Palestinian Affairs

Leaders of the Free Gaza Movement, a U.S.-based organization which has led “flotilla” efforts to break Israel’s blockade of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, used the group’s official social media outlets to blame “Zionists” for the Holocaust. The group, whose board of advisors includes human rights activists such as author...

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Hamas is struggling to cope with evidence linking its security forces to tortures and summary executions, as reports spread that three Palestinians were recently executed on the basis of “confessions” given under coercion. The Iranian proxy, which controls the Gaza Strip, was criticized over the abuses by Human Rights Watch. Watchdog...

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The United States has warned European countries that supporting unilateral moves by the Palestinian Authority at the United Nations, where the Palestinians are attempting to achieve non-member observer status outside of a negotiated framework with Israel, would be “extremely counterproductive”and result in “significant negative consequences.” In a private memo, the...

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A recent Palestinian move to use the United Nations to bolster claims to statehood “threatens United States and Israeli interests” and “undermines all internationally accepted frameworks for peace,” according to a Heritage Foundation report authored by Brett D. Schaefer and James Phillips. The report insists that “firm action is necessary”...

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