Commenting on the recent reconciliation talks between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s Special Representative for International Negotiations, said that any Palestinian government must accept the Quartet principles and “commit to nonviolence” in an official statement released Monday on Twitter. “The United States stresses that any Palestinian...

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The reactions to Tuesday morning’s terror attack that left three Israelis dead by the two largest Palestinian political factions raise doubts that reconciliation between them can boost the chances of peace with Israel. On its official Facebook page, the Nablus chapter of Fatah, the main party constituting the Palestinian Authority,...

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A Palestinian journalist who exposed corruption in the Gaza Strip was prosecuted by Hamas, the terrorist group that governs the enclave, veteran Palestinian affairs correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh reported Monday. In June 2016, Hajer Harb reported that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority extorted Palestinians seeking medical care in Israel, Europe...

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In his meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump expressed hope that his administration could achieve “peace between Israel and the Palestinians,” even as the Palestinian Authority considers making another unity deal with terrorist group Hamas. Trump said that his administration would give the project of...

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Hamas, the terrorist group that controls Gaza, announced that two of its members died in separate tunnel collapses, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. The two dead men were identified as Khalil al-Dimyati, 32, and Yusef Abu Abed, 22 and were killed in “resistance tunnels,” the term Hamas uses for tunnels built as part...

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The terrorist organization Hamas is establishing a foothold in Lebanon with the support of the Iranian regime and aims to intensify strategic ties with the Tehran-led Shiite axis, Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman warned during a cabinet briefing on Sunday. Ynet reported Monday that Hamas and Iran patched up relations...

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The head of Israel’s General Security Service briefed the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday about the scale of the current terrorist threat. Nadav Argaman, head of the Shin Bet, told Government ministers that Israel has prevented 200 terrorist attacks from more than 70 local terrorist cells since the beginning of 2017. Argaman...

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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar rejected a request on Tuesday from the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross to meet with Israelis believed to be held captive by the Gaza-based terrorist group. Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC had requested meetings with Avraham Abera Mengistu, Hisham al-Sayed, and Juma Ibrahim Abu Ghanima,...

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The new leader of the terrorist organization Hamas in Gaza said on Monday that the group has successfully reset ties with Iran after a five-year rift, using the newfound assistance for “rebuilding and accumulating” its military infrastructure to “liberate Palestine” from Israel. “Thousands of people work every day to make...

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Palestinian journalists are being traded as bait in the ongoing power struggle between the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah and the Gaza-based terrorist organization Hamas, a veteran Palestinian affairs correspondent warned. Khaled Abu Toameh reported that journalists working in the Palestinian territories face extreme conditions. Both the PA and Hamas are...

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