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News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists

PA Arrests Man After Son Curses 9-Year-Old Wife of Mohammed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Will the Palestinian Authority execute the father and son, like ISIS just did to a 7-year-old "blasphemer"?

IDF & Security / US / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Settlements / Intifada

Abbas Refuses to Apologize, Blames Israel for Death of American in Jaffa

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Abbas ignored Biden's call to condemn the terrorist attack in which American Taylor Force was murdered.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / South America

Retaliation: El Salvador May Move Israeli Embassy to Ramallah

By JNi.Media

Israel is also planning to close its embassy in Minsk, to be followed by the closing down of the Belarus mission to Tel Aviv.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

No Joy in Mudville: PA Bans Checkpoint Riot in Ramallah, Hamas Bans New Year’s Celebrations

By JNi.Media

“The suffering of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip due to the siege imposed on them requires respect for the sufferings and sacrifices.”

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

U.S. Leftist Refuses Treatment at Israeli Hospital after Car Accident

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The unidentified man waited for a Red Crescent ambulance to take him to a Ramallah hospital.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Intifada

On This Violent 'Day of Rage,' a/k/a Friday, Closure Imposed on PA Villages

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Due to escalating violence on this 'Day of Rage,' the security cabinet voted to allow commanders to close Arab villages.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Temple Mount

Abbas Tells Kerry No One Can Stop Violence - at Same Time PA Promotes It

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority again lied in propaganda alleging that Jews "broke into" Al Aqsa. Kerry: "I know that the situation for Palestinians is…very dire."

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine"

A Blockade on Ramallah [photos]

By Jewish Press News Desk

For reasons unknown, armed and masked Arabs blocked the exit from Ramallah/Kalandia to Jerusalem today.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Report: Abbas Controlling Multi Billion Dollar Fund that Hasn’t Had a CEO in 15 Years

By JNi.Media

The Palestinian National Fund has existed since the 1960s. It manages billions of dollars which are funneled to PA officials and funds anti-Israel activities.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judaism / Intifada

Abbas Wants UNESCO to Declare Western Wall Part of Al Aqsa

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority has circulated a draft resolution to declare the Western Wall, Rachel's Tomb and the Patriachs Cave as "Palestinian."

Israel / NY / News Briefs

NY Mayor de Blasio 'Stands with Israel' on Eve of Visit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hizzoner is in Israel this weekend. Unlike his predecessors, he planned a trip to a Ramallah school, but the wave of terror nixed it.

The Muqata

Today is the 15th Anniversary of the Brutal Lynching of 2 IDF Soldiers in Ramallah

By Jameel@Muqata

[WARNING: Graphic Description of PA Terrorist Attack] On October 12, 2000, two IDF reservists were lynched; brutally beaten and mutilated by a Palestinian Arab mob in Ramallah, Samaria. Yosef Avrahami, aged 38, was the father of three; Vadim Novesche, the other victim, was a 33 year-old newly-wed. The 2 soldiers accidentally entered Palestinian Authority-controlled Ramallah, […]

Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

The Arab Spring of Anarchy Has Come to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Muslim narrative of anarchy that played out in Iraq, Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and Libya is going to destroy the Palestinian Authority, not Israel.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / United Nations (UN) / Intifada

U.N. Officials on Way to 'Rescue' Israel and PA with 'Peace Process'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority is ruled by anarchy, Israel has no choice but to kill or be killed, so the U.N. will gallop in next week on its horse called the "peace process."

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Religion

PA Hides Islamic Arson of Church with 'Electrical Failure'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

There is one problem with the Palestinian Authority version: The church was under renovations and was without electricity.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Intifada

Arab Rock-Throwers Injure Baby

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Violence continues throughout Judea and Samaria, and one Jewish motorist was injured by rocks after he stopped his car because of an accident.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

Abbas Wins a Flag but Backs Off from 'Bomb' at Half-Empty United Nations

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas also faked out Israel by saying that no agreements are valid if Israel does not agree to his interpretations.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Intifada

Clashes between Hundreds of Arab Demonstrators and IDF Soldiers in Judea and Samaria

By JNi.Media

few locations in Judea and Samaria saw clashes between hundreds of Arab protesters and IDF soldiers throughout the morning and afternoon Tuesday.

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

US Denies Report Kerry Prevented Abbas-Netanyahu Meeting

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One version is that report that John Kerry didn’t want Abbas and Netanyahu to meet without his presence. Another version is that Abbas is playing games - again.

Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Analysis: Five Weeks Later, Why Are Investigators Stumped About the Lethal Arson in Duma Village?

By JNi.Media

(JNi.media) Riham Dawabsha, 27, mother of the late infant Ali Dawabsha and wife of the late Sa’ad Dawabsha, died Sunday night. All three sustained their lethal injuries in an arson fire that consumed two homes in Duma Village, near Ramallah, on July 31. Another son Ahmad, 4, is still in the hospital. The second home […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / European Union

Abbas Planning 'Self-Financed' $13 Million Palace with 2 Helipads

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The project appears on the website of a PA council which begs foreign countries for money,

US / The Courts / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Intifada

US Clams Up on Whether Foreign Aid Helps PA Post Bond in Terror Suit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US also won't say if the court did not take enough pity on the Palestinian Authority by reducing bond to $10 million.

Israel / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas Insists He Will Visit His 'Sister' Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Tehran has not yet accepted Ramallah's requests to accept a visit, three years after Abbas rejected an overture from Ahmadinejad.

News Briefs

Gas Station Arab Stabber Was a Freed Prisoner

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Arab stabber killed by IDF soldiers Sunday night was an ex-convict from an Israeli prison.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / Judea & Samaria / Intifada

PA Media: Two Opposite Statements for Two People

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Ma'an News Agency, based in Bethlehem, wrote in Arabic that today's attack was a "car accident." In English, it wrote: "Suspected car attack."

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / United Nations (UN) / Settlements / European Union

US Adopts the International Lie of a Fictional Arab Village

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

European Union-American acceptance of the lie of "Arab Susiya" is a twisted anti-Semitic libel on which the entire Arab claim to all of Israel is based.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Recalls Envoy Who Said 'Jews Don't Exist'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The PA ambassador to Chile is ruining the Arab cause by saying what the Palestinian Authority thinks.

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

IDF Designates Reserves Company to Provide Medical Care to PA Arabs

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

“The idea of adapting the unit actually came from our soldiers who recognized the need for it in the field,” explained Captain Dr. Lev.

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Dutch Leftists Spare Tel Aviv from 'Twinning' with Amsterdam

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel now is spared from Tel Aviv's image becoming even more liberal, or immoral, depending on your point of view.

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

Netanyahu: World's Solution for PA Ignores Security of Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The terrorist murder of Daniel Gonen and critical wounding of a Border Police officer come on the eve of the visit of French Foreign Minister with his magic potion.

Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

25 Yr Old Israeli Murdered in Terrorist Shooting

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

25 year-old Israeli hiker shot and killed by Palestinian Arab terrorist

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA's Saeb Erekat Calls for Withdrawing Recognition of Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Arafat in 1988 recognized Israel as a Jewish state. Abbas has wanted to delete the word "Jewish." Now Erekat wants to delete the word "Israel."

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Ex-Amb. Michael Oren Says Obama 'Deliberately Abandoned Israel'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Oren spilled the beans on Obama one week before his new book is released and four months after he dumped Netanyahu in the election campaign.

News Briefs / Jordan / Judea & Samaria

Israel to Allow 1,500 Jordanians to Work in Eilat

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

More Palestinian Authority workers also are working in Israel, but B'Tselem manages to find a black lining in a silver cloud.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Pallywood / Intifada

IDF to Question Soldiers Caught on Film Hitting Arab Provocateur

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Soldiers allege that the Arab tried to snatch a rifle and hit them, but the Arab media footage, as usual, is damaging regardless of the truth.

Bedouin / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / Israeli Arabs

Palestinian Authority Unveils TV 'Fifth Column' Weapon against Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Ramallah regime is aiming its "one state of Palestine" campaign to Arabs who are card-carrying Israeli citizens.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Turkey / Islamists / ISIS

Islamic State Jewelry Seized at Ben-Gurion Airport

By Jewish Press News Desk

Customs agents seized 120 silver rings with Islamic State slogans on them that were meant to be shipped to Ramallah.

The Muqata

Meet: Dating App Verona: the 'Fun Way for Israelis and Palestinians to Connect' (and Intermarry)

By JoeSettler

I'm reminded of the sad story of Ofir Rahum, a young Israeli lured to his death via internet chat with a "Palestinian" terrorist he thought he was dating online.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Bethlehem May Charge a Fee for Tourists to Enter

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The "symbolic fee" would supposedly force an improvement in tourist services, but would the pope and Jimmy Carter fork up the shekels?

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Israel Caves in to US and Frees Tax Money for PA without Erasing Debt

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu's "humanitarian considerations" are a euphemism for political considerations."

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority to Appeal Court Victory over Terror

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The PA says the New York court decision is "a tragic disservice to the millions of Palestinians who have invested in the democratic process and the rule of law.

Israel / NY / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

US Officials Demand Visiting NY Official Take Off Kippa in Ramallah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

NYC Councilman Greenfield stood his ground and walked into the consulate with his kippa on his head.

Israel / News Briefs / Canada

Canadian Foreign Minister Baird 'Shoulder-to-Shoulder' with Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Visiting Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Monday, "Canada doesn't stand behind Israel; we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with it." Baird won a warm welcome in Jerusalem after Sunday's visit to his Palestinian Authority counterpart in Ramallah, where his car was pelted by eggs thrown by demonstrators waiting outside the Canadian offices in […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Canada

Palestinian Authority Arabs Pummel Canadian Foreign Minister with Eggs

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

PA police stood by while Abbas' Fatah youth wing stood armed with eggs to throw at Baird.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Leader of World’s Largest Islamic Group to Visit Temple Mount

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, an umbrella group representing 57 Muslim countries based in Saudi Arabia, plans to visit the Temple Mount Monday. Iyad bin Amin Madani is scheduled to make the visit as part of a trip that also includes a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, OnIslam.net […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Jerusalem Arab Hid in PA after Stabbing 2 Border Policemen

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Ramallah, the seat of power of the Palestinian Authority, provides a convenient cover for Jerusalem Arab terrorist.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Arabs Riot after IDF Kills Terrorist Throwing Bomb at Soldiers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The IDF tries to arrest a suspect; rioters try to kill them, the IDF fires back and then the Arabs riot again.

IDF & Security / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Intifada

Soldiers at Checkpoint Nab PA Arab with Pistol and Knife

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He was caught at one of those checkpoints where potential terrorists go through “degrading” inspections.”

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Arabs Blame ‘Settlers' for Burning a Mosque

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

There was no graffiti and there is a possibility that an electric short circuit caused the fire.

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Intifada

Palestinian Authority-American Shot Dead while Trying to Kill Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US sends its “condolences” and urges “all parties…to avoid escalating tensions.”

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Intifada

IDF Reportedly Killed 13-Year-Old Arab Rioter

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Is it worse to kill a teenaged terrorist than an adult terrorist?

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Intifada

Arab Riots Near Ramallah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Several hundred Arabs hurled rocks, firebombs and fireworks at IDF soldiers near Ramallah on Friday.

Photo of the Day

Evil is as Evil Does

By Jewish Press Staff

I guess when you can't have a real victory in your genocidal attempts to wipe out the Jewish state, celebrating a kidnapping that apparently didn't happen is the next best thing.

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

Security Official: Hamas' Salach Al-Aruri Behind Kidnapping

By Shalom Bear

Hamas's Salach Al-Aruri has been funding terror cells in Judea and Samara for years with one target goal - to kidnap Israelis.

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Unity Watch, Day 10

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Palestinian Authority security forces beat journalists in Ramallah, confiscate equipment; media group calls for inquiry

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

Kerry's Talks Achieve Peace Between Hamas and Fatah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority has granted itself its death wish, unless Obama wants to make a death wish for Israel.

Shiloh Musings

Since Israel isn't the Aggressor, Peace Isn't Up to Us

By Batya Medad

Peace, true peace, isn't up to us. We've offered it on gilded platters forever. Nothing we do will bring peace to our Land.

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

Abbas Demands Total Israeli Capitulation or I Won’t Talk to You

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and who even wants to put him together again?

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 […]

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 […]

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

Abbas Going Head-to-Head against Israel to Develop Jordan Valley

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority cabinet decided Tuesday to try to beat Israel at its own game and to pump money into developing the Jordan Valley, which has become the centerpiece of the latest obstacle to  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s nine-month talks aimed at a final agreement between Jerusalem and Ramallah. The cabinet met in […]

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

Netanyahu Complains after Opening the Door to Free Terrorists

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu led the move to free murderers of Jews to continue “peace talks” and then criticized the Palestinian Authority for celebrating the return of terrorists early Tuesday morning. He also said  after freeing the murderers, by itself a threat to further terror, that there will not be peace unless Israel defends itself […]

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

Fatah Terrorist Requested Humanitarian Permit to Enter Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian Authority terrorist planning attacks on Israelis was arrested after seeking a permit to travel through Israel to Ramallah for medical care so that he could be in better health to murder Jews. The audacity and warped thinking of a terrorist, who plans to murder Israelis and then asks the country to help him […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Hamas / Government / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judaism

Abbas to Blame Jews’ Prayers for Rain for Halting Peace Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The snowstorm’s delay of Kerry’s meeting with Netanyahu finally gives Abbas a chance to explain why Israel must not exist as a Jewish state.

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

Kerry Comes with Bad News: Israel's Security at Top of US Agenda

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry said the best words possible to keep alive his Peace Talk Follies and the worst thing possible to convince Israel when he stated, “Israel’s security is as the top of our agenda.”

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / France / Russia

French Experts Rule Out Arafat Poisoning

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority was born out of a lie and will die out of the truth, ever so slowly.

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

Abbas Says, ‘I Am Willing to Speak to Knesset on My Terms'

By JTA

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he would be willing to speak to the Knesset, but only on the issues he chooses. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Abbas last week to address the Knesset and said he would be willing to travel to Ramallah to speak to the PA leadership. “Netanyahu comes up […]

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

Netanyahu Dares Abbas to Address Knesset

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu played one-up on Abbas Monday, inviting to speak at the Knesset. A reciprocal invitation from Abbas for the Prime Minister to speak in Ramallah is not likely.

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

While the US Is Aiding Abbas, the EU Says He's Crooked

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas is a master schnoorer. The US forked over another $!48 million to Ramallah, which is peanuts to the $2.7 billion the EU says it wasted. Abbas has no money to pay workers – again – and blames Israel.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

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

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

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

Beit El Residents Hit Back at Arab Assailants

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

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

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

New Israeli Oil Find near Gaza Could Drive Hamas, Abbas into War

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel may have struck it rich twice – once with indications of oil off the southern coast and twice with the prospect of Hamas and Abbas fighting it out over probable claims to the Israeli discovery.

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

Two Arabs Plotted to Blow up Jerusalem Mall Where They Work

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Remember this the next time Kerry claims Israel’s oppression of Arabs, by giving them equal opportunity, is the reason for hate and violence. Two Arab workers at a Jerusalem mall tried to blow it up.

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

Lapid Bars Party Members from Abbas Meeting

By JTA

Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid has barred five party lawmakers from meeting in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas , who had invited them to a toast in honor of Rosh HaShanah. The five lawmakers withdrew their acceptance of the invitation, according to the newspaper. Lapid ordered the withdrawal because it could prejudice the […]

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists

PA Cancels Peace Talks - IDF Ambushed then Used Live Fire, 3 Dead

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

PA says today's 'peace' talks cancelled due to IDF killing 3 in Qalandiya, Israel says Qalandiyans attacked IDF troops, response was justified, U.S. says talks not cancelled.

Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinians Accuse Peace Negotiators of Treason

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinian leaders have legitimized Israel to the point where it has become a "crime" for any Palestinian to be seen talking to, much less negotiating with any Israeli.

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

Indyk Preps for PA-Israel Talks by Meeting with Abbas in Ramallah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Martin Indyk, President Barack Obama’s latest panacea to save the Middle East from American failure, met with Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas Sunday in Ramallah on new developments in the “peace process.” Indyk reiterated American commitments to support direct talks with Israel over a period of nine months, starting with mid-July. Before the meeting, Israeli […]

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.

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.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Fox Opening in Ramallah Sparks Arab Outrage

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israeli clothing chain Fox is only a few months away from opening a local franchise in Ramallah. Many local Arabs are outraged that an Israeli chain is opening in territories under their control, as it increases normalization between Jews and Arabs. Furthermore, it goes against the boycott that Abbas has called against all Israeli […]

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 […]

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.

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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.

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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 […]

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Getzlight – Chapter VIII

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