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‘Pay-for-Slay’ – Palestinian Authority still paying out money to terrorists

TPS-IL — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 06:39:13 +0000

Israel’s Foreign Ministry revealed that the Palestinian Authority (PA) did not cease making payments to terrorists and their families. It simply changed how such payments are made – by calling the funds “pensions.” Israel’s Foreign Minister dubbed this ‘Pay-for-Slay.’” These payments are made to the families of terrorists held in Israeli jails and to the […]

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Abbas no ‘prince of peace,’ Netanyahu tells Erin Molan

J-Wire — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:34:45 +0000

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for embracing Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas as a “prince of peace” following their meeting in Paris. “To bring in such a person, embrace him and say you’re the prince of peace is the opposite of reality—it’s false,” Netanyahu told Australian reporter Erin […]

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Trump mulls jailed Barghouti for Gazan post-Hamas rule

Reuters — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:40:32 +0000

US President Donald Trump has suggested he could call on Israel to release imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, a potentially unifying Palestinian leader. US President Donald Trump is considering whether to urge Israel to release popular Palestinian political figure Marwan Barghouti, jailed for more than 20 years and repeatedly denied his freedom by Israel. “I […]

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Surveys show recognition of Palestine would reward extremism, not peace

Rob Klein — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:23:12 +0000

Palestinian opinion surveys reveal that President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent pledges to disarm Hamas, reform governance, and end anti-peace messaging are almost certain to remain unfulfilled, according to a major new report from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC). The study, Roadmap to Viable Statehood: Holding the PA to Account, draws on more than a […]

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Indigenous Friends of Israel not pleased with Palestine decision

J-Wire News Service — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 04:48:34 +0000

The Indigenous Friends of Israel International has not welcomed Australia’s announcement that it would support recognition of a Palestinian state. Co-founders of the Indigenous Friends of Israel International Foundation Ltd, Norman and Barbara Miller, write: “The blood of Australian soldiers stained the soil of the Holy Land to free it from the colonial rule of […]

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As Abbas eyes UN statehood bid, Ben-Gvir demands immediate measures to overthrow PA

Pesach Benson — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 09:12:38 +0000

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday vowed to push Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take “immediate” action aimed at “toppling the Palestinian Authority” in response to a report that PA President Mahmoud Abbas is weighing a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood in September. “I will appeal to the Prime Minister with a request to […]

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Australia co-ordinating on recognition of Palestine

AAP — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:10:27 +0000

Australia is one step closer to recognising Palestinian statehood and is coordinating with other nations on the issue, as the foreign minister warns there might soon be “no Palestine left”. Canada, the UK and France have announced plans to recognise the state of Palestine at a United Nations meeting in September, amid a humanitarian crisis […]

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Israel, US decry French move to recognise Palestine

Reuters — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 05:11:55 +0000

France’s move to recognise a Palestinian state has drawn angry rebukes from Israel and the US, while pushing other countries to make strong expressions of support for a two-state solution. French President Emmanuel Macron intends to make the recognition official at the UN General Assembly in September. He unveiled his decision on X, publishing a […]

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Abbas calls elections for PLO parliament

JNS — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:20:24 +0000

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas claimed on Saturday that elections for the Palestinian National Council, an internal body of his Palestine Liberation Organization, will be held by the end of the year. Since Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are not members of the PLO, they are not represented in the PNC. Abbas’s decree, which he issued after […]

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Hypocrisy and double standards over the massacre of the Druze

Melanie Phillips - JNS.org — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 04:27:51 +0000

The hypocrisy, double standards and malevolence are off the scale. Syrian government forces carried out a four-day massacre this week of the Druze minority in Suweida, a Druze town in southern Syria. An estimated 300 Druze were slaughtered in a series of barbaric atrocities perpetrated by troops loyal to the new Syrian president, Abu Mohammed […]

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