Hamas and Fatah are continuing to fight each other for funds and influence instead of working to rebuild Gaza, Avi Issacharoff reported Sunday in The Times of Israel. Issacharoff reports that at the end of December, a meeting in Gaza between Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and Hamas to discuss reconstruction ended...

In the wake of last week’s terror attacks in Paris that left seventeen people dead, French authorities have decided on the largest “military force in France has … used in civilian protection” to date, The Washington Post reported today. The extraordinary measures marked the first time such a large military force in...

The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, a paramilitary group run by the terrorist organization Hamas, announced the opening of military youth camps throughout the Gaza Strip under the name “Pioneers of Independence.” The Al-Qassam Brigades’ Twitter account issued a statement (Arabic link) declaring that the camps are designated for youth aged 15-21. The camps...

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has claimed that if the Jews leave France, France “will be judged a failure.” Valls made those remarks in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic on Saturday. The choice was made by the French Revolution in 1789 to recognize Jews as full citizens,” Valls told me....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday was among the fifty-six world leaders who joined an estimated 3.7 million people in the largest gathering in French history in a show of unity in the aftermath of last week’s terror attacks in Paris that left seventeen people dead. Bloomberg News reports: Thousands of...

Gaza reconstruction has once again been put on hold has the Palestinian Authority (PA) is unwilling to release funds for that purpose until it has full control of Gaza The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Following a rare government meeting in Gaza Tuesday, the government of Rami Hamdallah said Wednesday...