Palestinian Affairs

The Knesset overwhelmingly passed into law on Monday a bill that allows Israel to deduct the payments the Palestinian Authority makes to Palestinian terrorists and their families from the taxes Israel collects and passes on to the PA, The Times of Israel reported. The bill, which passed 87-15, aims at...

Continue Reading >>

The Palestinian Authority authorized West Bank activists to organize protests of the yet to be released Middle East peace plan being formulated by the United States government, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. The decision to authorize the demonstrations against the nascent peace plan, and even before it is released to...

Continue Reading >>

The IDF thwarted an infiltration attempt from Gaza, leaving one terrorist dead, and two in Israeli custody, The Times of Israel reported Monday. A fourth infiltrator escaped back to Gaza. According to the IDF, the infiltrators cut through the border fence separating Israel from Gaza and attempted to set an...

Continue Reading >>

Australia said Monday that it has discontinued funding the Palestinian Authority because of concern that the money is making PA payments to terrorists and their families possible, The Jerusalem Post reported. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced the country had cut funding of AU$10m ($7.4m) to the World Bank’s Multi-Donor Trust...

Continue Reading >>

In the past three months, hundreds of fire kites and flaming helium balloons – some with explosives attached – have been launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel, causing hundreds of fires, often several a day, that have burned thousands of acres (nearly 7 square miles of land) on the...

Continue Reading >>

In a press briefing hosted by The Israel Project on Thursday, Micah Lakin Avni, the son of terror victim Richard Lakin, said that the PA “could decide whenever they want, to stop allocating those funds to terrorists.” The briefing focused on a Knesset committee’s approval of a bill that would deduct the Palestinian...

Continue Reading >>