reported, and Egypt opened the Rafiah border crossing for four hours Saturday to allow humanitarian cases to cross the border. The tunnels have been a key route for terrorists to travel freely back and forth to the Sinai Peninsula and establish terrorist outposts aimed at staking out bases for attack on Egyptian tourist areas, such as El Arish, as well as urban areas. The army killed at least five terrorists on Friday, but Egyptian media reported a larger-scale offensive is in the works after an attempted assassination of Second Field Army commander Maj. Gen. Ahmed Wasfy on Wednesday. Egypt is using heavy arms and warplanes, maneuvers that are prohibited under the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty of 1979 without Israel’s approval. With the unstable and radical anti-Israel Muslim Brotherhood out of power, thanks to the military “impeachment” or coup – take your pick – Israel is not blocking any offense, “Security sources confirmed that Israel does not mind that the Egyptian forces use heavy artillery and warplanes during the operation which is expected to start very soon” military sources confirmed to the official television on Saturday. Official added, “The army had decided to cleanse the Sinai of armed gangs and terrorists "The operation will continue until it reaches its objectives, which are not only military but also aim to develop the Sinai.” Meanwhile, state media have reported Friday that two Egyptian Apache helicopters hovered over olive groves south of El-Arish before they fired shells at bunkers of Jihadist gunmen who were preparing to attack army checkpoints. The Egyptian Air Force on Saturday sent in two Apache helicopters to gun down jihadists after it received intelligence information that they were hiding in olive groves and preparing to attack military checkpoints. On Friday, an Egyptian helicopter was seen in the skies over Gaza for the first time since the Six-Day War in 1967. The Hamas terrorist organization is an offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood and therefore is a natural enemy of the military that ousted Mohammed Morsi two weeks ago. Hams has denied Egyptian military statements that its soldiers jailed 32 Hamas terrorists and arrested dozens others in the Sinai Peninsula last week. Hamas figuratively shot itself in the head last August when it mounted a severe attack on the Egyptian army, killing 16 soldiers near Rafiah in a multi-pronged attack that was intended to continue into Israel but was foiled at the last minute by the IDF. Ever since, Hamas has been an undeclared enemy, and even the Morsi regime was suspicious of it. The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority also is benefiting from Hamas’ miseries but is suppressing its joy because Hamas has widespread support among Arabs in Judea and Samaria who are fed up with chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Any moves by the Secretary of State Kerry to win some kind of a forum between Israeli and Palestinian Authority are a useless exercise without the inclusion of Gaza. Another fallout of the offensive against Hamas might be negative for Israel in the near-term. “The motivation of Hamas and jihadi elements from Sinai to launch attacks against Israel is increasing,” INSS thinks.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / Religion

Muslims ‘Celebrate’ Ramadan by Vandalizing Patriarchs’ Cave

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The media would be screaming its lungs off if Jews had vandalized a Muslim prayer room in the Patriarch’s Cave but did not even whisper when Muslims desecrated Jewish rooms. Happy Ramadan month.

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.

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

Fatah Condemns Meeting between PA and Israeli Politicians

By JTA

Palestinian political party Fatah, along with other Palestinian political organizations, criticized representatives of the Palestinian Authority for meeting with Israeli politicians sympathetic with the Palestinian Authority.. In a meeting this week set up by the left-wing Geneva Initiative, members of the ruling right-wing Likud Party and opposition Shas Sephardi party met with PLO Secretary-General Yasser […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Religion

PA Propaganda on Temple Mount Makes Anti-Zionism Inevitable

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

PA newspapers and website routinely tell its readers how “fanatical” Jews and police “storm” the Temple Mount with the explicit aim of taking it over. Even if Arabs want peace, their leaders won’t let them believe it is possible.

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

PA Touts Kerry’s Return while He Stays at Wife’s Hospital Bed

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Big Lie, big explosion. Media spread a story yesterday that Kerry will be back in town this week. Today, the PA claims Bibi met with PA honchos. Abbas forgot that Kerry’s wife is in critical condition.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Religion

IDF Orders Soldiers to ‘Respect’ Muslim Ramadan

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Soldiers were particularly admonished to be respectful of Muslims at crossings through the security fence in Judea and Samaria.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Palestinian Authority: Kerry to Resume PA-Israel Talks in 9 Months

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is at it again, forecasting for the 16th time this year that Israel and the Palestinian Authority will resume direct talks, according to two PA officials who conditioned their “stop the press” tip on the basis of anonymity. Direct negotiations, as called for in the Oslo Accords,  were suspended […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Palestinian Authority ‘Policeman' Tried to Murder Jew in Samaria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US created a Palestinian Authority army and still trains “policemen.” One of its cadets was killed in a riot against the IDF Tuesday. Now, an officer has been arrested for trying to murder a Jew.

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

Chaos in Egypt: Obama Backed Another Wrong Horse

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Egyptian army military announced on Tuesday it will establish an interim regime if Mohammed Morsi cannot come to an agreement with opposition forces by Wednesday night, a virtual impossibility. The army insisted it is not intending to rule the country, but in effect it plans to unilaterally dissolve the legislature and appoint Egypt’s chief […]

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Palestinian Authority Army Cadet Killed in Clash with IDF

By Jewish Press News Desk

A 19-year-old Palestinian Authority army cadet was killed on Monday during a riot southwest of Hevron, where the IDF was patrolling the village of Dura, a hotbed of Hamas terrorists. Arabs threw rocks at the army vehicles, and the cadet, Muataz Idris Shrawana, was killed either by army gunfire or was run over by a […]

Israel / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Burger Ranch Going to Ariel, Where McDonald’s Fears to Tread

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Will Obama Munch at a Burger Ranch and support the settler movement? Will McDonald’s repent for boycotting Samaria? Will the Third Intifada erupt over Burger Ranch’s setting up shop in Ariel?

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

Netanyahu Rival Danon Elected Head of Likud Central Committee

By JTA

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon, who has said the Likud Party and Israel’s governing coalition are opposed to a two-state solution, was elected chairman of the party’s Central Committee on Sunday. The victory by Danon was a blow to party leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but he pledged to work with Netanyahu for the good […]

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Rock-Throwing Terrorists Injure 'Latma' Star

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Sunday night, rock-throwing terrorists in the Shomron smashed the window of a family car with grapefruit sized rocks, injuring one of the passengers. Ronit Avrahamof Shapira, one of two “newscasters” in Caroline Glick's satirical YouTube production “Latma,” wrote on her Facebook page that her husband Laizy, the director of the popular Israeli TV series […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

The Saga of Ancient 'Palestinian Susiya' – The Town That Never Was

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority is a master at inventing history. Arabs claim they have been there long before Jews although evidence proves the contrary. The tactic is conquering the southern Hevron Hills.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Netanyahu Says ‘Don’t Blame Me’ If Kerry Fails

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet Sunday morning, “We are not putting up any impediments on the resumption of the permanent talks and a peace agreement between us and the Palestinians. There are things that we will strongly insist on in the talks themselves, especially security. We will not compromise on security.” The rumored […]

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

PA-Israeli Collision on the Roads Hospitalizes Nine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority prime minister Rami Hamdallah’s vehicle collided with an Israel car on Saturday near Bethlehem, seriously injuring the Israeli driver and leaving his children and three PA security guards with light injures. The PA vehicle was returning to Ramallah from a meeting with the governor of Hevron when his car collided with the Israeli […]

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 / Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Terrorist Was in Contact with Hezbollah-Linked Cell

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

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

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

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

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

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

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

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Holocaust

Archbishop of Canterbury to Visit Western Wall and Al Aqsa Mosque

By Jewish Press News Desk

The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is scheduled to arrive in Israel Wednesday as part of a five-day trip to the Middle East. The archbishop is making sure to honor all three major religions, with visits planned to the Western Wall, the Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas Surrenders to Reality, Accepts Prime Minister’s Resignation

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

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

Leading Middle East Journalist: New PA PM Has Resigned

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

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

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

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Palestinian Authority’s New Prime Minister Refuses IDF Protection

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

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

Yes, Virginia, There are Good Muslims

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

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

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

Best Inebriated Muslim Excuse: IDF Got Me Drunk at Gunpoint

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Jewish Complaints Prompt University to Set Up Diversity Website

By JTA

Florida Atlantic University has launched a website promoting diversity following complaints from Jewish groups about activities on campus by a pro-Palestinian group. The website features a video on which faculty and students describe the Boca Raton school as diverse and open to students of all faiths. The video was created after meetings between the university […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

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

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Official Boycotts BDS Talk after Heckler Insults Abbas

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

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

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

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

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

By JTA

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

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

Israel Cracks New Hamas Ring Linked with Shalit Deal Terrorist

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

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

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

US / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas Replaces American-Backed Fayyad with Fatah Ally

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinians: Kerry Trying to Bribe Us to "Sell Out"

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Kerry's plan to boost the Palestinian economy has hardly impressed the Palestinian Authority leadership.

CIFWatch

Terrorists as 'Political Prisoners': CiF Watch Prompts Guardian Correction

By Adam Levick

The Guardian has called terrorists convicted of murder or attempted murder 'political prisoners.'

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

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

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

How to Graduate in the Palestinian Authority

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

Khaled Abu Toameh

Who is Really Desecrating Holy Sites?

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinians claim that the mere presence of Jewish visitors is a 'desecration' of the holy site.

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

Kerry Huffs and Puffs and Abbas Blows Him Down

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

No one believes in Kerry more than Kerry. He blew into town a self-proclaimed “peace for money” program” bolder than Oslo.” Abbas has rejected land for peace. Now he rejects money for peace.

Op-Eds

US: Israel's Prosperity a Problem

By Shoshana Bryen

Does Kerry think it would be better for Israel to approach negotiations from a position of precarious poverty?

Khaled Abu Toameh

Why Doesn't the EU Condemn PA Torture?

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Praising Abbas for instructing his security forces to stop torturing Palestinian detainees is like welcoming a convicted armed robber's promise to retire.

Op-Eds

J Street: Demand Israel's Peace Process Goal be Palestinian State

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

parently an affront to J Street's worldview, the focus of which appears to be the creation of a Palestinian State, whether or not that will bring peace.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements

US Implicitly Backs Peace Now Petition to Destroy Outpost

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US considers a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria an international issue, so much so that a US official attending a hearing on an anti-outpost Peace Now petition.

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

Bibi to Talk Separately with Kerry, Sarkozy and Hague – in 4 Hours

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has a busy day Thursday and is scheduled to talk with two foreign ministers and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a four-hour time span. His office announced he will welcome U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at 10:15, and the American efforts to bring Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority […]

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

IDF Arrests PA Security Officers Who Murdered Jew

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israeli soldiers on Tuesday arrested three Palestinian Authority security officers who murdered 24-year-old Ben-Yosef Livnat at Joseph’s Tomb two years ago but spent only one year in a PA jail before being freed. An IDF investigation of the incident confirmed Palestinian Authority claims that Livnat and other Jews tried to enter the holy Jewish site […]

A Soldier's Mother

Who Firebombs a Grave?

By Paula R. Stern

The area around Rachel's Tomb has been fortified, cement barriers erected to protect those wishing to pray beside her grave.

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

Shin Bet Foils Hamas Plot to Kill Israeli, Hold Body for Barter

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel is uncovering terror cells in Judea and Samaria at an alarming rate. This time, a Hamas cell was nabbed before it could murder an Israeli. The Palestinian Authority’s silence speaks loudly.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Does the Work for PA and Uncovers Huge Weapons Hoard

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority is supposedly on top of terror. So why did the IDF have to raid a wanted terrorist’s home in Samaria and confiscate hundreds of bullets, guns, knives and IDF uniforms?

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Religion / Monitor

PA Resurrects 'Palestinian Authority Descending from Jesus’ Gospel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

How far the PA will go to present the lie as the truth and the truth as a lie? Its claim that Jesus was a Palestinian is old hat. But now the “resurrection” also refers to “the Palestinian state.”

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

Legal Activist Calls for Prosecuting France 2 for Al-Dura Hoax

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel should file criminal charges against France 2 following a government report Sunday that the television channel broadcast a film in 200 that falsely portrayed the alleged killing of 12-year-old Mohammed Al-Dura by Israeli soldiers. Charles Enderlin was bureau chief of France 2 when the Second Intifada, also known as the Oslo War, broke out. […]

CIFWatch

The Blood Libel Begins: The Guardian's Original Reporting on Al Dura

By Adam Levick

The Guardian took the hideous claim that the IDF fired mercilessly at a young boy until he was dead at face value, without even a hint of journalistic skepticism.

Terrorism / US / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Lapid Unintentionally Helps Right with Bid for ‘Interim PA Pact’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Yair Lapid, Israel’s Finance Minister and head of Israel’s second largest political party, has unraveled U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to reincarnate the “peace process” before Kerry even packed his bags for another trip to Israel at the end of the week. He told the Yediot Acharonot newspaper Sunday what everyone except Kerry […]

Khaled Abu Toameh

Fatah's Drive Against 'Normalization'

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinian youths from Hebron, though, who met with Israelis near Bethlehem to share their problems and insights have been forced to issue a statement distancing themselves from the meeting.

United with Israel

Keep Jerusalem United!

By Rachel Avraham

A Jewish withdrawal from East Jerusalem would make the situation in Sderot look like paradise.

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / On Campus / Education

Hawking's Boycott Falls into a Black Hole

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Israeli Presidential Conference that Stephen Hawking is boycotting because of the “occupation” of supposed Palestinian land has drawn in the past none other than several senior Palestinian Authority officials, including one who two weeks ago said he would like to drop a nuclear bomb in Israel. Thanks to a bit of Internet homework by […]

News Briefs / Europe / Religion / Settlements / Holocaust

Church of Scotland Thinks Twice, Grants Israel the Right to Exist

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Church of Scotland has called last week’s publication of a Church and Society Council report that denies Israel’s right to exist a “misunderstanding” and now says the Jewish state can remain as part of the world. The Jewish communities of Scotland were shocked by the report, and the local Council of Christians and Jews […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Hezbollah

Red Cross Bares Its Heart and Soul, Honors PA Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Red Cross, the folks who demand Israel allow jail visits by terrorists’ families but winked when Hamas held Shalit as hostage, honors Palestinian Authority “prisoners” – the ones who kill Jews.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Most Israelis Trust Obama, Most PA Arabs Distrust Him

By JTA

Israelis by a 4-to-1 margin are more confident than Palestinians in how President Barack Obama a handles his foreign policy, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday. The survey revealed that 61 percent of Israelis "express confidence in the American president to do the right thing regarding world affairs," as opposed to 15 […]

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

Kerry’s Dream and Abbas' Nightmare Meet in Biblical Beit El

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Israeli government has announced a new step in plans to build 300 new homes in Beit El, in  northern Samaria, just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to convince Mahmoud Abbas to return to talks if Israel slaps a freeze on building for Jews in Judea and Samaria. Reports from Israeli […]

This Ongoing War

The 'Peace Partner' Who Wants to Nuke Israel

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

It was only in 20120 that Geneva Initiative featured Jibril Rajoub in their 'peace partner' ad campaign.

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Jordan Moves to Scrap Peace Treaty over Arrest of Jerusalem Mufti

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

World War III may have been close and may have been prevented on the Temple Mount, where the Jerusalem Mufti was arrested and then released for throwing chairs at Jews on Jerusalem Unification Day.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

PA Official: ‘If We Had a Nuke, We’d Use It This Morning’ (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority doesn’t need rocks, firebombs, guns and suicide bombers. Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub has a better way to kill Jews: “If we had a nuke, we’d use it this very morning.”

cross