Zayzafuna is a Palestinian Authority (PA)-sponsored youth magazine. Its advisory board includes PA Deputy Minister of Education Jihad Zakameh. It is occasionally lauded for publishing educational information. Other times its content is less productive: A children’s educational magazine sponsored by the Palestinian Authority extols the wit and wisdom of Adolf...

Hamas’s admission this week that it was responsible for the construction of a tunnel built between the Gaza Strip and Israel – and that the tunnel was to be used in attacks – has sharpened concerns that the group is trying to launch a spectacular terror attack in order to...

Hamas officials are scrambling to halt what has become a broadly acknowledged slide in the organization’s international position and domestic popularity. After making a series of bad gambles – betting heavily on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood being the most damaging – the group finds itself in a tailspin. Some of...

The launch of a new website may reignite a smoldering media controversy over how Palestinian rock throwing – a common tactic directed at Israeli civilians and police forces – is portrayed. Last August the New York Times was blasted by media outlets and watchdog groups for what they described as...

Hamas last month for the first time confirmed that the Iran-backed terror group possesses Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS), parading them through the streets of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The systems have been described by the State Department as “particularly attractive weapons to terrorists and criminals” due to their...

Endemic Palestinian Authority (PA) corruption long ago reached the point where top PA figures were suing each other over the issue. Literally dozens of top officials were investigated last April for corruption, nepotism, and mismanagement. European auditors have gotten around to putting a price tag on the misuse, misallocation, and...