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News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment / Settlements

Scarlett Johansson: I’m Called ‘New Face of Apartheid’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The BDS movement has done us a favor by showing the world they are idiots over the Scarlett-SodaStream duet.

News Briefs / Settlements

Yitzhar Leaders Finally Urge a Halt to Violence against IDF

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Yesha leader have a problem condemning violence if it carried out “for the cause.”

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

Bennett Asks Netanyahu to Annex Large Jewish Settlements

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It won’t happen so soon, but it is only a matter of time until Jewish in Efrat finally can be like Jews in Tel Aviv.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Settlements

Police Arrest Boaz Albert on Suspicion of Attacking IDF Post

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“You shall set up judges and police…in all your cities…and they shall judge…[with] righteous judgment.” – Devarim, 16:18.

News Briefs / Settlements

Youth in Yitzhar Arrested for Throwing Rocks at Police

By Jewish Press News Desk

Security police arrested a 16-year-old boy in Yitzhar on Wednesday for throwing rocks at police during the morning, one day after 50 young people went on a rampage, clashed with Border Police and ransacked a post manned by Israeli army reservists. Leaders across the political spectrum have called for a stop to the violence by […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Settlements

Fifty Extremist Settlers Ransack IDF Post of Soldiers Defending Them

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Fifty settlers raided and ransacked on Tuesday an IDF outpost that was manned by six soldiers who were deployed there to defend their attackers and neighbors in the community of Yitzhar, in northern Samaria. An IDF spokesman told The Jewish Press that the soldiers did not suffer any injuries, contrary to a report in Ynet […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Sports

IDF Bars Gaza Runner from Bethlehem Marathon

By JTA

Israel’s Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Israel Defense Forces to bar a Palestinian runner from Gaza from participating in a marathon in Bethlehem but nevertheless recommended that he be allowed to participate in the race. Olympian Nader Masri, 34, had asked Israel’s military for permission to travel to the second Bethlehem marathon that […]

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

Abbas Inches Towards the ‘No State’ Solution

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If not now, then later, the Arabs will again prove they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Research Exposes State Dept. Lie that PA Textbooks Do not Incite

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The State Dept. has systematically covered up the truth that the Palestinian Authority teaches incitement against Israel.

Israel / US / Palestinian Authority

Obama’s Bribery and Emotional Blackmail to Sell Pollard and Buy Time

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel’s collective stomach is wrenching over the prospect of massive concessions for Pollard and more “peace talks.”

Terrorism / Israel / Palestinian Authority

Arab Rock-Throwers Damage Israeli Car near Beit El

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority rock-throwing terrorists struck again Monday afternoon on Highway 60 Earlier in the day, Arabs on the southern section of Highway 60 between Gush Etzion and Kiryat-Arba-Hevron, hurled rocks at soldiers on patrol. No one was injured. Israeli soldiers continue to be under orders not to fire at terrorists who use rocks and boulders […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Boycott / BDS

Jimmy Carter Says Boycotting Israel Is ‘Too Much’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday he does not support the leftist-Arab "boycott, divest, sanction" campaign against Israel but added that products made in Judea and Samaria should not carry a “Made in Israel label.” He told the Associated Press in an interview that he and other “elders,” a group of retired senior leaders, “decided […]

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 […]

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

Netanyahu Planning to Visit Pro-Israel Australia

By Jewish Press Staff

Despite mini-crises over fake passports and Prisoner X, Australia has been one of Israel’s most reliable allies.

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / Settlements

Will BDS Movement Boycott Whirlpool over Ties with SodaStream?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the Boycott Israel movement has any intellectual honesty, which it doesn’t, let’s see it tackle Whirlpool subsidiary KitchenAid.

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 […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judaism

Yeshiva Takes over Jerusalem's Mamilla Mall for Purim Dance

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

There is nothing like a bunch of yeshiva high schoolers to get everyone in the mood for Purim.

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!”

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 […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Potential Religious Chief of Staff Promoted to Shomron Commander

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Leftists are scared out of their pants by the success of religious soldiers in fighting for their country.

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 […]

Op-Eds

The Question the Palestinians Aren’t Being Asked

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Friedman has been writing the same column for decades in which he asks Israelis whether they will leave the "West Bank."

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Massive Arab Rock Attacks Damage Cars near Modi’in

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Arab rock-throwing terrorists attacked dozens of cars in  western Samaria Wednesday  evening, causing widespread damage but no injuries. The attackers fled the area when soldiers arrived at the scene on the road to Hashmonim, located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and near the city of Modi’in. Soldiers so far have not nabbed the attackers.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Settlements

Rabbis Remain Silent as ‘Price Tag’ Vandalism Worsens

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Rabbis and the Yesha Council are blowing a chance to prove that they are true nationalists and not country bumpkins.

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 […]

Op-Eds

Names: The Fight for History

By Yonina Pritzker

The fight for language is the fight for history. It is one in the same.

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

Court Decision May Help Likud Dump Netanyahu’s Concessions to PA

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu may have to follow Sharon and form a new party if he insists on selling out to the Kerry-Obama-Abbas trio.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / Settlements

Aljazeera Runs ‘News Program’ as Promo for Boycott

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Al Jazeera network aired a 25-minute program weed that was a bald-faced commercial for boycotting Israel under the guise of a supposed news program that featured two pro-Arab interviewees and, just to make an uneven program seem half-legitimate, Danny Dayan of the Yesha Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria. Throughout the entire […]

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 […]

News Briefs / Settlements

Price Tag Suspects Indicted for Arson Setting Arab Cars on Fire

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Three residents of the Gilad Farms outpost in Samaria were indicted Wednesday on charges of setting Arab vehicles on fire and spraying then with two Stars of David. Police have been sharply criticized for not putting their hands on price tag vandals. Some leaders in the nationalist movement have been claiming that most or all […]

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

Canadian Minister ’Thanks Oxfam’ and Buys SodaStream Machine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Canada’s Employment minister Jason Kenney has countered the BDS ‘Boycott SodaStream” campaign by buying one of the company’s soda-making machines and crediting Oxfam for the idea. Oxfam has dumped Scarlett Johansson as an ambassador because she signed up to promote SodaStream whose 20 factories around the world include one in the industrial area of Maaleh […]

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.

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Business and Economy

Norway’s Fund Reinstates Boycott of Israeli Firms Linked to Yesha

By Jewish Press News Desk

Norway has reinstated its 2010 boycott of two Israeli companies because their operations included activities in Judea and Samaria, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Finance Ministry of Norway also said it secluded an Indian copper and metal producer due to "an unacceptable risk of serious environmental damage and serious violations of human rights." […]

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 […]

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.  

News Briefs / Settlements

‘Price Tag’ Vandals Hit Arab Village in Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Price Tag’ vandals slashed tires on dozens of cars and destroyed trees in the Arab village of Kablan in Samaria Monday night, according to local villagers and the pro-Palestinian Authority Rabbis for Human Watch organization. Most of the damaged vehicles reportedly were in car repair garage, and graffiti was scrawled on a nearby wall with […]

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.

Settlements

Canada Says One Thing And Publishes Another on Israel, Lawyers Say

By JTA

Former Israeli ambassador to Canada Alan Baker and prominent Toronto lawyers have condemned an apparent discrepancy between Ottawa’s fervid public support for Israel and official policy. Baker, who served as Israel’s ambassador to Canada from 2004 to 2008, and six Toronto lawyers, have written to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird demanding the Foreign Affairs Department […]

Israel / News Briefs

Thousands of Gallons of Milk Spill in Gush Etzion Mishap (Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

If anyone likes crying over spilled milk, he is going to cry a river over this one.

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 […]

Israel / Sports

Scarlett Johansson Is SodaStream Super Bowl Star (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Will the BDS Movement boycott Scarlett Johansson because of her starring in SodaStream Super Bowl ads?

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

Arabs and Leftists Block Gush Etzion Community

By Jewish Press News Desk

Approximately 30 Arabs and leftists blocked the entrance of the community of Elazar, between Efrat and Jerusalem, Monday morning until the IDF arrived to clear them away. Accompanied by media to film the blockade, the protesters said they wanted to headline their claim that Jews are living on occupied Arab land. They managed to block […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Arab Rock Thrower Injures Woman in Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

A woman from Karnei Shomron, located in central Samaria, suffered injuries in her Monmouth and face Wednesday morning from glass that was shattered in another rock-throwing attack by a Palestinian Authority Arab. The woman was driving her car at the entrance to the community when the rock was thrown at the village of Lakif, located […]

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

Arabs Find Refuge in Jewish Community in Samaria

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Kerry promises Israel the US will make sure Israelis are safe with a Palestinian Authority state, but who will protect the Arabs from themselves? Two frightened Palestinians escaping a Palestinian Authority hit squad sought and found refuge in the Israeli community of Beit Aryeh in Samaria Monday night, They said a group of Palestinian security […]

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

Gov’t Hoodwinking Okays Previously Announced ‘New Homes’ in Yesha

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Netanyahu made good its promise to announce new homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria after the latest release of Palestinian Authority terrorists, but in fact, the “new homes” already have been announced. The 272 new homes announced on Tuesday are to be built in Ofra, north of Jerusalem, and Karnei Shomron, approximately 10 […]

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

PA Media Lie Turns Jewish Victims into Attackers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority propaganda machine is one of Abbas biggest weapons, and Israel has no antidote that would act as a parallel to an Iron Dome anti-propaganda missile.

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

'Observer' Vehicle Used as Cover in Hebron Stone Throwing

By Jewish Press News Desk

First ambulances, and now TIPH. PA Arabs have no problem using humanitarian vehicles for terror attacks.

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

Netanyahu to Wait for Kerry to Leave before Declaring New Housing

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be more polite in announcing new housing for Jews in Judea and Samaria this time around and will wait until U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is out of town before stating the plans, Army Radio reported Wednesday. Almost every time an American official visits Israel and wins concessions for […]

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

Abbas Calls Jewish Towns in Judea and Samaria a ‘Cancer’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The United Nations says living in Judea and Samaria and most of Jerusalem are “illegal. ”Obama says they are “illegitimate. ”Now Palestinian Authority man calls them a “cancer.”

News Briefs / France / Settlements

Samaria Wines Receive International Acclaim in France Despite Boycotts

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

In keeping with ancient history of the location, the Psagot Winery ages its wines in an ancient underground cave.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Religion

Peres: Israel Won’t Tolerates Attacks on Holy (Christian) Sites

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Shimon Peres delivered a Christian New Year’s message enthusiastically proclaiming that Israel “will continue to guarantee access to holy sites for all” in the wake of recent “price tag” attacks on Christian sites. “There is no place for violence in our society, even more so when it targets people or places of faith,” he […]

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

Netanyahu to Trade Freeing More Terrorists for More Yesha Homes

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel will trade 26 more terrorists for between 1,000 and 2,000 new homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria, according to a government official quoted by Israeli television Wednesday. There is a broad consensus in Israel against freeing more terrorists in the four-step release plan to release 104 terrorists and security prisoners during the nine […]

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

Abbas Reveals How the Palestinian Authority Stole Christmas

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority has used a video and the revision of history to turn Christmas into a tool to rewrite history, with Jesus having been born in a “Palestinian” city and modern-day Christians suddenly being an “integral part of the Palestinian people.” Christians, like Jews, were denied access to holy sites during the Jordan occupation […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority

IDF Kills Terrorist Who Was Part of PA ‘Security Force’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli soldiers killed a terrorist who also was a member of the Palestinian Authority “security force” and opened fire on them during an arrest attempt in Kalkilya, located in western Samaria and adjacent to the northern metropolitan Tel Aviv city of Kfar Saba. The Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency, which has close ties with the Palestinian […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Settlements

Air Force Airlifts Generators for Blacked-out Towns in Samaria

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli Air Force has airlifted generators to end an electricity blackout in the Jewish communities of Itamar and Shiloh in Samaria (Shomron.) The two towns, along with several other smaller communities, have been without electricity since last Thursday because of the savage storm that crippled Israel with more than three feet of snow and […]

UK / News Briefs / Settlements

UK Warns Against Doing Business in 'West Bank' Jewish Settlements

By JTA

The British government is warning the business community to steer clear of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria. New recommendations noting there are “clear risks” and the United Kingdom does “not offer support to such activity” were published last week on the U.K. Trade and Investment website in the section titled Overseas Business Risk–Israel. The […]

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

Bennett Urges Annexing Major Jewish Centers in Judea and Samaria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Either Kerry is smoking something weird, Livni is selling Israel up the creek or Bennett is about to break up the government. Kerry: We are close than ever to an agreement; Bennett: Start annexing.

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

Great News: US Has Security Plan for the 'West Bank'

By J. E. Dyer

Maybe it’s a tad undiplomatic to announce it publicly before telling Israel’s prime minister about it?

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Archaeology

PA Caught Digging in Area of Maccabee Era Artifacts

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority for years has been trying to destroy evidence of the existence of the Holy Temples, and new fears have arisen that they may try to the same in a Gush Etzion location of artifacts from the Hashmonean Dynasty, when the Miracle of Hanukkah occurred. Artifacts and remnants of a fortress dating back […]

News Briefs / Settlements

‘Injustice Ministry’ Clears Police for Using Stun Gun on Settler

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A United Nations report says the use of electric shock “Taser” guns is a form of torture. The US uses it only in extreme cases. And Israel? It is okay to shoot a settler, lying on the floor, with electric shocks.

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

How Many Times Can Israel Build the Same Homes for Settlers?

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Defense Ministry announced Monday it already has approved the planning stage for new homes already announced for construction in Judea and Samaria. The reporting by run-of-the-mill media of every announcement and step in the bureaucratic procedure for new homes in Judea and Samaria gives the impression that Israelis building double or triple the actual […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

More than 10 Percent of Palestinian Authority Men Work in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel employs more than 100,000 Palestinian Authority residents, including 20,000 who work for Jews in Judea and Samaria, according to new statistic released Thursday by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. The number includes nearly 35,000 who work without permits. Using Palestinian Authority census data, which many sources say is exaggerated on the upside,  30 […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Settlements / Judaism

Archaeologists Find Shiloh Altar Used During Temple Era

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Shiloh, in Samaria, was the site of the first Tabernacle in Israel. Archaeologists now have found evidence that after Shilo was destroyed and Jews returned, they sacrificed even during the First Temple period.

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

PA Terrorists Widen Their Targets, Aim for Arabs and Jews

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority terrorists threw rocks and a firebomb at Jewish motorists in at least two locations in Judea and Samaria Tuesday, but they also widened their activities to include a PA official, whose empty car was riddled with bullets. Abu Zaida, a senior official for Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement, said that shortly after he parked […]

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

Palestinian Authority Arabs Turn Their Anger on UNRWA

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arabs on popular service committees in U.N.-run villages, commonly known as refugee camps, are shutting down UNRWA offices and programs  in northern Samaria Wednesday and Thursday in protest of “systematic reductions” in services for residents, the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency reported. Similar protests have occurred in Gaza where UNRWA is the dominant influence […]

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

High Court Issues Death Knell for Homes in Six Yesha Communities

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday backed a Peace Now petition and scolded the government for not having destroyed homes in six Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria that were built on land whose ownership is disputed. However, the case opened up the possibility for the end of the government’s turning a blind eye to […]

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

PA Terrorists Try To Kill Jewish Motorists with Burning Tires

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority terrorists tried to kill Jewish motorists in the area of Shechem, in northern Samaria, Sunday by hurling burning tires on the highway in an attempt to trap vehicles in a ball of flames or force the driver into an accident. Another terrorist in the same area was caught at a checkpoint with an […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Archaeology

PA Archaeological Thief Caught Red-Handed Digging Up Artifacts

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Archaeological artifacts are some of Israel’s most cherished treasures. They also are cherished by thieves, but the Antiquities Authority has caught one of them, a PA Arab, red-handed.

News Briefs / Settlements / European Union

EU Parliament Members Urge ‘Rethink’ on Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s attempt to ban funding of projects in Judea and Samaria, the Golan Height and areas of Jerusalem claimed by the Palestinian Authority is being challenged by 27 Members of the EU Parliament. Aston’s guidelines are to go into effect January I, but Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has threatened […]

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

State Dept. Comments Show Kerry Is Israel’s Housing Minister

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Move over Uri Ariel. Netanyahu has replaced you with John Kerry. No new homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria are approved without the confirmation of the Obama administration.

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

Netanyahu Links Iran with Order to Cancel E-1 Building Plans

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu publicly stated on Wednesday that he ordered Housing Ministry Uri Ariel to retract his plans for development of the controversial E-1 area of Maaleh Adumim because of expected reaction of the international community at the same time he is campaigning against letting  up the pressure on the Islamic Republic. He said […]

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

PA Negotiators Finally Quit - Again

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The good news is that Saeb Erekat and his sidekick finally have made good on their perennial threat to quit as Abbas’ “negotiators.” The bad news is that they might return or, worse, that they will be replaced.

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

Binyamin (Kerry) Netanyahu Freezes New Homes for Maaleh Adumim

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“E-1” is a red line in the Abbas-Netanyahu chess match of who can stay out of being cornered in the blame game. The Housing Ministry moved the E-1 pawn out front. Netanyahu pulled it back. Maaleh Adumim gets rooked.

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

Arab Terrorist Shot at Hitchhikers, Killed by IDF

By Jewish Press News Desk

A terrorist opened fire at a hitchhiking post in the Shomron. A fast-acting soldier killed the terrorist.

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

PA Game Plan Is to Conquer Judea and Samaria with 750,000 Olive Trees

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority has a new and invincible weapon to sidestep the “peace process” and force Jews out of Judea and Samaria. It has announced it will plant 750,000 olive trees, enough to cover all of “Area C.”

Government / News Briefs / Settlements / European Union

EU Climbing Off the Limb after ‘Boycott Judea and Samaria’ Attempt

By Jewish Press News Desk

The European Union is quietly trying to climb down from a weak limb it stood in July with a statement but Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton “that bilateral agreements with Israel do not cover the territory that came under Israel's administration in June 1967.” The Israeli government reacted strongly, and even President Shimon Peres objected […]

Terrorism / Settlements / Jerusalem / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / News Briefs / Government / Hamas / IDF & Security

Gaza Terrorists Attack Israel with Mortar Shells

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The news is not that Gaza terrorists shelled Israel with mortars. The news is the IDF and the government did not comment. Perhaps the IDF will “retaliate” by bombing one tunnel but not enough to halt "peace talks."

Terrorism / News Briefs

Drive-by Shooting Near Modiin Ilit

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

On Road 446, near Modiin Ilit, an Israeli car was shot at by a passing vehicle. The Israeli car was hit with two bullets, one hit the engine, the second passed through the passenger section. The driver drove to a nearby IDF checkpoint following the attack. No one was injured in the attack. Roadblocks have […]

IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority

IDF Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in Bethlehem

By Jewish Press News Desk

An IDF pilot made an emergency landing in Bethlehem when he noticed a malfunction in his Blackhawk helicopter Wednesday, according to Israel Defense. Air Force technicians arrived to report the chopper under the protection of army soldiers. The helicopter was on a training mission at the time, and the pilot returned the aircraft to its […]

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

Arab Rock-Throwers Injure Woman in Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arab rock-throwers attacked passing motorists in at least three locations Thursday, wounding two people lightly and causing damage to cars. A woman was treated in a hospital for injuries from broken glass when Arabs attacked her car near the village of Azoon as she was approaching the entrance of Ma'aleh Shomron, located several […]

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

Globe-Trotting Abbas Strengthens His ‘Anti-Settlement’ Agenda

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas was in Lithuania this week to solidify backing for his agenda that would prevent Jews from living in Judea and Samaria and turn the areas into exclusive Palestinian Authority territory. His nine-year strategy of drumming up support with visits around the world has won him virtually universal backing. Lithuanian President […]

US / Politics / News Briefs / Religion / Sports / Judaism

Only the ADL Could Turn the ‘Redskins’ Name into a Jewish Issue

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

America as a melting pot is the biggest threat to Jews, who want to be so politically correct that even the name “Redskins” draws the ADL to ruin the party just when Americans finally have a fun issue.

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

Abbas Worried about Terror, Sort Of

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority  chairman Mahmoud Abbas called a meeting Sunday night with top security officials to discuss increasing unrest, but his concern is stopping riots against his government and not at halting terrorist attacks on Israelis/ The PA’s official WAFA website reported Monday, “Abbas listened in the meeting attended by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and Minister […]

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.

Palestinian Authority / Settlements

EU Aiding Arabs To Dig in for Winter to Take Over Area ‘C’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The European Union has donated tents to dozens of Arabs in Area “C” in the southern Hevron Hills to help them dig in for the winter in their attempt to create “facts on the ground” and take over the region that officially is under Israeli control as agreed in the Oslo Accords. The Arabs, most […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Police Round Up Anti-Abbas Rioters

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority is facing increased violence against the government of  PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, and its security forced rounded up approximately 100 people in Jenin and nearby cities and villages in an  effort to squash chaos, the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency reported. Among those arrested were teens between the ages of 13 and 14, […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Terrorists Murder Jew in Jordan Valley

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One or more Palestinian Authority terrorists beat to death a Jew in the Jordan Valley with a metal bar. The victim’s wife, in her 50s, was lightly wounded.

Terrorism / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements

Letter Reveals Rav Ovadia Retracted ‘Land for Peace’ Ruling in 2003

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Another Big Lie is exposed. Rav Ovadia favored giving up land for peace in 1993. But when the PA blew up the Oslo Accords 10 years later, the rabbi ruled, “Oslo is null and void. This is not the peace I meant.”

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