Palestinian Affairs

On the 70th anniversary of the ratification of the United Nations Partition Plan, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has launched a new website called “Settlements and Solutions” that seeks to use civilian satellite imagery to provide a better understanding of West Bank demography in unprecedented detail that shows that...

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Despite a reconciliation agreement with Fatah, the main Palestinian faction, Hamas, the terror group that controls Gaza, still refuses to disarm and has threatened to send its arms into the West Bank to build a terrorist infrastructure there, the Associated Press reported Monday. As part of the reconciliation agreement between...

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In response to Palestinian calls for Israel to be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court, the Trump administration on Friday advised the Palestinian Authority (PA) that its PLO Mission in Washington D.C. will be shut down unless the PA engages in “direct, meaningful negotiations with Israel.” The Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

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The Taylor Force Act and two other anti-terror measures passed the influential House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. All three measures will move to the full chamber, where they will be voted on by all members of the House, The Times of Israel reported. The Taylor Force Act is named for the United States...

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After the killing of Dr. Fathi Shiqaqi, the head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Malta, widely attributed to the Mossad, Israel’s external security service, Israeli intelligence learned that PIJ operatives were not getting paid, neither were families of terrorists who had been killed or jailed. Shiqaqi, apparently, had been...

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As concerns grow that the Iranian-backed terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) could strike from the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that his country would hold Hamas, which rules Gaza, “responsible” for any attack that targets Israel. The prime minister’s warning underscored the complete military and...

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