Palestinian Affairs

Israeli authorities released security camera footage on Thursday showing an unidentified man smuggling guns onto the Temple Mount, which were then used by three terrorists to kill two Israeli policemen on Friday. The footage tracks the movements of the three Arab-Israeli gunmen—Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Jabarin, 29; Muhammad Hamad Abdel Latif Jabarin,...

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Israel’s decision to install metal detectors at the entrance to the Temple Mount following a deadly terror attack there was based on “pure security” and not political considerations, a former head of Israel’s internal security organization said Thursday. At a press briefing hosted by The Israel Project, former Shin Bet chief and...

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The United States-sponsored water agreement signed last week between Israel and the Palestinian Authority marked the end of Palestinian efforts to obstruct joint water projects in order to delegitimize Israel, an expert on Israeli water technology wrote in a recent op-ed published in The New York Times. Seth Siegel, author...

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For the third consecutive night, violent altercations broke out between Muslim worshipers and the police in Jerusalem’s Old City. According to police reports, a group of Muslim worshipers threw rocks and bottles at police officers stationed by the Temple Mount after evening prayers on Tuesday, lightly injuring two officers. Police...

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An English-language press release issued on Tuesday by the Islamist terror organization Hamas to protest the temporary closing of the Temple Mount by Israeli authorities following an attack there on Friday contained an unexpected, and possibly unintended, revelation. The Temple Mount was reopened Monday with additional security measures to prevent further violence, including...

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The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas called on its followers to wage a “religious war” against Israel on Saturday, shortly after security forces temporarily closed the Temple Mount following a deadly attack there. The Islamist group’s spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, called for an “uprising” to attack Israeli soldiers and residents of the West Bank, the...

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