Tag: Palestinian Authority
Jibril Rajoub vs. Muhammad Dahlan to replace Mahmoud Abbas
The battle for the succession of Mahmoud Abbas in the Palestinian Authority is heating up. This was apparent from Fatah Secretary-General Jibril Rajoub’s recent attack on Egypt, which supports the candidacy of Palestinian...
Abbas’s U.N. speech about his legacy not solving conflict, expert says
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas took to the international stage on Tuesday to call for a conference to advance peace efforts amid a falling out between the Palestinians and the Trump administration.
“We call for...
Israel advances bill to offset terror salary payments by Palestinian Authority
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation advanced a bill Sunday to withhold funds from tax revenues Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, to offset payments made by the PA to the families of...
No vetting of Textbooks Exists in Jerusalem Arab schools, Located in Sovereign Israel
I was present in the Knesset Education Committee on jan 30, 2017 when that Knesset committee sent an urgent directive to the Jerusalem Municipality to vet the school books fro Arab Schools in Jerusalem.
However,...
The case for shuttering UNRWA schools’ doors closed…permanently
The US government decision to suspend funds to UNRWA schools until reforms take place in UNRWA has raised some eyebrows.
Why did the US suspend funds to UNRWA in the first place?
Since 1999, Hamas has...
Gaza hospital stops performing surgeries due to cleaners’ strike
Gaza’s largest medical complex announced Sunday that it was suspending all non-emergency surgeries do to a cleaners’ strike.
Shifa Hospital will not have medical garbage taken away until workers are paid overdue salaries, the second...
Why all the silence when it comes to Syrian refugees?
Palestinians, African migrants and even Dreamers have everyone’s sympathy. Meanwhile, one of the great humanitarian crises of the century is unfolding in Syria, and the world just yawns.
Sympathy for refugees and immigrants is very...
As economic crisis in Gaza deepens, Israel weighs how to react
The ongoing economic crisis in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen and brings it with the threat of an escalation in the security situation. Funds are drying up for basic services and infrastructure for...
Viral document reports CIA collaborating with Abbas-controlled PA security on local surveillance
Two former Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are suing the PA after an anonymous whistleblower revealed that they and other influential Palestinians were targeted during a large-scale wiretapping operation supervised by the United States Central...
Abbas set to address Security Council to ask for full UN membership
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to address the United Nations Security Council later this month amid growing tensions with the United States.
Abbas, who is scheduled to speak to the international body on...