Members of Israel’s governing coalition sought this weekend and into Monday to dampen criticism of a Cabinet decision to release 104 jailed Palestinian terrorists – almost all convicted of murdering Israeli civilians – as a gesture toward Palestinian diplomats, who have been demanding the concession as a condition for returning...

One of the two Palestinian negotiators sent to conduct exploratory peace talks in Washington has a less than peaceful social media presence, The Tower has learned. Mohammad Shtayyeh is a low-profile but veteran Palestinian negotiator. The 53-year-old was born and raised in the West Bank city of Nablus. He earned...

Palestinian officials have imposed further precondition that they are demanding Israel fulfill before they will sit down for peace talks scheduled to begin next week in Washington. A Palestinian source spoke to the left-leaning gazette Ha’aretz to explain the new ultimatum: The Palestinians will not take part in peace talks scheduled to...

Israel’s regional cooperation minister made a visit to Jericho on Thursday – the first by a high-level Israeli official since 2007 – to inaugurate a  Japanese-funded Palestinian industrial park in the West Bank city. Silvan Shalom, Israel’s minister of regional cooperation, spoke about the economic and political components of peacemaking...

A report by a watchdog group on renewed Palestinian incitement has sparked a debate over the capacity and willingness of Palestinian officials in general, and of the Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas specifically, to make peace with Israel. A picture posted to an official Fatah social media outlet...

Hamas on Thursday deepened its campaign against journalists operating in the Gaza Strip, which the Palestinian terror group controls and over which it has tried to exert increasingly authoritarian rule. Three media companies, including the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television station and the Palestinian news agency Ma’an, were shuttered. Al Arabiya and Maan...