Terrorists affiliated with Fatah, the faction led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, have taken responsibility for the murder of an Israeli couple driving in the West Bank Thursday, The Times of Israel reported today. The Abdel Qader al-Husseini Brigades, a group affiliated with Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, announced on Friday that its...

• Kindle

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s announcement Wednesday that he no longer considers himself bound by the Oslo Accords shows that he has “effectively given up” on a negotiated peace deal with Israel, The New York Times stated in a staff editorial. It is hard to gauge what President Abbas’s declaration before the United Nations General Assembly...

• Kindle

An Israeli couple were killed in a shooting while driving between Itamar and Elan Moreh in the West Bank. The assailants reportedly shot multiple times from at least two weapons, a rifle and a handgun, before speeding away in their car, which was later abandoned. The Times of Israel reported that four children were also...

• Kindle

In his speech today at the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listed a litany of incendiary statements and violent plots made by Iran and its terrorist proxy groups against the Jewish state, but promised that Iran’s “plan to destroy Israel will fail.” He specifically noted that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

• Kindle

Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the United Nations on Wednesday has made the headlines for its seeming rejection of previous agreements with Israel. Less noted is that the speech is a veritable tissue of lies. Below are only a few of the most egregious examples taken from news reports.  “As long...

• Kindle

In a speech at the United Nations today, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that his government “cannot continue to be bound by these signed agreements with Israel.” However, Abbas gave no deadline on when, or even if, cooperation with Israel based on agreements such as the Oslo Accords would stop. Threats...

• Kindle

If Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announces at the United Nations General Assembly next week that the Oslo Accords are dead, as he is expected to do, then he should relinquish the billions of dollars of aid the PA has misappropriated and use it to help real refugees, Liel Leibovitz argued Thursday...

• Kindle

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, saying that successful talks would lead to peace between Israel and more Arab countries. In an interview with the Associated Press Sunday, Sisi said that resolving the Palestinian issue could “change the face of the region and … bring about enormous improvement...

• Kindle

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to stop using “inflammatory” rhetoric regarding the Temple Mount, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday, citing Israel Radio. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that he fears recent inflammatory statements will increase tensions in Jerusalem, Israel Radio...

• Kindle

A poll of Palestinians residing in both the West Bank and Gaza shows increased support for terror and opposition to the two-state solution, The Times of Israel reported Monday. A slight majority of 51% said it opposed the two-state solution, while 48% supported it. The figure marks a slight increase...

• Kindle