Palestinian Authority cracks down on Jenin terror groups

Palestinian Authority security forces on Sunday continued a rare crackdown on terror strongholds in Jenin. Read more

Court orders Palestinian Authority to pay millions to victims of suicide bombing attack

In a precedent-setting ruling, an Israeli court on Tuesday ordered the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization to pay tens of millions of shekels in compensation to victims of a 2001 suicide bombing and their families. Read more

Israeli forces shut down Al Jazeera Ramallah bureau, citing ties to terror

Israeli soldiers entered the Ramallah offices of Al Jazeera and shut down the bureau over its support for Palestinian terror in the middle of a live broadcast on Sunday, the first time security forces have acted against the Qatari network in the Palestinian Authority. Read more

Israel revokes diplomatic credentials of Norway’s envoys to Palestinian Authority

Israel revoked the diplomatic credentials of eight Norwegian diplomats who deal with the Palestinian Authority on Thursday in retaliation for recent measures taken by the European state. Read more

Israel to seize A$46 million in Palestinian tax revenues, distribute it to terror victims

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered the seizure of 100 million shekels (A$40 million) in tax revenues meant to be transferred to the Palestinian Authority and instead be disbursed to Israeli victims of Palestinian terror. Read more

Ramallah stalemating Israeli efforts to form post-war Gaza administration

A set of Palestinian Authority preconditions for running post-war Gaza is deadlocking Israeli efforts to recruit the involvement of moderate Arab states. Read more

Israel threatens economic retaliation as Palestinians seek unilateral statehood

Moves by several European countries to recognize Palestinian statehood have emboldened Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to push for unilateral statehood at the UN, but risk an Israeli backlash that would likely bankrupt the Palestinian Authority. Read more

UN unable to agree on Palestine bid for full membership

A United Nations Security Council committee considering an application by the Palestinian Authority to become a full UN member “was unable to make a unanimous recommendation” on whether it met the criteria. Read more

Anatomy of an antisemite

Francesca Albanese is at it again, cloaking her Jew-hatred in legalese and justifying it through denial. Read more

The West’s lethal error in the war against Israel

In the current war in the Middle East, it’s a given that a distinction must be drawn between Hamas and the “ordinary” Palestinian Arab residents of Gaza. Read more

Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza: Biden

US President Joe Biden says the Palestinian Authority should ultimately govern the Gaza Strip and the West Bank following the Israel-Hamas war. Read more

Ramallah to reward families of Hamas terrorists with nearly US$3 million

The Palestinian Authority will pay nearly US$3 million to the families of slain Hamas terrorists who slaughtered civilians in Gaza border communities on Oct. 7, Palestinian Media Watch reports. Read more

The United Nations owes the Jewish People

The horrific slaughter of more than 1300 civilians in Israel with more than 150 being taken as hostages to Gaza – has seen expressions of outrage, sympathy and support for Israel from many nations.
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Israel angered as UNESCO designates Jericho ruins as World Heritage Site in ‘Palestine’

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted on Sunday to recognize ancient ruins near Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.”
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Blame the Jews for everything

If an Arab is dead, then an Israeli Jew must be to blame. Read more

The real reason Palestinians do not have a free press

It is no secret that the Palestinians do not have a free press. Read more

Potential Saudi normalisation raises questions about the Palestinian Authority

Progress towards a potential normalisation agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia is raising the question of how the Palestinian Authority would fit into such a significant regional maneuver. Read more

Jenin residents blame Abbas, Hamas for debacle, as rifts in terror groups are exposed

Residents of the Jenin refugee camp are blaming the Palestinian Authority and Hamas for the debacle of a two-day Israeli military incursion and lays bare divisions within the Palestinian terror groups. Read more

Palestinians building neighbourhood for terrorists in Samaria

A luxurious neighbourhood for Palestinian terrorists is being built on a mountain in Samaria. Read more

Israel strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket fire

Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on Gaza on Thursday morning after terror groups fired rockets. Read more

US rebuffs Palestinian Authority push for full UN membership

The Palestinian Authority is intent on pursuing full membership of the United Nations, even as the White House urges Ramallah to step back. Read more

UN Committee Against Torture to review Palestinian Authority’s record

The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) will, for the first time, hone in on the actions of the Palestinian Authority. Read more

Biden: ‘We’ve rebuilt ties with Palestinians, restored some $500 million in aid to PA’

The Biden administration has “rebuilt ties” with the Palestinian Authority and restored some $500 million in aid to it “without permitting terrorists to rearm,” U.S. President Joe Biden wrote in an op-ed published on Saturday night in The Washington Post. Read more

IDF rejects latest ‘biased’ inquiry into death of Al Jazeera reporter

The IDF again called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to conduct a joint investigation into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and transfer the bullet from which she was shot for an Israeli examination, and rejected the most recent “biased” Al Jazeera inquiry that blamed Israel for her death. Read more

Palestinians furious with PA over corruption, suspension of hospital construction

The Palestinian Authority and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, face sharp criticism for stopping the construction of a new Palestinian hospital to treat cancer patients, even though the funds were already raised for the project. Read more

Emma Watson is right

“Free Palestine!” says actress Emma Watson.  She’s right. Read more

PA formulating massive aid package for eastern Jerusalem

The Palestinian Authority (PA) government announced during its weekly meeting a series of assistance programs for eastern Jerusalem in education, housing, security, energy, and infrastructure development. Read more

The Taliban’s Palestinian partners: Implications for the Middle East peace process

The Taliban’s reconquest of Afghanistan, followed by the ISIS-K bombing that killed 13 U.S. military personnel and scores of civilians, underscores the far-reaching implications of the U.S. withdrawal from the country. The mujahideen’s takeover of Kabul, following a 20-year U.S. counter-terror campaign against Al-Qaeda and other jihadi groups in Afghanistan, has reenergized the global jihad’s slow and determined war against the West…write…Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh. Read more

IDF forces kill four terrorists in Jenin

IDF Special Forces operating in the Palestinian Authority (PA) city of Jenin in Samaria on Sunday night encountered and killed at least four terrorists. Read more

Concern in Israel and US over future of PA after Abbas leaves

The visit of Hady Amr, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs within the Department of State, to Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) last week, led to a renewed discussion on the future of the PA the day after Mahmoud Abbas leaves. Read more

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