Posts Tagged: palestinian authority
US Accuses Palestinians of Manufacturing Crisis Over Tax Transfer
The United States accused the Palestinians on Friday of manufacturing a crisis by rejecting the first 2019 monthly tax transfer from Israel because it slashed...
The Media Only Cares About Palestinians If Israel Can Be Blamed
Narrative and bias are the chief problems facing the news media today -- not, as some would have it, issues of revenue created from the...
Why Egypt Works to Curb Hamas’ Influence in Gaza
Egypt's relations with Hamas have always been turbulent. Hamas was formed in 1987 as a Palestinian offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood; Egypt considers the...
Palestinians Reject Monthly Tax Transfer From Israel Over Prisoners Dispute
The Palestinian Authority has rejected the first 2019 monthly tax transfer from Israel because it slashed the portion designated for financial support to families of militants who...
Palestinian ‘Pay-for-Slay’ Policy Will Continue, Despite Israel’s New Law
JNS.org - The Israeli security cabinet decided on Sunday to put into effect a law passed in July to deduct half a billion shekels (approximately...
US Palestinian Mission to Merge With Israel Embassy in March
The United States Consulate General in Jerusalem, which serves Palestinians, will be absorbed into the new US Embassy to Israel in March, an American official said on...
Palestinian Man’s Rape, Murder of Israeli Teenager Condemned by UN, EU Envoys
The recent killing of Israeli teenager Ori Ansbacher in what officials have described as a Palestinian terrorist attack drew increased international condemnation on Monday. Israeli security officials...
Report: European, Arab Foreign Ministers to Meet in Dublin With Palestinian Officials to Discuss Trump Peace Plan
Foreign ministers from a number of Arab and European countries will meet with Palestinian officials in Dublin next week to discuss how to respond to...
A Different Way of Dividing Jerusalem
JNS.org - The Orient House, a grand estate built in the Bab a-Zahara neighborhood of east Jerusalem in the 19th century, has been empty for more...
Trump Middle East Envoy Greenblatt Slams Palestinians Over Peace Rejectionism
US President Donald Trump’s international negotiations representative Jason Greenblatt slammed the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday for "doing nothing” to advance peace. In a series of tweets,...
Is the PA Really Against Terrorism?
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority (PA) last week removed a photo from the website of one of its ministries, because the photo showed a meeting...
American Official: USAID Assistance in West Bank and Gaza Has Ceased
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has ceased all assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, a American official said on...
Abbas Purges His Government of Anyone Who Might Disagree with Him
Reuters reports: The Palestinian government officially submitted its resignation to president Mahmud Abbas Tuesday, a statement said, though it will remain in place while a new...
Palestinian Authority Still Pays Millions to Terrorists and Uses Foreign Aid to Do So
The Palestinian Authority (PA) transferred over $135 million to imprisoned terrorists in 2018, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports. Based on open-source information and the PA's own...
