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| December 5, 2012
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Abbas Threatens ICC Charges Over Israeli Housing Plans

Palestinian Authority warns that it may file war crimes charges against Israel with the Int’l Crimes Court if it doesn’t halt east Jerusalem building plans

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Israel is moving forward with plans for two major settlement projects in east Jerusalem, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, even as a senior Palestinian official warned that his government could pursue war crimes charges if Israel does not halt such construction.

International anger over Israeli settlement construction has snowballed in recent days, following the UN’s decision to upgrade the Palestinian Authority’s status to that of a “nonmember state” last week.

Israel retaliated by announcing plans to build 3,000 homes in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, as well as preparations for construction of an especially sensitive project near Jerusalem, known as E1. Continue Reading »

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| December 4, 2012
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Jordanian King to Visit Ramallah to Help Abbas Establish ‘State of Palestine’

Jordan’s King Abdullah II is set to arrive in Ramallah for a visit. 

The King is the 1st Arab leader to visit since the PA was granted an upgraded status at the UN General Assembly.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Jordan’s King Abdullah is set to arrive in Ramallah on Thursday on the first visit of an Arab leader to the area since the Palestinian Authority was granted UN recognition as a non-member observer state.

Jordan's King Abdullah meets with PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas

Jordan’s King Abdullah meets with PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas – Reuters

“King Abdullah will visit the state of Palestine the day after tomorrow, on Thursday, in the first visit by a top official to the Palestinian state after we received UN recognition,” Nimr Hammad, political adviser to Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmud Abbas, told AFP on Tuesday. Continue Reading »

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| December 2, 2012
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Israel will no longer pass Tax Funds to PA

Israel has decided to withhold taxes collected for the PA that were to be transferred next month.
No more free electricity.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Israel has decided to withhold taxes collected for the Palestinian Authority that were to be transferred later in the month. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz made the announcement Sunday morning at the weekly government Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.

The move is being made in response to the United Nations vote to approve a new status for the PA as a nonmember observer state — in effect, recognizing the PA as a de facto sovereign state. It allows the PA access to numerous U.N. Continue Reading »

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| September 30, 2012
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Barak tells Liberman: If Abbas falls, Hamas will take over West Bank

Defense minister Barak denounces Liberman’s attacks on Abbas, warns of Hamas taking control of West Bank if Abbas’ PA collapses.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak over the weekend denounced Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman’s call for the ouster from office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, claiming that if the PA regime were to lose influence, then the West Bank would come under Hamas control.

DEFENSE MINISTER Ehud Barak - Photo: REUTERS

DEFENSE MINISTER Ehud Barak – Photo: REUTERS

Speaking to associates, Barak said, “Liberman’s comments on the Palestinian Authority and its head do not represent the policy of the Israeli government policy, and harm Israel’s interests. Continue Reading »

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| September 16, 2012
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EU ups its pledges to €200M aid for the Palestinians

EU to double its aid package to PA; development funds earmarked for infrastructure & rehabilitation

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EU headquarters – Photo: AP

The European Union will double its aid for Palestinian development and the Palestinian Authority to €200 million in 2012, the EU executive said on Friday.

The development aid will be focused on water, sanitation and support for refugees. A further €100 million aid credits unspent last year will be also spent in 2012, the European Commission said in a statement.

“The decision shows our commitment to help the people of Palestine in the areas which are vital to their everyday lives,” said Stefan Fuele, EU commissioner for enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy. Continue Reading »

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| September 15, 2012
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Palestinian Authority accuses Hamas of exploiting protests to export its coup

Hamas PM Haniyeh says recent wave of protests prove Oslo Accords have failed. PA spokesman: Hamas working to “export its coup” to the West Bank in order to overthrow Abbas

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The Palestinian Authority on Saturday accused Hamas of exploiting peaceful protests against the high cost of living to spread chase and anarchy in the West Bank.

Adndan Damiri, spokesman for the PA security forces, also accused Hamas of working to overthrow the PA regime in the West Bank.

Palestinians stage economic protest in Hebron - Photo: REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Palestinians stage economic protest in Hebron – Photo: REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Damiri claimed that the PA security forces have received information about Hamas’s efforts to destabilize the situation in the West Bank.

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| September 10, 2012
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Ayalon: Israel will reject Abbas’ request for PA economic accord review

Abbas requests a review of the 1994 Paris Protocol amid pressure from protesters to cancel PA-Israeli economic agreement.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on Monday said that Israel will reject Palestinian requests to update the 1994 Paris Protocol, the framework that established economic relations between Israel and the PA, Israel Radio reported.

Palestinians have huge debts to Israel, and yet they are operating against it in international organizations, Ayalon said.

Danny Ayalon

Danny AyalonPhoto: Courtesy

“There is no room to fix it when there is no progress in the political channel, and the Palestinians have huge debts to Israel for transferring gas and electricity, for example,” he said.

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| September 9, 2012
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Historian Benny Morris: Arab Hate the Obstacle to Peace

The Arab goal of destroying Israel in the name of Islam is the obstacle to Israeli-Arab peace, says conflict historian.

 

The main obstacle to Israeli-Arab peace is the Palestinian nationalist movement’s fanaticism and refusal to compromise, historian Benny Morris has said.

Morris, who was once numbered among Israel’s most staunchly left-wing academics, told Haaretz, “The decades of researching the conflict… left me with a feeling of deep despair,” he said. “I’ve written enough about a conflict that has no solution, primarily due to the Palestinians’ consistency in rejecting a two-state solution.”

He mentioned his most recent book, “One State, Two States,” which, he said, describes a “historic journey” with a political purpose. Continue Reading »

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| September 5, 2012
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Palestinians protest cost of living by taking to streets

Due to ailing economy, self immolation incidents sweep across the PA in wave of social protests.

By Elior Levy

 

Israelis are not the only ones protesting price hikes and a general increase in the cost of living: Palestinians across the West Bank protested on Tuesday against the rising price of petrol, while police forces attempted to restore order.

Fuad Shubaki, the general director of the Palestinian Petroleum Corporation, recently announced that the Palestinian Authority is looking into the possibility of importing petrol from other countries in coordination with Israel.

Shubaki claimed that his announcement has nothing to do with the recent protests. Continue Reading »

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| August 27, 2012
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Palestinian President Denies Jewish Temple & Christian Theology

Mahmoud Abbas refers to the “alleged” Jewish Temple, and then if not Jewish, how did the money changers chase Jesus?

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas frequently refers to the “alleged” Jewish Temple, but if it was not Jewish, there is no basis for Christian belief, as written in the New Testament in Matthew (21:12), that Jewish “moneychangers” chased Jesus from the Holy Temple. However, Christians so far have not reacted to the implicit denial of their belief.

Temple Mount – Photo: Phillip Pasmanick

The PA campaign to eradicate Jewish history at the Temple Mount , as well as in the rest of Israel, has escalated sharply in the past two years. Continue Reading »

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| August 16, 2012
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PA Electric Company: Theft is leading Us to Bankruptcy

The Palestinian Authority Electric Company intimidated by  “refugee camp” residents.

 

 

The Palestinian Authority Electric Company has complained that theft is driving it bankrupt. The company owes the Israel Electric Company 423 million shekels, largely due to 550 million shekels of unpaid bills from its customers.

power lines

Electric Company officials called a press conference urging PA leaders to stop the theft, and require those living in “refugee camp” neighborhoods to pay their bills. Workers are afraid to go into the notoriously violent “camp” neighborhoods to collect, they said.

 

View original Arutz Sheva news brief publication at: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/247641#.UC0NJKOZXuY Continue Reading »

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| August 4, 2012
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Palestinians to seek UN statehood bid at General Assembly

Palestinian FM Riyad al-Malki says Palestine will seek status of non-member observer state during next UN General Assembly, a move that will allow them to join UN agencies & Int’l Criminal Court

 

By Reuters

 

The Palestinians will next month renew a bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations, their foreign minister said on Saturday, a move which could strengthen their statehood claims after talks with Israel stalled.

Riyad al-Malki Photo: AFP

FM Riyad al-Malki
Photo: AFP

Palestinians are listed as a UN observer “entity” with no voting rights. They will ask to be made a non-member observer state at the UN General Assembly on Sept. Continue Reading »

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| July 26, 2012
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PA: “Sports are meant for peace, not for racism”

The PA is against the moment of silence because they view the murder of Israelis by Palestinians not as terror but as heroism.

By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

 

 

The Palestinian Authority is against the moment of silence at the Olympics to commemorate the Israeli athletes murdered at the Munich Olympics in 1972. According to the headline in the official PA daily, “Sports are meant for peace, not for racism.”

The 11 members of the Israeli Olympic Delegation that were murdered by Palestinian terrorists.

According to Jibril Rajoub, President of the Palestinian Olympic Committee:

“Sports are meant for peace, not for racism… Sports are a bridge to love, interconnection, and spreading of peace among nations; it must not be a cause of division and spreading of racism between them [nations].”
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| July 23, 2012
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PA financial crisis brings more support for Hamas

Expenses rise for Ramadan but reserves are down.

By MOHAMMED NAJIB/THE MEDIA LINE

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is suffering an intensifying financial crisis that is threatening its stability and strengthening the rival Islamist Hamas. Palestinian security officials warn that if the international community fails to pay its pledges to the PA, it will not be able to pay salaries in the coming months.

Palestinian flags waving in West Bank - Photo: Reuters

Palestinian flags waving in West Bank – Photo: Reuters

In June, the PA paid the 149,000 teachers, policemen and civil servants 60 percent of their salaries on their regular payday, and made up the rest just one day before the month-long Ramadan fast began on July 21. Continue Reading »

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| July 22, 2012
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Hamas Considering to Declare Gaza a Sovereign Country

Banking on Egyptian support, Hamas may declare Gaza an independent country, a Brittish Arab language newspaper reports.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Hamas is banking on Egyptian support to declare Gaza an independent state and “a liberated part of the ’67 territories,” the London-based Al Hayat Arab language paper reported Sunday.

Hamas has been tossing around the idea for two years, but Egypt has rejected the move.

The new Muslim Brotherhood government has given the Hamas terrorist party new hope, and a  senior Hamas official told Al Hayat that the subject will be discussed in meetings with newly elected Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi this Thursday. Continue Reading »

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