Palestinian Affairs

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) must undergo significant reform to advance the chances of peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Joshua S. Block, CEO and President of The Israel Project, wrote in an op-ed published by The Algemeiner on Tuesday. “This issue is not a matter...

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Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, broke up a Hamas operation in the West Bank City of Hebron, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. The Shin Bet charged that the ring, which was headed by Nizar Shehadeh and Faras Abu Sharah, both described as “senior Hamas operatives,” who had been...

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) must undergo significant reform to secure past levels of funding from the United States, a senior American diplomat said on Tuesday, The Algemeiner reported. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said, “We were supposed to the last time...

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Fatah and Hamas, the two dominant Palestinian factions, are unable to agree on reconciliation or even on a truce agreement with Israel that could improve conditions for residents of Gaza, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who also is head of the Fatah party, objects to...

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The United States announced that it would cut $200 million in annual aid from the Palestinian Authority (PA), The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. The impetus for reducing the aid, according to a State Department spokesman, was the result of a review “to ensure these funds are spent in accordance with...

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Israel’s finance minister is eliciting support for a plan to strengthen the West Bank’s economy from the United States and European Union even as the Palestinian Authority is opposing such efforts, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. During the past three years, Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon has been promoting a plan to build jointly-operated...

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