A top official of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has called for its inclusion in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), an umbrella group internationally recognized as the representative of the Palestinians, while stressing the Islamist movement’s continued commitment to attacking Israel, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday. The PLO is dominated by the...
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Three Israeli soldiers were wounded, one seriously, when a Palestinian Authority police officer opened fire on a security checkpoint near Ramallah in the West Bank, The Times of Israel reported Monday. The policeman, identified as 26-year-old Muhammad Turkman, opened fire at the Focus checkpoint with an AK-47 rifle before being fatally shot...
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The Palestinians’ Extreme Negotiators Two Palestinian peace negotiators were in the spotlight this week, but what was on display was not their compromising natures, but rather their extremism. Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat was quoted by the official Palestinian newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida earlier this month praising terrorists who are imprisoned by Israel. “The prisoners’...
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Mohammad Shtayyeh, a former Palestinian negotiator and current advisor to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, presented a deceitful account of Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy over the course of the Obama administration in a New York Times op-ed published on Wednesday. The tone of the op-ed, which calls on the United States to support the French initiative “for...
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The chief Palestinian peace negotiator praised Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, most of whom have been convicted of terrorist crimes, “for their acts of heroism, and for their ongoing battle with the occupation,” Palestinian Media Watch reported on Thursday, citing the Palestinian Authority’s official newspaper. “Our brave prisoners, who gave...
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The Palestinian Authority has dedicated a new school to the mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported Tuesday. A school in the West Bank city of Tulkarem has been named “the Martyr Salah Khalaf School” in memory of the leader of the Black September terrorist group. Khalaf,...
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Four Palestinians who attended a Jewish holiday event in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank were arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces shortly thereafter. “Any Palestinian cooperation with settlers is viewed as violating the law, as he cooperates with the enemy,” a senior Palestinian security official told the Times of Israel....
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Terrorist belonging to Fatah, the political party led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, are training in Gaza in preparation for a war with Israel, veteran Palestinian affairs correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh reported Wednesday. A division of Fatah’s militia, the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, recently announced the opening a new terror-training academy in Gaza, in...
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The cancellation of long-awaited Palestinian elections, as well as the recent hospitalization of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who does not have a clear succession plan, have caused growing concern over whether Palestinians would be prepared to run an effective independent state. Municipal elections had been scheduled for Saturday, but will not be held for several months, if at all,...
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The political party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas praised the gunman who murdered two Israelis in Jerusalem on Sunday, referring to him as a “martyr” on social media. Musbah Abu Sbeih opened fire on a crowd of people waiting for a train, wounding six and killing two others before being fatally shot by police....
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