The Palestinian Authority has accused the U.S. delegation of being mouthpieces for the Israel government and refused Washington’s watered-down demand to stop paying salaries to Palestinian terrorists, The Times of Israel reported Friday. Jared Kushner, senior presidential adviser and Trump’s chief Middle East negotiator, met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...

After meeting with top American envoys on Wednesday about efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas defiantly defended his government’s practice of paying salaries to terrorists and their families. In a speech read on Abbas’ behalf by his senior adviser Nabil Shaath at the Herzliya Conference on Thursday,...

In June 2007, two years after Israel ended its occupation of the Gaza Strip and dismantled its settlement communities, the terrorist group Hamas took over control of the territory from the Palestinian Authority after months of violence between their rival forces. Since then, Hamas has kept a tight grip on...

A former senior Fatah member and rival to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has brokered a deal between Egypt and Hamas to bring electricity to Gaza. Mohammad Dahlan, expelled from Fatah in 2011 by PA President Mahmoud Abbas, has reportedly concluded a deal where Egypt is expected to send...

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas on Friday took credit for the killing of Israeli policewoman Hadas Malka in Jerusalem earlier that day, the Long War Journal reported. Hamas official Izzat Risheq wrote on Twitter that Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) had dispatched the three...

Israel on Monday reduced the amount of electricity it is providing to the Gaza Strip, in compliance with a request from the Palestinian Authority, The Times of Israel reported. The Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority (PENRA) announced that Israel would reduce the amount of power it provides to the...