Terrorist belonging to Fatah, the political party led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, are training in Gaza in preparation for a war with Israel, veteran Palestinian affairs correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh reported Wednesday. A division of Fatah’s militia, the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, recently announced the opening a new terror-training academy in Gaza, in...

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.” That observation can be found at the beginning of the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). What was true when UNESCO was...

A senior Hamas official said that the terrorist organization wants to strengthen ties with Iran, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Monday. “Mahmoud al-Zahar underlined that the Palestinian resistance group is seeking to reinvigorate relations with Iran,” Fars wrote. “Relations with Iran are acceptable but they should further enhance and develop,” al-Zahar told the...

A member of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas was indicted on Tuesday for plotting to carry out a suicide bombing on a Jerusalem bus, Israel’s internal security agency said. Muhammad Fuaz Ibrahim Julani, a 22-year-old Palestinian resident of eastern Jerusalem, was arrested by the Shin Bet on September 9, several days before his attack was...

The cancellation of long-awaited Palestinian elections, as well as the recent hospitalization of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who does not have a clear succession plan, have caused growing concern over whether Palestinians would be prepared to run an effective independent state. Municipal elections had been scheduled for Saturday, but will not be held for several months, if at all,...

The political party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas praised the gunman who murdered two Israelis in Jerusalem on Sunday, referring to him as a “martyr” on social media. Musbah Abu Sbeih opened fire on a crowd of people waiting for a train, wounding six and killing two others before being fatally shot by police....