British envoy meets with PA leaders

The Minister of Middle East Affairs at the British Foreign Ministry, Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon, visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem accompanied by senior Waqf officials. Read more

Palestinians dare Israeli police to take down flags

The Palestinians have launched a campaign testing Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Israeli Police by daring them to take down Palestinian flags. Read more

Arab-Israeli municipal leaders warn against Ben-Gvir, budget cuts

In a letter sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an umbrella organisation representing Arab-Israeli municipalities expressed fear with the appointment of Itamar Ben-Gvir as National Security Minister. Read more

Netanyahu’s UAE visit postponed over Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount visit

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first official visit to the United Arab Emirates has been postponed due to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Tuesday morning visit to the Temple Mount. Read more

Who will be the newsmakers of the New Israeli government?

Nearly two months after Israel’s elections, the government led by Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in late on Thursday. His supporting cast of Cabinet ministers includes some personalities who will frequently be in the headlines. Read more

Arab world expresses cooperation, concern with new Israeli government

The Arab world responded to Israel’s new government with mixed expressions of confrontation, cooperation and concern. Read more

Palestinian fugitive trying to calm Jenin is no longer wanted by Israel

Fathi Hazem, a former colonel in the Palestinian Authority security services wanted by Israel for inspiring terror groups, is now actively helping the PA disarm those terror groups with Israel’s blessings, reports the Tazpit Press Service. Read more

Palestinian activist confirms Hebron Incident with soldier was provoked for video

A controversial video of an Israeli soldier in Hebron assaulting and taunting a Palestinian was deliberately instigated, and more provocations are coming, a prominent Palestinian activist admitted in exclusive comments to Tazpit Press Service. Read more

PA Foreign Minister visits Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

The ambassador of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Germany, Leith Arafa, published a photo in which he was seen next to the Palestinian foreign minister, Riyad al-Maliki, during a visit to the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin last Thursday. Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Palestinians to end push for International Court ruling on ‘Occupation’

A senior Palestinian official close to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed to the Tazpit Press Service that Ramallah has acceded to a request by the U.S. and Israel to end efforts to refer Israel’s “occupation” to the International Court of Justice. Read more

Netanyahu victory: Palestinian Authority turning to the International Court of Justice

A senior official in the Palestinian Authority, close to [PA head] Abu Mazen, has told TPS: “We are determined to turn to the international arena, including the International Court of Justice in The Hague, to put pressure on Israel in light of the results of the recent elections and the victory of the right-wing bloc.” Read more

Is Israel returning to the policy of ‘Targeted Eliminations’?

Tamer Kilani, a 33-year-old leader of the Nablus-based terror cell Lion’s Den, was killed in an explosion in the early morning hours on Sunday. Read more

Exclusive TPS interview with former Al Aqsa operative on the new Lions’ Den terror cell

Someone who was once a senior member of the “Al Aqsa Martyrs” brigade, formerly known as Ish Hakhalim, who cooperated with Hezbollah, spent many years in an Israeli prison, and who is now very close to the new “Lion’s Den” terror group in Nablus, revealed in an exclusive interview with TPS new details about the group that is troubling both Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Read more

Support growing in Jerusalem Arab communities for new ‘Lion’s Den’ group from Nablus

The “Gov Aryot” (Lion’s Den) youth group from Nablus is gaining a lot of power and a lot of sympathy in the Palestinian Authority and in Jerusalem. Read more

TPS exclusive: PA source states Mahmoud Abbas’ time as its leader may be numbered after his Holocaust comments

A source in the Palestinian Authority (PA) told TPS on Wednesday that the “unfortunate” words of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) accusing Israel of committing “50 holocausts” against Palestinians were a self-inflicted wound for international public opinion toward the Palestinian cause. Read more

Gazans angered by Islamic Jihad rockets misfiring and exploding inside Strip

Many in the Gaza Strip have expressed anger following about 120 rockets fired by the Islamic Jihad terror organisation at Israel, which fell short in the Strip, some of them killing civilians. Read more

Ahead of Biden visit, PA lowers expectations and threatens harsh measures

Senior officials in the Palestinian Authority (PA) are lowering their expectations ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to Bethlehem on Friday, as a disagreement between the US and the PA prevented the issuing of a joint statement. Read more

Report: On PA’s request, US to Add Israeli orgs Lehava and La Familia to list of terrorist organizations

During an angry phone call between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on May 31, the latter promised Abbas that the Biden administration would soon add the Israeli Lehava (Flame) and La Familia organizations to the list of US-designated terrorist organizations, TPS has learned. Read more

EU restores PA funding unconditionally

Almost all of the EU member states- 26 out of 27 EU states – voted in favour of the decision to resume financial support for the Palestinian Authority (PA), which was suspended two years ago. In doing so, the EU relented on its demands for new measures that it had insisted be taken by the PA to renew funding. Read more

‘Abbas- dead or alive, no one cares’: Battle to inherit Mahmoud Abbas in Fatah escalating

At the end of the week, the media and journalists reported that some of the governmental powers were transferred from Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority chairman, to Hussein a-Sheikh, the PA Minister of Civil Affairs and Abbas’ recent controversial promotion to a member of the PLO Executive Committee, who became one of the leaders in the expected succession battle. Read more

‘Kidnapped Gaza’: silent protest against Hamas’ rule in Gaza simmering beneath the surface

A series of recent events in the Gaza Strip have rekindled protests against Hamas’ rule, but for now, protests are limited to the social networks. Read more

This is how Sinwar paves his way to centrestage – at the expense of a confused Israel

Yahya al-Sinwar, who barely won a second term in office, is cementing his control over the Gaza Strip, at the expense of Israeli civilians as well as the Palestinian Authority, by increasing the terrorism committed within Israel against innocent civilians. Read more

Israeli police action on Temple Mount came after coordination with Egypt and Jordan

Israel’s actions on the Temple Mount last week took place after Israel notified Egypt and Jordan, a senior Palestinian Authority source said. Read more

Gaza source: ‘Deterioration in Jerusalem’ will force Hamas to attack

“Hamas is not interested in opening a front against Israel,” but a deterioration in Jerusalem will force it to react, a leader in the Gaza Strip told TPS. The Palestinian Authority also estimates that Hamas is not seeking a large-scale confrontation at this time. Read more

Gaza terror organisations to respond to IDF’s operation in Jenin

The Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper reported Sunday that sources in the Gaza Strip say that Egypt and Qatar are acting as mediators and have stepped up efforts to obtain calm, especially in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem, following the operation in Jenin in which three Islamic Jihad operatives were eliminated by Israeli Special Forces as they were on their way to carry out a terror attack. Read more

ISIS in Israel? An expert tells TPS ‘An ISIS connection to recent terrorist attacks must be questioned’

Is anyone other than ISIS – also known as Islamic State – behind the terrorists from Umm al-Fahm and the Negev who perpetrated the recent terrorist attacks in Hadera and Be’er Sheva? Read more

Bennett’s mission to Moscow could help Ukraine. But can he stop a new Iran deal?

After more than a week of being criticized for his lack of outrage about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sought to reverse the script by undertaking a mission of peace that no one else seemed able to attempt. Read more

PA remains silent on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Palestinian Authority and Hamas have maintained silence and prefer not to comment on the war in Ukraine due to the fear that taking a stand with one of the sides will harm their interests. Read more

Illegal Arab residents of Sheikh Jarrah preparing for ‘Great Evacuation,’ disappointed with Hamas

The Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in eastern Jerusalem is becoming a “fortified compound” following the establishment of MK Itamar Ben Gvir’s office. Read more

Abass’s office: ‘We will continue to support the prisoners in Israel and the families of the martyrs’

The issue of prisoners is a top priority for the “Palestinian presidency,” and it demands their release at every official meeting, with Israelis or Americans or any international body. Read more

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