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Israel News EXCLUSIVE: Does Aid to Palestinians Subsidize the Families of Terrorists?
In July, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a dramatic step against alleged support for terrorism by the Palestinian Authority: Henceforth, he declared, Israel would withhold a portion of the tax revenues it owes to the P.A. in response to the Palestinian leadership’s own payouts to terrorists and their families. The announcement came on the…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority ‘On the Brink of Collapse,’ Mahmoud Abbas Admits
The Palestinian Authority is “on the brink of collapse,” its president, Mahmoud Abbas, told Israeli TV. In an interview with Channel 2 broadcast Thursday night, Abbas also warned of “chaos” if the security cooperation between the P.A. and Israel stops. “There will be rifles and explosions and armed militants everywhere,” Abbas said, according to i24news….
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority Rejects Iranian Funding For Terrorists’s Families
(JTA) — The Palestinian Authority rejected an announcement by Iran saying the Islamic Republic would pay thousands of dollars to families of Palestinians killed while carrying out terror attacks against Israelis. Financial assistance to such families is the purview of the Palestinian Authority, Nabil Abu Rudeina, spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, reportedly said…
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Fast Forward Israeli Left-Winger in Cahoots With Palestinians Put on House Arrest
A left-wing Jewish-Israeli activist who was recorded saying he helps Palestinian authorities find and kill Palestinians who sell land to Jews was released from jail and put on house arrest. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ordered the release of Ezra Nawi on Sunday, two weeks after he was arrested as he attempted to board a plane…
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Fast Forward ‘Palestinian Political Bankruptcy’ Adds to Mideast Woes
As Israel frets about the lifting of sanctions on Iran and its troubled relations with the European Union, on the other side of the Middle East conflict – the Palestinians – an uneasy quiet has fallen that speaks of ideas running out. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, elected to a four-year term 11 years ago this…
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Fast Forward Poland Gives High Honor to a Top Palestinian Official
WARSAW, Poland – The Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Information, Mahmoud Khalifa, was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, one of the highest honors that can be given to a foreigner. Khalifa is a former activist of the Palestine Liberation Organization. For many years he lived in Poland and is a graduate…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority is Not About to Collapse, Says Mahmoud Abbas
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority is not going to collapse, despite reports to the contrary, PA President Mahmoud Abbas said. “The Palestinian Authority exists and it is here. It will be followed by a Palestinian state. The Palestinian Authority is one of our achievements and we won’t give it up,” Abbas said Wednesday night from…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Warns Israel Heading for One-State Reality
(JTA) — Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking at an annual U.S.-Israel confab, said Israel’s government must consider the consequences of evolving toward a single state incorporating the Palestinian areas. “How does Israel possibly maintain its character as a Jewish democratic state?” Kerry said Saturday at the Saban Forum in Washington, D.C. Would Palestinians “be…
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