Tag: Palestinian Authority
Report: Trump refused Netanyahu request to fund PA security forces
U.S. President Donald Trump turned down a request several months ago by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow the transfer of $12 million dollars to the Palestinian Authority security forces, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on...
Fatah official says PA chief Abbas, soon to turn 85, won’t run for re-election
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas will not run for re-election, senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub told Palestine TV on Monday.
Rajoub’s announcement contradicted Hussein al-Sheikh, who recently said that Abbas is Fatah’s only candidate in the next...
Warren, Palestinian Jew-hatred and the destruction of the West’s moral compass
The Democratic presidential hopeful, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, has suggested that she would consider cutting military aid to Israel to force it to halt construction of settlements in the disputed territories.
“It is the official...
Report: Palestinian convert to Judaism arrested, tortured in Hebron by PA forces
A 50-year-old Palestinian man who recently converted to Judaism was arbitrarily arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces two weeks ago and is still in custody, according to a Ynet report. The man claims to have been...
The Palestinian Authority donor machine
When it comes to humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Authority, transparency and accountability are non-existent. Critics of P.A. practices are met with arrest by Palestinian security.
The result is a rich Palestinian elite and largely...
Saudi soccer team visits Jerusalem ahead of first-ever West Bank match
Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team arrived in Israel this week ahead of a Tuesday match against the Palestinian national team in the West Bank.
On Sunday, the team was greeted by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud...
Children’s book reading prompts legal action against borough in central New Jersey
A controversy that began last summer, pitting community library-event planners in a New Jersey suburb and various Palestinian sympathizers against a Jewish community, is now moving into the legal arena.
The almost 20-year-old Central Jersey...
Sidelined by international community, Palestinians accept tax money withheld by Israel
Buckling under severe financial strain and unable to maintain its own threat to reject tax transfers from Israel, the Palestinian Authority this week accepted NIS 1.5 billion (nearly $430 million) in a move it...
PA erases references of Israel, Jewish people and peace from school textbooks
References to Israel, the Jewish people and peace have been removed from 2019-20 Palestinian Authority textbooks, according to a recent study.
The study, which was carried out by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural...
Abbas announces date to be set for first Palestinian election since 2006
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas announced on Thursday that he will schedule a date for elections in Judea and Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
“From the outset, we have believed in democracy as...