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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 27, 2018. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/A.P.

Palestinian Authority: ‘Don’t kill American Jews (kill Israeli Jews)’

In an unusual move, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Oct. 27 murder of 11 Jews in the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh by the anti-Semite Robert Bowers: “The ...
Palestinian children hold posters with the picture of former Palestinian head Yasser Arafat and current Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas during a rally in Hebron marking the 12th anniversary of Arafat’s death Nov. 10, 2016. Credit: Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Palestinians schoolbooks still promote terror and the demise of Israel

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A new study on Palestinian textbooks found that the Palestinians still support terror and destroying Israel, and funnel misinformation to their children, which doesn’t exactly surprise Israeli experts. The four-year study by the Israel-based Meir Amit Intelligence...
Members of the Palestinian terror group Hamas' security forces patrol an area along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90

Human Rights Watch: Palestinian Authority and Hamas crush dissidents

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Despite its anti-Israel stance, the nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch accused the Palestinian Authority on Tuesday of violently stopping dissent. “Twenty-five years after Oslo, Palestinian authorities have gained only limited power in the West Bank and...
People rest on a rooftop in Jerusalem's Old City on Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Dario Sanchez/Flash90.

Palestinian Authority arrests American citizen for helping Arab sell house to Jews

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A Palestinian-American citizen’s family reached out to the U.S. State Department for help after being arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces for his role in selling an Arab-owned house in the Old City of...
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov speaks at a press conference during his visit in Gaza on July 15, 2018. By Wissam Nassar/Flash90.

Palestinians to UN Mideast peace envoy: Go ‘on vacation with Israeli friends’

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The Palestinian leadership has rejected any future cooperation with U.N. special coordinator for Middle East peace Nickolay Mladenov, informing the international body that he is “no longer acceptable” because he has “gone beyond his...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a joint press conference in Berlin on June 4, 2018. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Merkel to abort visit to Israel if Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar is razed

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has threatened to cancel her visit to Israel if the government evacuates the illegal Bedouin settlement of Khan al-Ahmar before her arrival, according to an Israel Army Radio on Wednesday. Merkel...
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.

Watchdog group calls on Trump to deny US entry to Abbas for UN General...

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The Trump administration has come under pressure to deny Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas entry into the United States for next week’s annual U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York. Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), a...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 27, 2018. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/A.P.

Who will succeed the aging, ailing leader of the PA. Mahmoud Abbas?

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Who will succeed Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas? The leadership in Israel, as well as the Palestinian political system, have been busy with this burning question for some time. It’s not only Jerusalem that is...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 27, 2018. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/A.P.

Palestinian official: Abbas needs to ‘rethink’ path in face of US measures

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A series of recent U.S. steps against the Palestinian Authority have infuriated the Palestinian leadership, but the outrage directed at the U.S. administration has been amplified by growing criticism directed at P.A. leader Mahmoud...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II review the honor guard in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Aug. 7, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Is a PLO confederation with Jordan a viable solution to the Mideast conflict?

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas recently told a group of Israeli activists that the Trump administration proposed a confederation between the Palestinians and Jordan. For years, the idea of Jordan serving as a state...