Tag: Palestinian Authority
At Glasgow, Palestinian Authority blames Israel for environmental woes
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh blamed Israel’s “occupation” for his people’s environmental issues in his address to world leaders at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland on Monday.
“In #COP26, we affirmed...
Friedman: ‘I believe the US will respect Israel if Israel respects itself’
It’s been almost a year since U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman completed his service. In an interview with JNS, Friedman—who recently joined former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s new investment fund, Liberty Strategic, as its...
PA police, Fatah encourage military-style training camp for teenage girls
The Palestinian Authority and Fatah continue to hold “summer-camp activities” for youth that present terrorists as role models.
At the P.A. Security Forces’ Al-Istiqlal University, the police administration and Fatah’s Shabiba High School Movement are...
Senate proposes $225 million in assistance to Palestinians, echoing bill passed by House
The Senate Appropriations Committee released its 2022 fiscal year bill this week, which includes $225 million in funding for the Palestinians, mirroring funding passed in the House earlier this year.
According to the State, Foreign Operations and Related...
Palestinians building new neighborhood inside Jerusalem
After Rawabi, the first planned Palestinian city built in the West Bank, the Palestinians are now in the process of building a new Jerusalem neighborhood called “Lana.”
The plan is to build the future Palestinian...
In the face of European hypocrisy, time for Israel’s supporters to remake the cultural...
The European Commission released on Tuesday its first official strategy on fighting anti-Semitism and promoting Jewish life.
The program is intended to prevent anti-Semitism in all its forms, promote Holocaust research, education and remembrance, and initiate programs...
Meretz’s pilgrimage to Ramallah
If anything illustrates the farcical nature of the current makeup of the government in Jerusalem, it’s the parley in Ramallah on Sunday evening between Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and a delegation of Israel’s Meretz Party,...
At UN, Abbas demands Israel withdraw to pre-1967 borders or face consequences
In his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Friday, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas demanded that Israel return to its pre-1967 borders or face consequences.
“If the Israeli occupation authorities continue to entrench the...
Germany, Palestinian Authority sign $117 million cooperation agreement
Germany and the Palestinian Authority have signed a 100 million euro ($117 million) cooperation agreement that will see German investment in areas under P.A. control.
The donation will finance “sustainable economic development in over the next...
Why is Israel’s government making concessions to the Palestinians?
In what appears to be a string of concessions to the Palestinians despite continuing rocket fire, violent border riots in the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian incitement and terrorism in Judea and Samaria, the Office...