Palestinian Affairs

The United States on Saturday blocked a draft United Nations Security Council statement expressing “grave concern” over Israel’s handling of the Hamas-led “March of Return” along the border with Gaza and calling for an “independent and transparent investigation” into the violence. The resolution, tabled by Kuwait which represents the Arab...

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At least ten of the fifteen Palestinians killed at the Gaza border during a violent march orchestrated by the Islamic terrorist organization Hamas on Friday were known members of Palestinian terrorist groups, the Times of Israel reported. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday night published a list of their...

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Israeli forces apprehended an unarmed Gazan man who broke through the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip and crossed through into Israel, near the community of Zikim, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. It was third infiltration attempt this week. The man was turned over to the Shin Bet...

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Just days after the United States Congress passed the bipartisan Taylor Force Act into law, the Palestinian Authority published its 2018 budget, which includes $355 million allocated to payment of terrorists and their families, Palestinian Media Watch reported Wednesday. The Taylor Force Act would reduce U.S. aid to the PA...

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In a further demonstration that it exercises complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, Hamas, the terrorist organization that governs there, says it mobilized 30,000 of its members for military drills on Sunday and Monday, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. The members of  Hamas’s Izaddin al Qassam...

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On Monday, Hamas security forces intervened when students protested a raise in tuition at the Al-Azhar University in the Gaza Strip. At least five Palestinian students were beaten and injured by the Hamas police during the demonstration, The Times of Israel reported Monday. The students were opposing the university administration’s...

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