Palestinian Affairs

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has left the Gulf state of Qatar, which had been his home since 2012, and has moved to Turkey, according to a report published Monday in The Christian Science Monitor. Meshaal’s departure is reportedly the result of the growing influence of the rapprochement between Qatar and...

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A poll released last week revels that a majority of Palestinians believe that Israel is possibly behind the terror attacks in Paris earlier this month. The Times of Israel reports: The survey, which was released last week by the official Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat al-Jadida, showed 84.4 percent of Palestinians,...

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In a speech Sunday night, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, praised the U.S.-Israel relationship and explained the importance of the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner to Israel’s Prime Minister of Israel to speak before a joint session of Congress on March 3. Placing a heavy emphasis on...

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Yesterday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv, in which at least 17 Israelis were injured when a Palestinian terrorist boarded a bus and attacked commuters with a knife before being apprehended by Israeli police, is increasingly seen as occurring in an environment of Palestinian anti-Israel incitement. There has been increased incitement to violence...

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Hamas, which exerts strict control over the Gaza Strip, allowed a public demonstration in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to take place on the streets of Gaza Monday. The rally was to back the radical Islamist groups and to support the recent terror attacks in France....

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At least 12 people were wounded Wednesday morning, four of them seriously, when a Palestinian from the West Bank suddenly drew a knife and started stabbing people on a crowded passenger bus during Tel Aviv’s morning rush hour, Ynet reported. At roughly 7:15 am a terrorist boarded Dan Line 40...

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