Palestinian Affairs

How would you describe a man sentenced by a legitimate court of law to multiple life sentences in prison for directing numerous attacks, including suicide bombings, against civilian and military targets? If your moral compass were intact, you would likely be looking for words such as “remorseless terrorist” or “cold-blooded...

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An ex-Palestinian Authority minister revealed in a statement, posted on social media on Sunday, that he quit his post in October 2015 because of the high level of corruption in the Palestinian government. Shawqi al-Issa, who served as minister of agriculture and minister of social affairs in the Palestinian unity...

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A new report by the UN has described Gaza as “unliveable” after 10 years of Hamas rule. The report, published on Tuesday, describes living conditions for the two million people in the Palestinian enclave as deteriorating “further and faster” than the prediction made in 2012 that the enclave would become...

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The White House’s special envoy for international negotiations has returned to the Middle East for the sixth time in as many months, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Jason Greenblatt met with Palestinian officials in Jerusalem on Tuesday, even as the Palestinians continue to refuse to end payments to terrorists—a priority...

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The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, expressed its support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel in a Twitter post last week. “We salute and support the influential BDS Movement,” the Islamist faction tweeted on its official English-language account. We salute and support...

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Israeli officials slammed UNESCO on Friday after it passed a Palestinian-backed resolution calling Hebron “Islamic” and designating its Old City, home of the biblical Tomb of the Patriarchs, as a Palestinian world heritage site in danger. .@UNESCO resolution recognizing Palestinian version of Hebron history omitted little things like 1929 massacre that expelled...

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