Posts Tagged: gaza
Palestinians Don’t Have to Live Like Refugees
Dramatic shifts are rare in American foreign policy. But one undeniable example is the Trump administration’s recent decision to cease funding the United Nations Relief...
Israel Reinforces Troops Outside Gaza as Border Riots Enter Seventh Month
Israel said it was reinforcing troops around the Gaza Strip on Thursday as a precaution against incursions by Palestinians during violent riots along its southern...
Palestinians Declare General Strike over Nation-State Law
Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem held a general strike on Monday to express opposition to Israel's new Nation-State Law. Passed by...
World Bank: Abbas Has Withheld Roughly Half a Billion Dollars from Gaza so Far
The World Bank recently issued a report on the dire situation in Gaza -- and it reveals some interesting facts in the recommendations section. For example: Restore...
UNRWA’s Message of Hate and Indoctrination
The education of Palestinian schoolchildren must change drastically if there is ever to be a lasting negotiated peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Why? Because...
Egyptian Envoys Rush to Gaza for ‘Critical’ Talks Aimed at Easing Tensions, Brokering Reconciliation Between Hamas and Fatah
Egyptian envoys have arrived in the Gaza Strip on a "critical visit" to save the possibility of reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah, as well as...
Palestinians Claim Three Killed as 13,000 Riot on Gaza Border; Israel Retaliates With Tank Fire, Airstrikes on Hamas Positions
Violence erupted on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip over the weekend, with over 13,000 rioters reported in six locations along the border fence and...
Poll: One-Third of Palestinians, Half of Gazans, Want to Emigrate; Three-Quarters Say Life Was Better Before Oslo Accords
A new poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research revealed that one-third of all Palestinians and one-half of Gazans want to...
Why Hamas Escalated Its War — and Why It Is Winning
The accumulated deterrence achieved in the three previous rounds of wide-scale fighting between Israel and Hamas in 2008-9, 2012, and 2014 has come to a...
Gaza Needs a New Solution
JNS.org - Perhaps more than any other issue in the Middle East today, the situation in Gaza under the rule of Hamas -- a designated foreign terrorist organization dedicated...
The IDF’s UNRWA Nightmare: Hundreds of Thousands Rioting on Gaza Border
Despite the support voiced by many Israeli politicians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first among them, for the US decision on Friday to cut all funding...
Trump Cuts More Than $200 Million in US Aid to Palestinians
The United States is cutting more than $200 million in aid to the Palestinians, the State Department said on Friday, amid a deteriorating relationship with...
Israel Closes Erez Crossing in Wake of Violent Hamas Riots
JNS.org - Israel’s Defense Ministry has closed the Erez Crossing, the northern entry from Israel into Gaza, following violent riots by Gazans on the border on...
Palestinian Refugees: Right vs. Reality
In my last article, I argued that the ultimate solution to the Palestinian refugees’ right of return is resettlement and/or compensation. Indeed, given the history...
