No Palestinian state, Netanyahu says, as Gaza demilitarisation takes centre stage

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply rejected renewed international discussion of Palestinian statehood. Read more

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

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. Read more

Israel revokes visas of Australian representatives to Palestinian Authority

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has revoked the visas of Australian representatives assigned to the Palestinian Authority, delivering notice to the Australian Ambassador in Jerusalem on Monday, the Foreign Ministry announced. Read more

Indigenous Friends of Israel not pleased with Palestine decision

The Indigenous Friends of Israel International has not welcomed Australia’s announcement that it would support recognition of a Palestinian state. Read more

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

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. Read more

Israel sets conditions for ending Gaza War, plans for civilian governance

After an all-night discussion, Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a proposal to expand the war on Hamas, including reoccupying the Gaza Strip, and adopting five principles for ending the war, the Prime Minister’s Office announced early Friday morning. Read more

A two-state solution? Maybe the best way to ‘ensure’ another slaughter

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Israel, US decry French move to recognise Palestine

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. Read more

Abbas calls elections for PLO parliament

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. Read more

Burning questions: what really happened at Taybeh’s church?

An independent investigation by The Press Service of Israel has uncovered critical inconsistencies in claims that radical Israelis deliberately set fire to a 1,500-year-old church in the Palestinian village of Taybeh. Read more

Palestinian Journalists Syndicate issues rare rebuke of Hamas after reporters attacked

In a rare move, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate strongly condemned the assault on several journalists by Hamas security forces near Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. Read more

Hypocrisy and double standards over the massacre of the Druze

The hypocrisy, double standards and malevolence are off the scale. Read more

Why is New Zealand still funding antisemitic education in the Palestinian territories?

A recent report from the education watchdog IMPACT-se has reignited urgent concerns over the content of Palestinian school curricula. Read more

Arab leaders urging Trump to replace Mahmoud Abbas

Arab leaders are urging President-elect Donald Trump to take measures to replace Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas amid the PA’s floundering effort to crack down on Jenin-area terror groups. Read more

Bethlehem’s last Christians face persecution, violence, and erasure

The Christians of Bethlehem face a crisis as their dwindling community faces systematic Palestinian discrimination, harassment and violence in the cradle of Christianity, as well as being erased from the Palestinian Authority curriculum. Read more

Palestinian Authority cracks down on Jenin terror groups

Palestinian Authority security forces on Sunday continued a rare crackdown on terror strongholds in Jenin. Read more

Court orders Palestinian Authority to pay millions to victims of suicide bombing attack

In a precedent-setting ruling, an Israeli court on Tuesday ordered the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization to pay tens of millions of shekels in compensation to victims of a 2001 suicide bombing and their families. Read more

Israeli forces shut down Al Jazeera Ramallah bureau, citing ties to terror

Israeli soldiers entered the Ramallah offices of Al Jazeera and shut down the bureau over its support for Palestinian terror in the middle of a live broadcast on Sunday, the first time security forces have acted against the Qatari network in the Palestinian Authority. Read more

Israel revokes diplomatic credentials of Norway’s envoys to Palestinian Authority

Israel revoked the diplomatic credentials of eight Norwegian diplomats who deal with the Palestinian Authority on Thursday in retaliation for recent measures taken by the European state. Read more

Israel to seize A$46 million in Palestinian tax revenues, distribute it to terror victims

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered the seizure of 100 million shekels (A$40 million) in tax revenues meant to be transferred to the Palestinian Authority and instead be disbursed to Israeli victims of Palestinian terror. Read more

Ramallah stalemating Israeli efforts to form post-war Gaza administration

A set of Palestinian Authority preconditions for running post-war Gaza is deadlocking Israeli efforts to recruit the involvement of moderate Arab states. Read more

Israel threatens economic retaliation as Palestinians seek unilateral statehood

Moves by several European countries to recognize Palestinian statehood have emboldened Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to push for unilateral statehood at the UN, but risk an Israeli backlash that would likely bankrupt the Palestinian Authority. Read more

UN unable to agree on Palestine bid for full membership

A United Nations Security Council committee considering an application by the Palestinian Authority to become a full UN member “was unable to make a unanimous recommendation” on whether it met the criteria. Read more

Anatomy of an antisemite

Francesca Albanese is at it again, cloaking her Jew-hatred in legalese and justifying it through denial. Read more

The West’s lethal error in the war against Israel

In the current war in the Middle East, it’s a given that a distinction must be drawn between Hamas and the “ordinary” Palestinian Arab residents of Gaza. Read more

Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza: Biden

US President Joe Biden says the Palestinian Authority should ultimately govern the Gaza Strip and the West Bank following the Israel-Hamas war. Read more

Ramallah to reward families of Hamas terrorists with nearly US$3 million

The Palestinian Authority will pay nearly US$3 million to the families of slain Hamas terrorists who slaughtered civilians in Gaza border communities on Oct. 7, Palestinian Media Watch reports. Read more

The United Nations owes the Jewish People

The horrific slaughter of more than 1300 civilians in Israel with more than 150 being taken as hostages to Gaza – has seen expressions of outrage, sympathy and support for Israel from many nations.
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Israel angered as UNESCO designates Jericho ruins as World Heritage Site in ‘Palestine’

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted on Sunday to recognize ancient ruins near Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.”
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Blame the Jews for everything

If an Arab is dead, then an Israeli Jew must be to blame. Read more

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