Widow calls on Gaza terror groups not to retaliate for husband’s death

The widow of an imprisoned Palestinian Islamic Jihad figure who died on Tuesday during a hunger strike called on Gaza terror groups not to fire rockets at Israel. Read more

The ‘Jerusalem Axis’: How Iran boosts support for Hamas in Lebanon

April 19, 2023 by  

Hamas is tightening its terror coordination with Iran, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon, raising new challenges for Israel. Read more

Hamas gambles and wins on Saudi Arabia

April 17, 2023 by  

Hamas gambled on Saudi Arabia years ago, and for the first time in years, a delegation of the Palestinian terror group’s highest leaders is visiting Saudi Arabia to mend fences. Read more

Palestinians claim new understandings reached with Israel

February 21, 2023 by  

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that no new Israeli settlements would be established, Palestinian sources told the Tazpit Press Service that there is now a US-mediated understanding between Israel and the Palestinian Authority to lower tensions. Read more

Hamas message to Islamic Jihad: ‘Interested in continuation of calm in Gaza Strip’

February 7, 2023 by  

An official in the Gaza Strip told TPS Monday, “It is widely believed that Hamas will not respond by shooting at Israel from within the Gaza Strip, following the killing of the seven terrorists in the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp near Jericho, Monday morning.” Read more

Mahmoud Abbas: 40 years of Holocaust revisionism

January 26, 2023 by  

With a 40-year history of Holocaust revisionism, Mahmoud Abbas is not expected to participate in sombre International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations on Friday. Read more

Why are Palestinians threatening to join Israeli cellular networks?

January 26, 2023 by  

Palestinians are threatening to take their business to Israeli telecom companies if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas doesn’t back down from a new tax on cellular subscriptions. Read more

Egyptian summit seeks to shore up support for ‘deteriorating’ Palestinian Authority

January 17, 2023 by  

Egypt is hosting a meeting of Palestinian Authority and Jordanian officials on Monday, seemingly to coordinate policy in light of political developments in Israel and escalating situation in Judea and Samaria. Read more

British envoy meets with PA leaders

January 13, 2023 by  

The Minister of Middle East Affairs at the British Foreign Ministry, Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon, visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem accompanied by senior Waqf officials. Read more

Palestinians dare Israeli police to take down flags

January 12, 2023 by  

The Palestinians have launched a campaign testing Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Israeli Police by daring them to take down Palestinian flags. Read more

Arab-Israeli municipal leaders warn against Ben-Gvir, budget cuts

January 11, 2023 by  

In a letter sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an umbrella organisation representing Arab-Israeli municipalities expressed fear with the appointment of Itamar Ben-Gvir as National Security Minister. Read more

Netanyahu’s UAE visit postponed over Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount visit

January 4, 2023 by  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first official visit to the United Arab Emirates has been postponed due to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Tuesday morning visit to the Temple Mount. Read more

Who will be the newsmakers of the New Israeli government?

December 30, 2022 by  

Nearly two months after Israel’s elections, the government led by Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in late on Thursday. His supporting cast of Cabinet ministers includes some personalities who will frequently be in the headlines. Read more

Arab world expresses cooperation, concern with new Israeli government

December 30, 2022 by  

The Arab world responded to Israel’s new government with mixed expressions of confrontation, cooperation and concern. Read more

Palestinian fugitive trying to calm Jenin is no longer wanted by Israel

December 16, 2022 by  

Fathi Hazem, a former colonel in the Palestinian Authority security services wanted by Israel for inspiring terror groups, is now actively helping the PA disarm those terror groups with Israel’s blessings, reports the Tazpit Press Service. Read more

Palestinian activist confirms Hebron Incident with soldier was provoked for video

November 29, 2022 by  

A controversial video of an Israeli soldier in Hebron assaulting and taunting a Palestinian was deliberately instigated, and more provocations are coming, a prominent Palestinian activist admitted in exclusive comments to Tazpit Press Service. Read more

PA Foreign Minister visits Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

November 21, 2022 by  

The ambassador of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Germany, Leith Arafa, published a photo in which he was seen next to the Palestinian foreign minister, Riyad al-Maliki, during a visit to the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin last Thursday. Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Palestinians to end push for International Court ruling on ‘Occupation’

November 11, 2022 by  

A senior Palestinian official close to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed to the Tazpit Press Service that Ramallah has acceded to a request by the U.S. and Israel to end efforts to refer Israel’s “occupation” to the International Court of Justice. Read more

Netanyahu victory: Palestinian Authority turning to the International Court of Justice

November 7, 2022 by  

A senior official in the Palestinian Authority, close to [PA head] Abu Mazen, has told TPS: “We are determined to turn to the international arena, including the International Court of Justice in The Hague, to put pressure on Israel in light of the results of the recent elections and the victory of the right-wing bloc.” Read more

Is Israel returning to the policy of ‘Targeted Eliminations’?

October 24, 2022 by  

Tamer Kilani, a 33-year-old leader of the Nablus-based terror cell Lion’s Den, was killed in an explosion in the early morning hours on Sunday. Read more

Exclusive TPS interview with former Al Aqsa operative on the new Lions’ Den terror cell

October 19, 2022 by  

Someone who was once a senior member of the “Al Aqsa Martyrs” brigade, formerly known as Ish Hakhalim, who cooperated with Hezbollah, spent many years in an Israeli prison, and who is now very close to the new “Lion’s Den” terror group in Nablus, revealed in an exclusive interview with TPS new details about the group that is troubling both Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Read more

Support growing in Jerusalem Arab communities for new ‘Lion’s Den’ group from Nablus

October 19, 2022 by  

The “Gov Aryot” (Lion’s Den) youth group from Nablus is gaining a lot of power and a lot of sympathy in the Palestinian Authority and in Jerusalem. Read more

TPS exclusive: PA source states Mahmoud Abbas’ time as its leader may be numbered after his Holocaust comments

August 18, 2022 by  

A source in the Palestinian Authority (PA) told TPS on Wednesday that the “unfortunate” words of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) accusing Israel of committing “50 holocausts” against Palestinians were a self-inflicted wound for international public opinion toward the Palestinian cause. Read more

Gazans angered by Islamic Jihad rockets misfiring and exploding inside Strip

August 8, 2022 by  

Many in the Gaza Strip have expressed anger following about 120 rockets fired by the Islamic Jihad terror organisation at Israel, which fell short in the Strip, some of them killing civilians. Read more

Ahead of Biden visit, PA lowers expectations and threatens harsh measures

July 15, 2022 by  

Senior officials in the Palestinian Authority (PA) are lowering their expectations ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to Bethlehem on Friday, as a disagreement between the US and the PA prevented the issuing of a joint statement. Read more

Report: On PA’s request, US to Add Israeli orgs Lehava and La Familia to list of terrorist organizations

June 29, 2022 by  

During an angry phone call between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on May 31, the latter promised Abbas that the Biden administration would soon add the Israeli Lehava (Flame) and La Familia organizations to the list of US-designated terrorist organizations, TPS has learned. Read more

EU restores PA funding unconditionally

June 14, 2022 by  

Almost all of the EU member states- 26 out of 27 EU states – voted in favour of the decision to resume financial support for the Palestinian Authority (PA), which was suspended two years ago. In doing so, the EU relented on its demands for new measures that it had insisted be taken by the PA to renew funding. Read more

‘Abbas- dead or alive, no one cares’: Battle to inherit Mahmoud Abbas in Fatah escalating

June 7, 2022 by  

At the end of the week, the media and journalists reported that some of the governmental powers were transferred from Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority chairman, to Hussein a-Sheikh, the PA Minister of Civil Affairs and Abbas’ recent controversial promotion to a member of the PLO Executive Committee, who became one of the leaders in the expected succession battle. Read more

‘Kidnapped Gaza’: silent protest against Hamas’ rule in Gaza simmering beneath the surface

June 1, 2022 by  

A series of recent events in the Gaza Strip have rekindled protests against Hamas’ rule, but for now, protests are limited to the social networks. Read more

This is how Sinwar paves his way to centrestage – at the expense of a confused Israel

May 9, 2022 by  

Yahya al-Sinwar, who barely won a second term in office, is cementing his control over the Gaza Strip, at the expense of Israeli civilians as well as the Palestinian Authority, by increasing the terrorism committed within Israel against innocent civilians. Read more

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