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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington D.C., on March 5, 2018. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Report: Trump refused Netanyahu request to fund PA security forces

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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...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah on July 25, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Fatah official says PA chief Abbas, soon to turn 85, won’t run for re-election

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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...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announces her run for the 2020 presidential elections, Feb. 9, 2018. Credit: Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.

Warren, Palestinian Jew-hatred and the destruction of the West’s moral compass

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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...
Head of Palestinian national security forces in Hebron Brig. Gen. Hazem Abu Hanood and head of the Palestinian police Brig. Gen. Ahmad Abu Rob talk to residents during a visit to the Old City in Hebron on July 31, 2018. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Report: Palestinian convert to Judaism arrested, tortured in Hebron by PA forces

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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...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas lays a wreath on the grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, Nov. 11, 2012. Credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90.

The Palestinian Authority donor machine

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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 Arabia's national soccer team, June 14, 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Saudi soccer team visits Jerusalem ahead of first-ever West Bank match

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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...
Pages of the book “P is for Palestine.” Source: “P Is for Palestine.”

Children’s book reading prompts legal action against borough in central New Jersey

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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...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmud Abbas speaks during a meeting with journalists in the West Bank cityof Ramallah on July 3, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Sidelined by international community, Palestinians accept tax money withheld by Israel

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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...
Palestinian Authority schoolbooks. Credit: Matzav.com.

PA erases references of Israel, Jewish people and peace from school textbooks

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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...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 27, 2018. Credit: U.N. Photo/Cia Pak.

Abbas announces date to be set for first Palestinian election since 2006

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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...