Posts Tagged: palestine
Regional Players Maneuver to Reconfigure the Israeli-Palestinian Landscape
A possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, may be about more than ending the ongoing, escalating violence that...
Why Are Palestinian Refugees Different From All Other Refugees?
Why indeed? News reports suggest that the US administration is considering a historic decision to redefine who is and is not a Palestinian “refugee.” I hope...
Is a Historic Decision on UNRWA Imminent?
The next few weeks could be remembered in the annals of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as historic. The US administration is due to decide at the...
Admit It: The Palestinian Authority Is a ‘Terror-Sponsoring Entity’
JNS.org - Recent moves by the US administration towards the Palestinians are signs that as we approach the 25th anniversary of the Oslo Accords (signed...
BBC Tries to Erase Hamas’ Role in ‘Great Return March’ Violence
On August 28, a filmed report titled “Bullet shatters Palestinian cyclist’s Asian Games dream” was posted on the BBC News website’s "Middle East" page. According...
Hamas Ministry Says UNRWA Only Provides Health Coverage for 5% of Population — But 67% Are ‘Refugees’
On Monday, the Gaza Ministry of Health warned that hospitals and medical clinics in Gaza were in danger of closing due to a lack of...
UNRWA Is Not the Solution
JNS.org - It seems that quite a few officials at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv are concerned by reports that the United States plans to cut funding...
Fire Kites Sting Negev Honey Farms Just Before Rosh Hashanah
JNS.org - When you drive into Israel’s Sha’ar HaNegev Region in the northwestern Negev, the fields are burnt and black. The trees are broken, and...
By the Way, the Palestinians Are Still Setting Fires in Southern Israel
YNet reports: Three fires broke out on Monday afternoon, two of them near Israeli communities by the Gaza border. Firefighters, including KKL teams, gained control of...
The Failure of the Palestinian ‘March of Return’
JNS.org - The war of attrition that Hamas launched against Israel in March 2018 -- the “March of Return” campaign -- at first attracted great...
Should Gaza Be the Palestinian State?
Proponents of a two-state solution foresee a future Palestinian state in most of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip. In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to...
Why UNRWA’s Funding Should Be Cut
The Trump administration’s decision to slash annual funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) by half has drawn special attention to the...
Will Abbas Close Banks in Gaza to Punish Hamas?
I don't know how reliable this report is, but Al Akhbar in Lebanon is reporting that Mahmoud Abbas is drawing up plans to severely punish all Gazans...
European Union Continues to Fiscally Back Hate Education Against Israel
JNS.org - In May 2018, the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy published a report titled “The Money Trail: The Millions Given by EU...
