Tag: Palestinian Authority
Palestinian official: ‘Our [children] teach the world what sacrifice and self-sacrifice are’
In an interview with the Palestinian Authority’s official TV channel, the director of the P.A. Presidential Office’s Jerusalem Unit boasted that “the boys and girls of Jerusalem are teaching the entire world what sacrifice...
Abbas: UAE ‘turned their backs on everything’
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday said Palestinians were not worried about the “nonsense” peace accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, but accused the UAE of betraying the Palestinian people and...
Kushner: US will not approve West Bank sovereignty application ‘for some time’
Senior White House adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump would not approve of Israel applying sovereignty to parts of the West Bank in accordance with last...
Abbas calls UAE diplomatic move with Israel ‘treason’
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas called for an urgent meeting on Thursday with other Palestinian leaders following the announcement of the peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh...
Palestinian music video: ‘We’ll redeem the land with spirit and blood’ and ‘make Zionists...
A music video produced by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Party threatens to “obliterate whoever approaches my land,” referring to Israel’s stated intention to extend its sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and Jewish...
Congressman urges Trump administration to sever all ties with Palestinian Authority
Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) called on the Trump administration to cut off all ties with the Palestinian Authority until it gives up “its obsession with violence” and ceases the payments it provides for terrorists...
15 years after disengagement from Gaza, area still mired by violence
Israel will mark 15 years since the 2005 Gaza Disengagement—former Prime Minister’s Ariel Sharon’s operation to evict all 8,000 or so Israelis from the Gazan Jewish communities of Gush Katif, along with those in...
EU study examines wrong textbooks, concludes Palestinian Authority promotes peace with Israel
A European Union-sponsored study to examine whether textbooks used by schools in the Palestinian Authority incite against Israel actually examined textbooks in Arabic used in the Israeli school system.
The study concluded that P.A. textbooks...
Palestinian Authority daily claims that Israel is behind Beirut blast
A writer for the official Palestinian Authority daily accused Israel of being behind the explosion in Beirut last week that cost the lives of at least 163 people and injured thousands, as well as...
Israeli MKs call for PA Prisoners’ Affairs Administration to be declared a terrorist organization
Lawmakers from across Israel’s political spectrum have called on the country’s defense minister, Benny Gantz, to declare the Palestinian Authority’s Prisoners’ Affairs Administration a terrorist organization. The Prisoners’ Affairs Administration plays a central role...