While in Saudi Arabia yesterday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued an unequivocal condemnation of the kidnapping of Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel. The Palestinian leader also expressed fear that the kidnappers wanted “to destroy [the PA].” The Jerusalem Post reports: “These three boys are human beings like us, and...

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Officials from the Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas have spent recent days openly lashing out against the rival Hamas faction as evidence continued to emerge – acknowledged by the Americans, by the Israelis, and by Fatah officials themselves – that the terror group was linked to...

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In Terrorists and Kleptocrats: How Corruption is Eating the Palestinians Alive, featured in the June 2014 issue of The Tower Magazine, Aaron Menenberg describes his two years serving in the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s Civil Administration. Menenberg’s job, as he describes it, was “to ensure aid projects funded by foreign governments...

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Ha’aretz reported Tuesday that the government of Norway has cancelled a conference of donor countries to the Palestinian Authority, which was scheduled for next week. Norway agreed to postpone the conference, which was to focus on economic development for the PA, after the kidnappings of three Israeli teenagers by the terrorist...

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Palestinian Authority intelligence has assessed that Hamas is behind the kidnapping of three Israeli teens, The Times of Israel reported, citing a Palestinian official. This assessment is in line with both the conclusions reached by Israel and a statement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The official said that...

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In an op-ed that appeared in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley argues that the “technocratic” Palestinian unity government is “a transparent trick meant to keep the dollars coming.” In Time for U.S. to Stop Funding Terrorists, Berkley, a Democrat, outlines the dangers that the joint Fatah-Hamas...

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On Friday Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the monarchy of Qatar would resolve the issue of the salaries of Gaza-based Hamas employees who were effectively fired when the Palestinian unity government was formed nearly two weeks ago. The Gulf state said it would contribute a total of $60 million (44...

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The New York Times on Thursday conveyed remarks from Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah – who sits atop the newly formed cabinet agreed to by the rival Hamas and Fatah factions – admitting that his unity government has functionally zero control over the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip: “You have...

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The IDF is conducting a search for three missing yeshiva students in the areas near Gush Etzion and Hebron. 3 missing teenagers since last night is a serious event. #IDF mission ongoing in order to establish the circumstances of disappearance. — Peter Lerner (@LTCPeterLerner) June 13, 2014 Ynet reports: Israeli...

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In an interview with Wall Street Journal editorial board member Mary Kissel, (embedded below) former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren explains that the reason for the “outrage” expressed by Israeli officials to the Obama administration’s acceptance of the Fatah-Hamas unity government is that the United States reversed a...

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