Hamas leaders meet with Abbas in Qatar, present ‘complete vision’ for reconciliation

Leaders of the Hamas movement announced on Thursday that they had offered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a “complete vision” to achieving reconciliation between Hamas and the ruling Fatah movement. Hamas politburo head Khalid Mashaal, his...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Associated Press

My Message to President Abbas: 5 Steps for Peace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MtEsV9LCFo President Abbas, Since over the past several years, you refused to meet me and sit down and negotiate peace, I hope you’ll hear this message. First, your advisor, Sultan Abu al Einein recently called to slit...

Democrats promote “Palestinian rights” in new platform

Spurred on by Senator Bernie Sanders, the Democratic National Committee, has made changes in the party’s platform that focuses on “Palestinian aspirations”. In a report emailed to Associated Press Saturday by the Sander’s campaign, the...

PA Seeks To Upgrade Iran Ties

The Palestinian Authority, following the lead of the West, has sought to improve ties with Iran. The Palestinian leadership has sent a series of messages to the Iranian leadership in February 2016. The messages called for...

Mohammad Assaf, the official UNRWA “youth ambassador” sings and incites to murder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wkN66Z44Yk Mohammad Assaf, the official UNRWA "youth ambassador" sings and incites to murder. Will donor nations to UNRWA ask that Assaf be removed from his "ambassadorship"? Will the Israel Civil Administration remove Assaf's permit to travel from...
Arabs view Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple MountNati Shohat/Flash 90

The Muslim Schism over Jerusalem

Vol. 15,  No. 30   September 22, 2015 Amid the systematic destruction of mosques and holy places in the Arab world, it is precisely Israel’s responsibility for security at the mosque compound on the Temple Mount that...

The Rise and Fall of the Palestinian State

No matter who forms the next Israeli government, whether Benjamin Netanyahu or Isaac Herzog, a bet on statehood for the Palestinians is about as good as money in a Ukrainian bond. Netanyahu has said,...

Palestinians: We Want Democratic Elections, Too

We really envy the Israelis. Our leaders don't want elections. They want to remain in office forever." — Veteran Palestinian journalist from Ramallah. The truth is that neither Fatah nor Hamas is interested in holding...

What’s a Palestinian?

Last week, on his return from a tour of the Holy Land, former Governor of Arkansas and Republican presidential nomination candidate Mike Huckabee said to The Washington Post that “there’s really no such thing...

Anti-Semitism on the Temple Mount

By Zalman Shuval Since 1967, all Israeli governments have employed balanced, carefully thought out policies on the Temple Mount in order to avoid any major conflicts with the Muslim world, and this is still the...