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A road in the West Bank. Credit: Daniel Ventura/Wikimedia Commons.

PA deletes Jewish history, renames signs in key sites in Judea and Samaria

The Palestinian Authority is violating its agreements with Israel by trying to redefine historic sites and nature reserves in Judea and Samaria, Israel Hayom has learned. The Oslo II Accord, as well as subsequent agreements, grant the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Dec. 2, 2018. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israel’s Security Cabinet approves law to deduct terror payments from PA

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Israel’s Security Cabinet approved the implementation of a law on Sunday to deduct funds from tax revenue withheld from the Palestinian Authority over its payments to terrorists and their families. The move would deduct funds...

Focal issue of GAO report on PA/UNRWA textbooks: The US State Department misled the...

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State reported to Congress that it had developed alternative materials to the anti-semitic and pro-incitement PA school curriculum used by UNRWA. In the GAO report, State cannot explain why these existing alternative materials were never...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general debate of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 20, 2017. Credit: U.N. Photo/Cia Pak.

Abbas pledges security cooperation with Israel

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas pledged to continue security cooperation with Israel, despite the United States cutting all security assistance to the P.A. In front of a gathering of Israeli and Palestinian activists on Wednesday,...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is officially received by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Source: YouTube.

US Mideast envoy denounces Palestinian support for Venezuela’s Maduro

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt condemned the Palestinian Authority’s public show of support on Tuesday for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom the United States would like to see replaced by the country’s...
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Hamdallah, other ministers resign from positions in Palestinian Authority

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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah resigned on Tuesday. “He and the rest of the government ministers resigned,” Ahmad Shami, one of Hamdallah’s spokesmen, told The Times of Israel. It has yet to be determined if P.A. head...
Muslims walk near a shop belongs to Israelis during Ramadan in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on May 20, 2018. Photo by Sliman Khader/Flash90.

PA releases Palestinian American sentenced to life for selling land to Jews

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A Palestinian-American who was sentenced to life last month by the Palestinian Authority for selling land to Israelis was released to U.S. authorities, two senior Palestinian officials told Reuters. “Issam Akel holds an American passport, and he...
The Al-Aqsa mosque in the Temple Mount compound, seen from the Western Wall Plaza. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster).

Israelis/Jews ‘defile’ Muslim and Christian holy sites

Muslim and Christian holy sites in “Palestine” are “defiled” and “desecrated” by the presence of Israelis/Jews. This hateful demonization is often expressed by Palestinians, including Palestinian leaders. In December 2018, the Palestinian Authority “presidential office”...
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (center- left), receives the gavel from Sameh Shoukry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, at the handover ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 from the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Palestinians. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elias.

A desperate Abbas celebrates in New York as Palestinians take helm of major UN...

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is in New York City to witness the Palestinian Mission as it takes over leadership of the G77 bloc. While there, he will likely push the Palestinian agenda and...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2016. Credit: U.N. Photo/Cia Pak.

Palestinians to lead UN’s largest bloc of nations

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The Palestinians are set to lead the largest bloc of members in the United Nations, known as the Group of 77 (G77) and China, on Tuesday. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to be in...