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Gazans cast votes in local election for first time in 20 years

JNS — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:57:46 +0000

Gazan residents participated on Saturday for the first time in two decades in municipal elections organised by the Palestinian Authority. The elections were held in Judea, Samaria and Deir al-Balah, a city in the center of the Gaza Strip, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 70,000 residents of Deir al-Balah were chosen as eligible […]

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PA accuses Israel of engineering ‘special rodents’ to attack Gaza children

JNS — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:51:10 +0000

Israel has developed a “special kind of rodent” that specifically “attacks children and the sick” in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority recently claimed in one of its more outlandish libels against the Jewish State. Palestine Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) Director Rafat Al-Qudra made the claim about the genetically engineered rodents to Fatah-run Awdah TV on April 15, […]

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

Pesach Benson — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 20:57:22 +0000

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply rejected renewed international discussion of Palestinian statehood. He used the opening of Israel’s weekly cabinet meeting to insist that his government’s long-standing opposition remains unchanged and to push back against criticism from within his own coalition. “Our opposition to a Palestinian state in any territory has not changed,” Netanyahu […]

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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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Israel revokes visas of Australian representatives to Palestinian Authority

Pesach Benson — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 05:50:40 +0000

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. In addition, Sa’ar instructed the Israeli Embassy in Canberra to scrutinise any official Australian visa applications to Israel. The move came after Canberra barred […]

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

Pesach Benson — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 05:54:21 +0000

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. The five principles for ending the war adopted by the ministers were the disarming of Hamas, the return […]

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

Bruce S. Ticker — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 07:46:12 +0000

Perhaps the harshest obstacle toward a two-state solution revolves around the Palestinians’ ability to conduct international affairs, which presumably includes Israel, as listed in The New York Times. Hamas, the terror group which seized control of Gaza 18 years ago, played out its concept of “conducting international affairs” on Oct. 7, 2023, by invading southern […]

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