Tag Archive for Palestinian Authority

| March 1, 2013
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Arabs call to boycott Jerusalem marathon, cancel football peace match

More & more Palestinian officials forbid local businesses & organizations from having private dealings with Israelis.

By Israel Today Staff

Despite claiming to foster peace and coexistence, the Palestinians this week called for a boycott of the Jerusalem marathon and cancelled a soccer exhibition that would have pitted Israeli and Palestinian players against international powerhouse FC Barcelona.

Annual Jerusalem Int’l Marathon – Photo: israeltoday.co

Up to 20,000 people from around the world were expected to take part in the third annual Jerusalem Marathon on Friday. The marathon has received international acclaim and attracted major foreign sponsors.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat had hoped the event could demonstrate coexistence and a joint desire by Israelis and Palestinians to build up the holy city. Continue Reading »

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| March 1, 2013
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Palestinian TV honors terrorists who killed 22 children & 4 adults for 2nd year

 

Official Palestinian Authority TV broadcast a tribute to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, responsible for the 1974 Maalot massacre for second year in a row.

By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

 

Official Palestinian Authority TV broadcast a tribute this past week to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP). As part of the tribute
a poster honoring the three DFLP terrorists who committed the Ma’alot massacre was highlighted
on TV. (See opposite).

Poster glorifying terrorists
of the Ma’alot massacre in 1974,
which killed 22 children and 4 adults

The Ma’alot massacre was done by the DFLP in 1974. Continue Reading »

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| February 20, 2013
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Arab Gang Kidnapped & Beat Israeli Cabbie

A Palestinian Authority gang kidnapped a 70 year-old Israeli taxi driver, beat him, & then threw him out along the road to Ramallah.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Two Palestinian Authority resident Arab men have been arrested in connection to the kidnapping and beating of an elderly Israeli cab driver. The attack in question took place in January, but was under a gag order until Wednesday.

 

The attack began when the cab driver, 70, picked up three Arab men as passengers. The three asked him to stop, then pounced on him and tied a rope around his neck and beat him. Continue Reading »

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| February 17, 2013
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Do the Palestinians actually deserve a state of their own?

Op-ed: All the regional Arab countries have been unsuccessful in their attempts at annihilating Israel militarily, but their lust to have Israel eliminated has never diminished.

By Dan Calic

 

With President Obama coming to Israel soon, let me ask what some consider a rhetorical question- do the Palestinians actually deserve a state of their own?

Rally in Hebron ahead of UN vote

Obama and most of the international community think they do. Yet if we take a closer look at the situation there are serious issues which should not be ignored. For example, would it be a peaceful, productive neighbor with Israel? This can best be answered by reviewing some guiding principles of the PLO and Fatah, which is the dominant political party of which Mahmoud Abbas is chairman. Continue Reading »

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| February 7, 2013
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PA official: Only Obama can change Israel’s attitude

Former Palestinian security chief and prominent West Bank official, Jibril Rajoub tells Army Radio he believes only Obama can “build a bridge of trust” between Israel & PA.

 

 

Palestinian officials said Thursday they hope U.S. President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to the region signals readiness to re-engage in Mideast peace efforts, but that negotiations can only resume if Washington is ready to get tough with Israel.

Netanyahu, Abbas, Obama

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama, and PA President Mahmoud Abbas.
Photo by Bloomberg

 

The Palestinians have long been anxious for the U.S.­to revive serious talks with Israel. Continue Reading »

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| February 7, 2013
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Is Abbas the last PA president?

With the fading significance of the Palestinian cause those concerned with peace may need to consider contingency plans for a West Bank without Abbas.

Muhammad Dahlan was a possible replacement until allegations by Abbas that Dahlan had murdered Arafat using poison.

By MUDAR ZAHRAN

 

After Israel’s most recent military operation in Gaza, which ended with a cease-fire, Hamas has been claiming victory and enjoying popularity with the Palestinians, which comes as a setback for Hamas’s rivals; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah faction.

Mahmoud Abbas Photo by Marc Israël SellemWith Hamas popularity on the rise, Abbas was left with one desperate option to boost his image: pressing his quest for UN recognition of Palestine as an independent state. Continue Reading »

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| February 4, 2013
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Negotiator Erekat refuses to repeat lunacy of peace talks

Palestinian Authority Negotiator Erekat refuses to negotiate unless Israel first halts housing construction and releases convicted prisoners.

“These are not Palestinian pre-conditions” Erekat says of his pre-conditions.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The Palestinian Authority reiterated Sunday its refusal to return to the negotiating table unless Israel stopped settlement construction and released Palestinian prisoners.

ErekatIn response to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s call for reviving stalled peace talks with the PA, chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said that the Palestinians were not setting conditions for returning to the negotiating table.

“These are not Palestinian conditions, but obligations that Israel is required to fulfill,” Erekat said.

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| January 26, 2013
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Report: 4 Palestinians wounded by IDF gunfire in northern Gaza

According to a PA report, a 20 year-old farmer was ‘wounded’ in his eye after soldiers fired tear gas; IDF says in response only one Palestinian wounded.

By , and Gili Cohen

 

According to the reports, a 20-year-old farmer was wounded in the eye after IDF soldiers fired tear gas. Three others were wounded by gunfire east of the Jabaliya refugee camp. The wounded were taken to a Gaza hospital.

IDF hamer along the Gaza border

IDF hamer along the Gaza border – Photo: Eliyahu Hershkovitz

The IDF said in response that only one Palestinian wounded.

Meanwhile, Israeli military police investigators are looking into the circumstances of the shooting death Wednesday of a 21-year-old Bethlehem woman, Lubnah Hanash.

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| January 22, 2013
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Area PFLP head survives assassination attempt

Pro-Assad Palestinian terrorist group calls on PA to arrest the unidentified gunmen who fired on gang’s Nablus chief.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

A pro-Syrian Palestinian terrorist group claimed Tuesday that one of its leaders in the West Bank escaped an assassination attempt on Monday night.

PFLPIt said that unidentified gunmen opened fire at the car of Mohamed Jibril, a senior member of the group, in Nablus.It said that Jibril was not hurt in the attack.

The group, whose members have been fighting alongside Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces against the rebels over the past two years, called on the Palestinian Authority to capture the perpetrators and bring them to trial.

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| January 20, 2013
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Abbas has always played both sides

 

In his new book, Dr. Shaul Bartal explains in detail how Fatah & the other Palestinian groups have a common goal — Israel’s destruction. The difference between terror organizations & “moderate” Abbas, as shown by Palestinian Media Watch, is only in the way they speak, but not in the way they think, nor in their actions.

By Nadav Shragai

 

Although the scene I am about to describe was watched by viewers of Palestinian television 33 times over the past 22 years, Israeli viewers never saw it even once. A Palestinian singer in a suit and tie performed in a packed auditorium for a Fatah event, sweeping the audience with enthusiasm as he sang a song that promised “to stand behind Abu Mazen [PA President Mahmoud Abbas] until Judgment Day and return to our pure soil from Rafah to Rosh Hanikra and Beit She’an, from Haifa to Tantura [Dor Beach] and the borders of the Jordan Valley.”

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| January 18, 2013
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Dore Gold: A code of conduct is nessecery for the Middle East

 

A code of conduct or a set of rules would either promote a real peace process or provide a clear measure for indicating that the Palestinian leadership continues to violate commitments. Issues must be addressed: incitement to violence, providing sanctuary to terrorist organizations, or halting hostile initiatives in int’l bodies such as the U.N.

By Dore Gold

In 1996, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan convened an international forum at the Hashimiyya Palace in Amman with guests from the entire Middle East as well as noted statesmen from outside the region. As a newly appointed foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, I found myself invited to one of these events.

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| January 14, 2013
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Jordan forming int’l bloc to adavnce peace talks

Jordan’s King Abdullah says he is working with European leaders to rejuvenate long-stalled Peace-talks between Israel & the Palestinians.

 

Jordan is in the process of consolidating an international coalition to kick-start the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the country’s King Abdullah said Sunday in an interview with French publication Le Nouvel Observateur.

Abdullah, Abbas

“We are working closely with several parties in Europe, including France, to put some effective and workable ideas on the table that would enable the US to engage and play a leading role in the peace process soon after the start of the second term of President [Barack] Obama,” Abdullah said in his interview, translated into English by The Jordan Times.

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| January 14, 2013
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Palestinian PM pleads with Arab leaders to give PA more cash

PM Fayyad meets with Arab League leaders to find ways to receive the $100 million they promised the Palestinian Authority.

 

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad warned Sunday that his government could fail to meet its obligations to its people because of a cash crunch, and urged Arab countries to deliver on promised aid.

Salam Fayyad.

Salam Fayyad. – Photo by AP

 

Fayyad met with Arab League members to discuss ways to raise the $100 million they pledged earlier to his Palestinian Authority. Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said seven countries have responded favorably, but he did not name them. Continue Reading »

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| January 13, 2013
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Erekat defends Hamas’ right to run in Palestinian elections

In interview on Army Radio, chief PLO negotiator says of Palestinian elections, “we use ballots not bullets…everyone has a right to run.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

“Hamas and Fatah have differences in opinion,” Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said Sunday morning, but stressed that “everyone has a right to run.”

Saeb Erekat

“We are a democracy” he told Army Radio, emphasizing that “whoever wins, wins.” This does not mean that Hamas would be “taking over” the West Bank, however, adding, “We don’t use bullets, we use ballots.”
When probed over whether Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is expected to run in the Palestinian presidential elections, Erekat said he has not announced a decision.

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| January 13, 2013
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Palestinian Shot Dead While Trying to Infiltrate Into Israel

21 year-old Palestinian Arab shot to death by IDF forces south of Hevron as he was trying to sneak into Israel. 

By Elad Benari

 

A 21-year-old Palestinian Authority Arab was shot to death by IDF forces south of Hevron on Saturday night, as he was trying to infiltrate into Israel through the border fence.

PA security forces march in Hevron

PA security forces march in Hevron
AFP Photo

An initial investigation has found that the Arab was shot and wounded in the lower part of his body. He was taken to the Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, where he died of his wounds.

“A Palestinian attempted to infiltrate Israel through the security fence,” an IDF spokesman told AFP. Continue Reading »

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