Palestinian journalists operating in both Gaza and the West Bank are subject to high levels of intimidation, according to a report published Tuesday in Al-Monitor. The report cited a study by the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms from 2014, which “found that 80% of Palestinian journalists in the West Bank...

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In a letter sent to Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday, a bipartisan majority of 75 senators pressed the administration to oppose the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) attempts to join the International Criminal Court (ICC). The senators declared that PA President Abbas’ “effort contravenes the spirit of earlier agreements between...

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A bipartisan group of members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote a letter Tuesday to Secretary of State John Kerry urging the State Department to revoke economic assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in response to the PA’s decision to join the International Criminal Court (ICC). The PA signed the ICC’s founding treaty,...

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In another sign of the fraying of the unity agreement between Hamas and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, Hamas officials reactivated their parliament on Wednesday, which had been suspended since the agreement. Only Hamas legislators attended the session, which took place in the terrorist-controlled Gaza Strip. At the center of the dispute between Hamas...

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A trial to determine the civil liability of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Palestinian Authority (PA) in terror attacks in Israel between 2001 and 2004 opened in New York on Wednesday. According to the New York Post: The PLO and PA are accused of plotting and funding seven terrorism attacks...

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed to Turkey with a knight’s honor by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. When the two shook hands on the steps of Erdogan’s new luxurious and controversial palace in Ankara, they were surrounded by 16 guards dressed as knights in armor and carrying spears or...

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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...

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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...

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A bill introduced in Congress on Tuesday threatens to cut off U.S. financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) until Ramallah withdraws a bid announced in late December to join the International Criminal Court (ICC). The legislation, introduced by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), stipulates that no money be given to the PA “until the...

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The Palestinian Authority (PA) is ineligible to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it is not a “sovereign state,” spokesperson Jen Psaki said at yesterday’s State Department’s daily press briefing: Well, let me give you a short answer and then let me take part of this, because there’s a legal answer...

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