Hamas on Wednesday made a point of clearing out of the Gaza residence of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas – a move that Reuters described as “the most concrete sign yet that [the group and Abbas’s Fatah faction] are moving toward reconciliation” – amid deepening concerns among analysts that...

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The Anti-Defamation League this week released the results of a comprehensive international survey of anti-Semitic attitudes. The Palestinian Authority topped the list of the 10 places on earth with the highest level of anti-Semitism. This result underscores the importance of the Israeli demand that the Palestinian political leadership cease its incitement against Israel. The...

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Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth this weekend assessed that the Palestinian Authority (PA) faces what the outlet described as an “economic meltdown,” days before the two dominant Palestinian factions – Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and Fatah, which controls Palestinian portions of the West Bank – announced that they were...

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A poll released this morning by The Israel Project (TIP) shows that voters overwhelmingly hold the Palestinian Authority (PA) responsible for the recent breakdown in peace talks and overwhelmingly agree with the stance – emphasized by both the Israeli government and the State Department – that Jerusalem can’t be expected...

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Palestinian outlet Ma’an reported Monday that the United Nations had officially accepted the Palestinians as members of the U.N. Convention against Corruption, one of scores of international institutions that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has committed to joining and – of those treaties and bodies – one of many that analysts...

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A recent report from a Palestinian human rights group shows a sharp rise in human rights violations in areas under Palestinian control. A report published yesterday by the Ramallah-based Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR), “offers a hint at the kind of scrutiny the Palestinian Authority might face after joining United Nations agencies...

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Outgoing Israeli President Shimon Peres told an Israeli television interviewer earlier this week that three years ago he nearly had an agreement with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The Palestinians seized on this interview to claim that it is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has been an obstacle to peace....

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Yossi Cohen, Israel’s national security adviser, recently sent a letter to “to the White House, the EU and numerous ambassadors” offering evidence that last month’s failure of peace negotiations was deliberately planned by the Palestinian Authority. The Times of Israel reports: In the April 22 letter, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security...

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Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) on Wednesday told the Jerusalem Post that existing U.S. law is sufficient to curtail assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) should a government emerge drawing ministers from both the rival Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions, as reportedly envisioned by a recently-announced unity agreement between the two...

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Luis Moreno-Ocampo, a former prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), warned the Palestinian Authority that if it becomes a party to the ICC in order to pressure Israel, the decision could backfire. As reported in Ynet: When he was the court’s chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo turned down a request...

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