Palestinian Affairs

Six Hamas terrorists were killed in a large blast in the center of the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel reported Saturday. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, claimed that six of its members were killed in the explosion and blamed the blast on Israel. A statement from the group said that...

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s apology for his widely criticized anti-Semitic remarks was rejected as insufficient by a number of commenters on Twitter, most notably former Knesset member Einat Wilf. Wilf, who is a leading thinker about Zionism, observed on Friday, “Key point to understand in #Abbas apology: For Palestinians, there is...

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Background Hamas, the Islamist terrorist organization which exercises complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, on March 30 launched a six week long “March of Return” riot along the Gaza-Israeli border. Large groups of rioters marched on the border with the intent to breach the security fence and...

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An editorial in The New York Times published Thursday described a speech given earlier this week by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s as “vile” and called on him to leave office. The speech, which Abbas gave at the first meeting of the Palestinian National Council in 22 years on Sunday, attributed persecution of Jews to “social...

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A blaze started by kites carrying burning fuel have ignited fields in southern Israel requiring ten teams of firefighters to fight them, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The fires were the largest since Palestinians participating in riots led by the terrorist group Hamas started adopting the tactic. The area...

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Politicians and diplomats representing the United States, European Union, United Nations, and Israel have condemned recent remarks made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday at the first meeting of the Palestinian National Council in more than twenty years, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. In the course of a speech...

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