One Palestinian killed, 30 wounded after Jewish group attacked en route to Joseph’s Tomb
A Palestinian youth was killed and some 30 Palestinians were wounded on Wednesday in Nablus during clashes with Israeli forces that erupted when a Jewish group was attacked on the way to Joseph’s Tomb, Israeli media reported. Read more
Project Rozana launches new maternal-fetal telemedicine program to aid Palestinians
July 14, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Australian NGO, Project Rozana has launched a pilot project in the West Bank to provide much-needed health services to over 145,000 women who currently have limited access to health care. Read more
Apple to expand Palestinian R&D centre in Rawabi
Apple announced the expansion of its R&D centre in the Palestinian city of Rawabi, which already employs 60 engineers. Read more
UN-mandated rights inquiry rebukes Israel: Report condemned by the US
An independent commission of inquiry set up by the United Nations Human Rights Council after the 2021 Gaza war says Israel must do more than end the occupation of land Palestinians want for a state. Read more
A Ramadan intifada?
April 6, 2022 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
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The Muslim month of Ramadan, which began on Friday night, is already proving to be the challenge that Israeli authorities had anticipated. Palestinians and radicalized Arab Israelis swarming the Old City of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Saturday and Sunday attacked police, who were stationed at the site to keep the peace. Read more
42% of Arabs in Israel define themselves first as Arabs, 24% as Muslims and 17% as Palestinians
About 42% of Arabs in Israel define themselves first and foremost as Arabs, 24% define themselves primarily as Muslims, and about 17% define themselves as Palestinians, according to a new survey conducted for the Haifa Conference on Arab Politics and Society in Israel at Haifa University. Read more
PA remains silent on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
March 2, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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The Palestinian Authority and Hamas have maintained silence and prefer not to comment on the war in Ukraine due to the fear that taking a stand with one of the sides will harm their interests. Read more
Lapid: ‘Without peace talks, 2022 will likely see Israel designated apartheid state’
January 5, 2022 by JNS
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Israeli Foreign Minister has called for a diplomatic dialogue with the Palestinians, citing concerns that otherwise international organizations may designate Israel an apartheid state. Read more
PLO Central Committee demands Abbas renounces recognition of Israel
November 15, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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A source in the PLO has told TPS that the PLO Central Committee is pressuring its Executive Committee and its chairman, Abu Mazen, to renounce recognition of Israel before the end of the year of time that Abu Mazen had given Israel to withdraw from the Judea and Samaria. Read more
US, Israel remain at loggerheads over consulate to Palestinians in downtown Jerusalem
November 11, 2021 by Dmitriy Shapiro
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Israel and the United States remain at an impasse about American plans to reopen the U.S. consulate on Agron Road in downtown Jerusalem that was closed under former President Donald Trump. Read more
Biden backs UN racist plan to exclude Jews from East Jerusalem
October 25, 2021 by David Singer
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Israel has a real fight on its hands in resisting President Biden’s push to re-open the US consulate in Jerusalem. Read more
In the face of European hypocrisy, time for Israel’s supporters to remake the cultural weather
October 8, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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The European Commission released on Tuesday its first official strategy on fighting antisemitism and promoting Jewish life. Read more
President Biden’s short road back
September 17, 2021 by
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On August 14, 2020, I woke up to a barrage of WhatsApp messages. Group conversations I’m in were buzzing. The UAE and Israel had just announced a peace deal. People wanted to know, was this genuine peace? Was it a joke?..writes Robert Gregory.
The hate-fest that is Durban rears its ugly head again
September 16, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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Next week, the United Nations is set to reinforce infamy. In the wings of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, it is to hold a 20th anniversary summit of its so-called World Conference against Racism that took place in Durban, South Africa, four days before the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Read more
P.A. issues included in the Bennett-Biden meeting
August 30, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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The Palestinian issue was discussed during the Israeli Prime Minister’s meeting with the President of the United States in Washington last Friday. Read more
US and UK demanding oversight of PA security forces following human rights violations
August 25, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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The Palestinian Authority (PA) arrested on Saturday 28 social activists, heads of organizations, and intellectuals, who took part in a protest rally in Manara Square in Ramallah against the PA following the death of political activist Nizar Banat, who died while being interrogated by the PA’s security forces. Read more
Why is support for ‘freedom of worship for Jews’ on the Temple Mount so controversial?
July 20, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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Maybe it was just the product of the ongoing civil war between the different political parties on the Israeli right. Or maybe it was just time that an Israeli prime minister said something that, in a saner world, wouldn’t be considered controversial. Read more
Visit of senior US official to PA – preparing for resumption of negotiations with Israel?
July 12, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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Palestinian and Arab sources have reported in recent days on accelerated diplomatic activity in preparation for the resumption of the diplomatic process between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli government, mediated by Egypt and Jordan. Read more
Palestinian Authority introduces new way for terrorists, families to get cash
The Palestinian Authority has announced a new mechanism for disbursing payments to terrorists and their families by using ATMs at P.A. post offices, according to a report by MEMRI. Read more
UNRWA Gaza chief to take leave of absence amid uproar over Israeli airstrike remarks
The Gaza director of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will be taking a “long leave of absence,” a spokesman for the agency said on Wednesday, according to Hebrew media reports. Read more
MDA vaccinates Palestinian workers
March 5, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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As part of the national effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Israel, the government has decided to provide vaccinations to Palestinian workers with permits to work in Israel. Read more
Report reveals UNRWA continues antisemitic hate, incitement in schools
School material distributed by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) continues to glorify Islamic jihad and incite violence in 2021 despite promises by UNRWA that the hateful content would be removed by last November, revealed a report published on Wednesday. Read more
Fatah official: ‘Criminal jackass’ Trump thrown into garbage bin of history
Senior Palestinian official Jibril Rajoub said in a recent interview that U.S. President Donald Trump, whom he referred to as a “criminal jackass,” had been thrown in the garbage bin of history, and that those Arab leaders that have normalized relations with Israel will share his fate. Read more
The COVID vaccine blood libel against Israel
January 6, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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The headline in The Guardian showed why so many people think Israel is the sum of all evil and deserving of international opprobrium. Read more
Trump will not let UN, PLO and Biden bury his Peace Plan
December 1, 2020 by David Singer
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The Trump-haters are circling Trump’s liferaft promising a comprehensive Middle East peace – but Trump can repel their determined efforts to sink it if he is not nominated as President when the Electoral College votes on 14 December. Read more
The true Rabin legacy could be the basis of a national consensus
November 2, 2020 by Efraim Inbar
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Twenty-five years after Yitzhak Rabin’s murder and still, the debate about his legacy heats up every year as the date of his memorial ceremony approaches. Read more
UN envoy to Palestinians: ‘Do not lose sight of goal of free Palestinian state’
U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolai Mladenov told a mass gathering in the Palestinian Authority on Monday “never to give up” their aspirations for statehood. Read more
Biden: West Bank annexation ‘will choke off hope for peace’
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said on Tuesday that if Israel applies sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, it would “choke off any hope for peace,” according to audio obtained by JNS. Read more
Danon confronts Palestinian representative during UN Security Council
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon and his Palestinian counterpart sparred during a U.N. Security Council discussion on Thursday about Israel’s aid to the Palestinian Authority during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) worldwide outbreak. Read more
‘The woman’ … and her one-sided view of two peoples
February 8, 2020 by Jerold S. Auerbach - JNS
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Ilana Hammerman was not a familiar name. But the subtitle of her new book was irresistible: One Woman’s Story of Challenging Borders in Israel/Palestine. Read more