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 Palestinian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council reacted in shock as a speaker accused them of being “the greatest enemy of the Palestinian people” on Tuesday. The speaker, Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of a Hamas leader, used the 90 seconds allotted to UN Watch, an NGO that...
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Interpol has voted to admit the Palestinian Authority as a full member in a secret vote of representatives of the international police agency, despite concerns over their attempt to politicize a professional organization, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. “The overwhelming vote in favor of Palestine’s membership is a reflection of...
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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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A Palestinian man who was accused of helping Israel was taken by his Palestinian Authority jailers to a dentist, who then pulled some of his healthy teeth, the man told The Jerusalem Post Wednesday. Sami, and a second man, Dani, are two of 51 former prisoners who are suing the...
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Faced with the loss of funds if the Taylor Force Act becomes law, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas must clearly outlaw terrorism as an important first step to show that the PA is seriously working to fight terror, two experts wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday in The Wall Street...
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On Wednesday, the Palestinian Authority (PA) withdrew its attempt to gain full membership in the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization (UNTWO) due to American pressure. The chairman of the UN’s tourism body announced during a meeting in Chengdu that UNTWO will postpone a vote on accepting the PA as a...
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The United States Senate has attached a bill that would cut some aid to the Palestinian Authority because of its payments to families of terrorists to its foreign operations bill on Thursday, assuring the measure will be voted on before the end of the year. The Taylor Force Act, named...
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