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Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in the Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem on Nov. 21, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel’s strategic affairs minister says, ‘It’s time for PA leader Abbas to go’

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Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan on Sunday urged the international community to take immediate action to oust Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, saying this was the only way to ensure the diplomatic process...

Vindication

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The New York Sun was virtually the only news outlet in North America to cover the scandal that the State Dept blocked the GAO from issuing is report on the PA and UNRWA school...

Greenblatt and Kushner: Remove indoctrination before improving economics

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The media universally reports that US Presidential envoys Kushner and Greenblatt are currently “expected to discuss only the economics of the Palestinian Authority at this time”. There is a danger that their singular focus on...
Senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner and U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on June 22, 2018. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.

Palestinians: New Israeli elections spell the end for Trump’s peace plan

According to a senior Palestinian Authority source, Israel’s new elections, currently set for Sept. 17, will postpone the presentation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan until after the 2020 elections in the...

Palestinians rally in Ramallah in support of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

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At a protest in support of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in outside the Venezuelan Representative Office in Ramallah, protestors chanted: “Oh Hugo Chávez, oh martyr. … We will not relinquish your goals. … America,...
World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Credit: U.S. Mission Geneva/Eric Bridiers via Flickr.

World Health Organization’s singling out Israel over health conditions in disputed territories a ‘fantastic...

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The 72nd assembly of the U.N.’s World Health Organization (WHO) voted 96-11 this week for a resolution, co-sponsored by the Arab bloc and the Palestinian delegation, which singled out Israel over “health conditions in the occupied...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israel – Gaza peace possible if Netanyahu wants it

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Benjamin Netanyahu has served as prime minister for the past 11 years, coinciding with Hamas’ rule over Gaza ever since it usurped power in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority after a brief violent confrontation...
File photo: Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas meets European Union foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini in Ramallah on Nov. 8, 2014. Photo by STR/Flash90.

Watchdog raises concerns over EU role in funding Palestinian Authority’s terrorist prisoners

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With both the United States and Israel exerting financial pressure on the Palestinian Authority to end its payments to terrorist prisoners and the families of “martyrs,” the media watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch is...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas speaking to the U.N. Security Council. Credit: Screenshot.

Abbas draws line in the sand over payments to terrorists

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an address that aired Monday on P.A. television that the P.A. is facing a financial crisis because the Israeli government has decided to deduct the amount the...
Mohammed Shtayyeh (left) accepts the position of prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and the duty to appoint a new government from leader Mahmoud Abbas (right). Credit: JCPA.

New Palestinian government beleaguered by ‘corruption, nepotism and ineptitude’

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In a meeting with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in Ramallah on Tuesday, newly appointed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh blamed the Trump administration for “punishing” and “blackmailing” the Palestinians. He emphasized its...