Secret talks paving way for Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
February 27, 2023 by David Singer
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The bombshell revelation that senior aides of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have been holding secret talks for almost two months further confirms the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) acceptance of the Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (Saudi Solution) as the basis for negotiating an end to 100 years of conflict between Arabs and Jews. Read more
Israel strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket fire
February 24, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on Gaza on Thursday morning after terror groups fired rockets. Read more
Egypt wants West Bank violence quelled ahead of Ramadan
Egypt has stepped up mediation between Israel and the Palestinians in a bid to tamp down violence in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank and prevent its spread to the Gaza Strip ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Read more
Abdullah & Bibi keep moving on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine
February 6, 2023 by J-Wire
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Jordan’s King Abdullah and Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu continue their march forward to implementing the Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Solution (Saudi Solution). Read more
Palestinians fire rockets, Israel aircraft hit Gaza
Israeli aircraft have struck in Gaza in response to Palestinian rocket fire, days after the United States called for calm, but there was no immediate sign of a wider escalation in violence following days of tension. Read more
UNRWA denounces tunnel discovered under Gaza school
December 2, 2022 by Pesach Benson
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The UN agency responsible for supporting Palestinian refugees announced that it discovered a tunnel underneath one of its schools in Gaza. Read more
Israel grants another 1,500 work permits to Gazan Arabs
Israel has decided to expand the quota of workers coming to work in the country from the Gaza Strip by an additional 1,500. Read more
Gaza-area closures enter third day as Israel prepares for possible conflict
Roads around the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip remained closed on Thursday for the third straight day amid concerns of possible retaliation for the arrest in Jenin on Monday of a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) figure. Read more
Israel fortifying kindergartens in vicinity of Gaza Strip
The Ministry of Defence’s Engineering and Construction Division, in cooperation with IDF’s Home Front Command, has commenced work to fortify kindergartens in the Gaza Strip area against rocket and mortar attacks. Read more
Israel fires at Hamas target after attack
Israel has fired on a target in the Gaza Strip, in response to a rocket attack, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) says. Read more
Gaza terror organisations to respond to IDF’s operation in Jenin
April 4, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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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
Mahmoud Abbas plays Benny Gantz for a fool
January 5, 2022 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
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Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz must have known that hosting Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at his home in Rosh Ha’ayin would arouse the ire of the right. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have cloaked the outcome of his tête-à-tête last Tuesday night with the octogenarian honcho in Ramallah in typically euphemistic language. Read more
‘Important interest for Israel’: FM Lapid meets with Egypt’s president El-Sisi in Cairo
December 10, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi hosted Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid on Thursday at the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo for what was described by the Lapid’s office as “a long and warm meeting.” Read more
After more than three years of construction, Israel completes smart border barrier around Gaza Strip
December 8, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Israel officially completed the construction of the “smart” barrier fence around the Gaza Strip, its defence line from attacks by terror groups above ground and terror tunnels running into the country below ground. Read more
Egypt’s proposal infuriates Hamas: economic rehabilitation in exchange for long term truce
December 1, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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A Palestinian source has told TPS that Egyptian intelligence had recently offered the Hamas leadership to open economic horizons for it in Egypt and pursue a very generous passage policy at the border crossings, in exchange for a long term ceasefire with Israel, but Hamas sees this as interfering in its internal affairs and as an Egyptian bargaining chip. Read more
‘A Ticket to Freedom’: Gaza’s rush for work permits in Israel
October 8, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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Hundreds of residents of the Gaza Strip lined up on Wednesday night near the Central District Chamber of Commerce building in the Gaza Strip to be the first in line to receive 2,500 permits for work and trade with Israel, after 4,500 lucky Gazans have already managed to obtain permits and left for Israel. Read more
At least four terrorists killed, four arrested in IDF multi-pronged operation
At least four Hamas terrorists were killed and another four were arrested Saturday night during the IDF’s multi-pronged counter-terrorism operation at several locations in Judea and Samara. Read more
Jenin terrorist leaders: these are the terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison
September 8, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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These are the terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison in the north of Israel on Monday night. Read more
Gazans riot, Bennett approves relief for Strip
September 1, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Hamas-led riots continued on the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel on Tuesday night, as Naftali Bennett’s government approved more relief for the Strip. Read more
IDF Chief of Staff warns of another Gaza operation as border riots continue
August 31, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi warned that the military is ready to strike again in the Gaza Strip, as the Hamas-led nighttime riots continued on the border with Israel. Read more
IDF launches retaliatory strike on Hamas targets in Gaza Strip after arson attacks, border riots
The Israel Defense Forces conducted airstrikes against Hamas targets early on Sunday in response to incendiary balloon attacks and violent riots along the Gaza fence. Read more
Bennett kowtows to Biden as he jettisons Trump
August 30, 2021 by David Singer
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It has taken just two months for Israel’s Prime Minister – Naftali Bennett – to abandon implementing his 10 years old policy calling for Israel to unilaterally extend its sovereignty into 60% of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) – dubbed Area C under the Oslo Accords. Read more
After Hamas blocks UN from inspecting terror tunnel under Gaza school, Israeli envoy calls for freeze Gaza UNRWA funding
August 12, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Israel’s Ambassador to the US and the United Nations Gilad Erdan sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres and to the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, UN Under-Secretary-General Philippe Lazzarini demanding action after UN officials were barred by Hamas from inspecting a UNRWA school in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza. Read more
Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to ongoing arson attacks
Israeli warplanes struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early on Saturday morning in response to the launch of airborne incendiary devices into Israeli territory, the Israeli military reported. Read more
Analysis shows half of Gazans killed during Operation Guardian of the Walls were terrorists
July 1, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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An analysis of the names of Gazans killed during the IDF’s Operation Guardian of the Walls has found that about half of them were terrorist operatives, a new report by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) shows. Read more
IDF warns Gaza parents against terror summer camps
June 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Commander of the IDF’s Unit for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) Major General Ghasan Alyan addressed the residents of the Gaza Strip and warned them against the “true face” of the camps run by the Hamas and Islamic terror groups. Read more
AP’s Gaza operations shared building with Hamas tech unit, Israeli envoy explains
June 9, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations and US Gilad Erdan visited the Associated Press (AP) headquarters in New York on Monday to explain to top executives that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) bombed the building housing their Gaza operation during Operation Guardian of the Walls last month because it was serving Hamas terrorists who were developing technology to jam the Iron Dome defence system. Read more
The growing cost of anti-Israel media bias
June 4, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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For one of The New York Times’ most devoted readers, the front-page spread published on May 28 essentially accusing Israel of murdering Palestinian children was the final straw. Read more
Blinken blunders and other balagan
June 4, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
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For those uninitiated in the nuances of modern Israeli discourse, balagan loosely translated means chaos or fiasco. Read more
Qatar offers Hamas-ruled Gaza $500 million to rebuild
Qatar’s foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, announced on Wednesday that the Gulf state would give $500 million to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after an 11-day conflict with Israel. Read more