Palestinian Affairs

At a time when Hamas is trying to improve its relations with Iran, Egypt and Qatar are also in the process of rapprochement after years of tension. Resumed ties between them will likely have an impact on the Palestinian terror group, al-Monitor predicted (Arabic link). Hamas waited several days before making an announcement...

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Victims of Palestinian terror should bring their claims to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) application to join the court, Shurat Hadin, Israel Law Center, wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday. Today, Mahmoud Abbas signed the Rome Treaty to join the ICC. The day has arrived...

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday signed on to nearly two dozen international agreements, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, setting up a showdown with the United States that The New York Times assessed could include “severe sanctions” from Washington and triggering accusations that the Palestinians...

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After failing to get the requisite votes to impose a peace agreement on Israel in the United Nations Security Council, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas signed onto twenty international treaties, including the Rome Statute, VOA News reported today. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on...

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A Palestinian resolution calling to impose a peace settlement on Israel failed in a United Nations Security Council vote tonight, garnering only eight votes, one short of the number required to have forced a promised veto from the United States. The New York Times reports: The United States and Australia...

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The United States on Monday signaled that it would oppose unilateral Palestinian efforts at the United Nations, with State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke telling reporters that a new draft Palestinian proposal “fails to account for Israel’s legitimate security needs, and the satisfaction of those needs, of course, integral to a sustainable settlement.”...

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