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United Nations Country Team in the occupied Palestinian Territory, July 2017

United Nations Report : GAZA 10 YEARS LATER

 

Mariam Barghouti, Al Jazeera, February 19, 2017

How factionalism is killing the Palestinian struggle

  

Amir Tibon, Haaretz, June 7, 2017

Exclusive: Obama’s Detailed Plans for Mideast Peace Revealed - and How Everything Fell Apart

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Haaretz, July 26, 2017

Top EU Court Overrules Lower Court, Keeping Hamas on Terrorism Blacklist

 

Michael Lynk, Al Jazeera, July 25, 2017

How Gaza was made into an unlivable place

 

Shimon Cohen & Mordechai Sones, Israel National News, July 25, 2017

Police wives organization backs Temple Mount duty refusal

 

Nahum Barnea, YNet News, July 25, 2017

Halamish attack: The writing was all over the wall

 

Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, July 25, 2017

Top EU Court to decide whether to keep Hamas listed as a terror group

 

Ma'an News, July 25, 2017

Abbas accused of ‘verbally assaulting’ leading PFLP member at PLO meeting

 

Megan O'Toole, Al Jazeera, July 25, 2017

Inside Al-Aqsa   [A 360° exploration of Jerusalem's holiest mosque]

 

Amr Mostafa, Al Monitor, July 24, 2017

Terrorists in Sinai up their game

 

The Jerusalem Post, July 25, 2017

Israel removes Temple Mount metal detectors that enraged the Muslim world

 

Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, July 24, 2017

In Saudi Arabia an electronic bracelet attached to each of the millions of pilgrims throughout their entire stay in the kingdom

 

Israel National News, July 24, 2017

Halamish massacre : 'He laughed in my face, and waved the knife'

 

Jonathan Cook, Al Jazeera, July 24, 2017

Is Gaza-Sinai state a possibility for Palestinians?

 

Giulio Meotti, Israel National News, July 24, 2017

Is the world 'Juden Müde'- tired of the Jews?

 

Ma'an News, Ma'an News, July 24, 2017

PA and Hamas both call for national unity over Al-Aqsa, on their own terms

 

Sarah C. Rudolph, The Times of Israel, July 23, 2017

The worst part  ["...the next time someone knocks, we will have learned not to open the door"]

 

Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, July 23, 2017

For Fogels of Halamish, massacre carries terrible echoes of own 2011 tragedy

 

Uri Savir, Al Monitor, July 23, 2017

Palestinians, Israelis disappointed over US envoy's talks

 

Tal Polon, Israel National News, July 23, 2017

'I lost my sense of time, but didn't let go of the doorknob'

 

Hassan Shaalan, YNet News, July 23, 2017

In Nazareth and elsewhere hundreds of Israeli Arabs hold peaceful protests over Temple Mount

 

Hassan Shaalan, YNet News, July 24, 2017

Enraged worshipers again confront police near Temple Mount

 

Adele Raemer, The Times of Israel, July 22, 2017

When will we learn that unilateral actions do not work!?

 

The Times of Israel, July 22, 2017

Heavy clashes again erupt : 2 Palestinians killed  [1 in Abu Dis, 18 yr-old, from the explosion of the petrol bomb in his hands]

 

Chana Roberts, Israel National News, July 22, 2017

Residents of Halamish : 'This was never about the metal detectors'

 

Joy Bernard, The Jerusalem Post, July 22, 2017

Israel considers alternatives to metal detectors as clashes over Temple Mount resume

 

Elior Levy, Itamar Eichner & Roi Kais, YNet News, July 22, 2017

COGAT Maj. Gen. Mordechai : Israel willing to examine alternatives for metal detectors

 

Joy Bernard, The Jerusalem Post, July 22, 2017

Watch : the soldier who neutralized Halamish attacker speaks up

 

Joy Bernard, The Jerusalem Post, July 22, 2017

Father of Halamish terrorist : the occupation is to blame for the attack

 

Eytan Halon, YNet News, July 22, 2017

West Bank terror : A killer's last testament on Facebook

 

Rotem Elizera, Yoav Zitun, Shahar Hay & Elior Levy, YNet News, July 22, 2017

Deadly Halamish attack hits family celebrating grandson's birth [includes translation of assassin's last will]

 

Jack Khoury & Gili Cohen, Haaretz, July 22, 2017

Palestinians, Israeli Forces Clash in West Bank, East Jerusalem; Protester Killed

 

 

Reuters, Haaretz, July 21, 2017

Two Dead, 100 Injured After Strong 6.7 Quake Hits Off Greek Coast

 

Raoul Wootliff, The Times of Israel, July 21, 2017

Arab MK Taleb Abu Arar : "the third intifada started today"

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, July 21, 2017

Intra-Palestinian rift keeps widening with no end in sight

 

The Times of Israel, July 21, 2017

Three Israelis killed, one wounded, in stabbing attack in West Bank

 

The Times of Israel, July 21, 2017

Three Palestinians killed in protests, over 200 injured in Jerusalem, West Bank

 

Jack Khoury & Barak Ravid, Haaretz, July 21, 2017

Abbas to Freeze Contacts With Israel Until Recent Decisions on 'Al Aqsa' Backtracked

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, July 21, 2017

Amid Temple Mount tumult, the who, what and why of its Waqf rulers

 

Udi Shaham & Marc Israel Sellem, The Jerusalem Post, July 21, 2017

In pictures : Old City and surrounding streets under closure in Jerusalem

 

Ma'an News, July 21, 2017

Thousands of Palestinians march towards Al-Aqsa to denounce Israeli measures

 

Al Jazeera, July 21, 2017

Gaza 3 years later : Shujayea families remain haunted by loss

 

David Rosenberg, Israel National News, July 20, 2017

Gaza sewage pollutes Israeli aquifers, forcing closures

 

Associated Press, YNet News, July 20, 2017

Power-sharing deal between former foes taking shape in Gaza

 

Al Jazeera, July 20, 2017

'Trump ends CIA support for anti-Assad Syria rebels'

 

Al Jazeera, July 20, 2017

The Old City of Jerusalem : a map  [ 7 Gates : Damascus, Herod's, Lions, Dung, Zion, Jaffa, New ]

 

The Times of Israel, July 20, 2017

Dozens wounded in fresh clashes over Temple Mount security

 

Eli Senyor, YNet News, July 20, 2017

Accomplice helped terrorists bring weapons into Temple Mount

 

The Jerusalem Post, July 20, 2017  [same story as in Ma'an News, different angle]

Palestinian attempts to stab IDF troops in West Bank; shot dead

 

Ma'an News, July 20, 2017

Israeli soldiers shoot, kill Palestinian after alleged stabbing attempt, sparking clashes

 

Ma'an News, July 20, 2017  ["flashback" of how the 1st Intifada started]

5 Palestinians killed in accident between Palestinian vehicle, Israeli truck in Jenin

 

Al Jazeera, July 20, 2017

'Trump ends CIA support for anti-Assad Syria rebels'

 

Ma'an News, July 19, 2017

Abbas cuts trip to China short amid rising tensions around Al-Aqsa Mosque

 

David Rosenberg, Israel National News, July 19, 2017

Violent riots spread across eastern Jerusalem

 

Ma'an News, July 19, 2017

'Wanted men' in Balata refugee camp turn themselves in to PA

 

Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, July 19, 2017

Israeli courts to let 51 Palestinians sue Palestinian Authority for torture

 

Haaretz, July 19, 2017

Far-left French Leader Slams Macron for Accepting French Complicity in Holocaust

 

 

Barak Ravid, Haaretz, July 19, 2017

In Budapest, facing Eastern Europe leaders : snippets from Netanyahu's hot-mic remarks on the EU and Israel

 

Matan Tzuri, YNet News, July 19, 2017

Gaza sewage water polluting Israeli groundwater

 

Cnaan Liphshiz, The Times of Israel, July 18, 2017

6 reasons why Macron’s speech about the Holocaust in France was groundbreaking

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, July 18, 2017

New Hamas chief's first speech reflects strategic shift ?

 

Associated Press, Haaretz, July 18, 2017

Saudi Police Arrest Young Woman Who Caused National Uproar Over Her Miniskirt on Snapchat

 

Associated Press, Haaretz, July 18, 2017

WATCH Saudi Girl Creates National Uproar With Miniskirt Snapchat

 

Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz, July 18, 2017  [Every year, some 90 million cubic meters of sewage and wastewater  across the Green Line. Of this, 21 come from the settlements]

Untreated Sewage Flowing From West Bank and East Jerusalem Is Polluting Israeli Streams

 

Nigel Wilson, Al Jazeera, July 18, 2017

PA crackdown narrows space for online criticism

 

Ira Sharkansky, The Jerusalem Post, July 17, 2017

Is peace possible ?

 

Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, July 17, 2017

Doomsday averted on the Temple Mount, for now

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, July 17, 2017

New batch of PA employees in Gaza forced to retire

 

Orly Harari, Israel National News, July 16, 2017

Umm el-Fahm preacher : "'All we know about them is that they served the religion of Allah faithfully'

 

Gary Willig, Israel National News, July 16, 2017 [Pdt Abbas : "We must all carry out Ribat in the Al-Aqsa Mosque... We have to prevent them, in any way whatsoever..."] 

Fatah calls for violence and 'rage' following terror attack

 

Barak Ravid, Haaretz, July 16, 2017

Analysis : After Temple Mount Attack, Netanyahu and Abbas Work Together for Once

 

Ma'an News, July 15, 2017  [Three quarters of beach waters off Gaza’s coast have become contaminated owing to the electricity crisis]

As Gaza power crisis eases slightly, polluted beaches become unsafe for residents

 

Amos Harel, Haaretz, July 15, 2017

Analysis : Temple Mount Attack Is a Nightmare for Israeli Security Forces, but the Real Test Is Yet to Come

 

Ma'an News, July 15, 2017

Islamic Jihad holds sit-in in Gaza to support deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem

 

Matan Tzuri, YNet News, July 14, 2017   [the barriers erected by the IDF are not succeeding in preventing the flow of sewage into the stream]

 Israeli stream overflows with sewage from Gaza  [the amount of wastewater flowing into the stream that reaches the Ashkelon coast has increased]

 

Ben Ariel, Israel National News, July 14, 2017

Quartet expresses concern over Gaza

 

Jack Khoury, Haaretz, July 14, 2017                                                                                                [the 16th victim of Ramallah's delays]

Gaza Health Ministry: Toddler Died Because PA Delayed Medical Treatment in Israel   [Despite promises, the toll continues to rise]

 

Al-Shabaka, Ma'an News, July 14, 2017

Analysis: Gaza is headed for a deeper political and humanitarian crisis

 

The Times of Israel, July 14, 2017    ["We wholly oppose any use of firearms by our youths"]

Head of Israel’s Arab party rejects armed struggle after Old City terror attack

 

Ma'an News, July 14, 2017

PFLP slams Hamas, Fatah for putting politics over lives of Palestinians in Gaza ["narrow partisan gains that are achieved by playing with lives of innocent Palestinians"]

 

Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, July 14, 2017

Terror in the Old City is all too familiar, but Friday’s attack was something else

 

Gili Cohen, Haaretz, July 14, 2017

Israeli Arab Assailants Behind Temple Mount Attack That Wounded Three Policemen

 

YNet News, July 14, 2017

Two policemen killed in terror attack at Lions' Gate in Jerusalem, attackers dead

 

Metin Gurcan, Al Monitor, July 14, 2017

Turkey’s 560-mile long ‘great wall’ nearing completion [making it the 3rd longest wall in the world]

 

Matan Tzuri, YNet News, July 13, 2017

Israeli stream overflows with sewage from Gaza  [the barriers erected by the IDF are not succeeding in preventing the flow of sewage into the stream]

   

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, July 13, 2017

Gaza Electric Company : Strip's sole power plant shut down [ “People cannot live normal lives with 2-3 hours of electricity.”]

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, July 13, 2017  ["Sisi is preparing to eliminate Abbas from the political scene and is no longer taking him seriously"]

Egypt, Dahlan foiling Abbas' plot against Hamas in Gaza Strip

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, July 13, 2017

Hamas: Abbas is trying to choke Gaza

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, July 13, 2017

Dahlan preps for return to Gaza

  

Al Jazeera, July 13, 2017

Israel, Palestinian Authority reach water-sharing deal

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, July 13, 2017

Saudi Ambassador to Algeria : Hamas is a terrorist group

 

DPA, Haaretz, July 12, 2017

Gaza's Last Power Plant Just Shut Down, Plunging the Strip Into Darkness  [the coastal enclave in a complete blackout]

 

Ma'an News, July 12, 2017  [ UN Rapporteur : "We call on the international community not to turn a blind eye to Gaza"]

UN: Gaza power shortages deepening already dire humanitarian situation

 

Haaretz, July 12, 2017  [as little as four hours of power a day in the sweltering summer heat]

Gaza Power Watch: How Many Hours of Electricity Did Gaza Get Yesterday

 

Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, July 12, 2017  ["all of this, at the end of the day, will come back to Israel’s doorstep."]

Top UN official Nikolay Mladenov warns Gaza electricity crisis will haunt Israel ["“Of all the issues we deal with — the peace process, Palestinian institution building, the region — this is the one issue that keeps me up at night,” ]

 

Chloe Benoist, Ma'an News, July 12, 2017  [ UN Report : "Gaza 10 years later" ]

Interview: UN's Robert Piper says political actors losing sight of suffering in Gaza

 

Sue Surkes, The Times of Israel, July 12, 2017 ["Music, art and academia is about crossing borders not building them"]

Radiohead defends Israel gig after criticism from director Ken Loach

 

Nigel Wilson, Al Jazeera, July 12, 2017

Palestinian ex-prisoners protest halt in PA salaries

 

Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, July 12, 2017

PA Foreign Ministry leaves diaspora Palestinians frazzled

  

Ma'an News, July 12, 2017

Rights group condemns PA decision to retire thousands of Gaza's civil servants

 

Hagay Hacohen, The Jerusalem Post, July 12, 2017

Israeli Ministry of Defense shields kindergartens near Gaza Strip

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, July 11, 2017

UN : Gaza will be unlivable in three years [“I see this extraordinarily inhuman and unjust process of strangling gradually 2 million civilians in Gaza who really pose a threat to nobody”]

 

Reuters, YNet News, July 11, 2017

UN Coordinator : "Gaza unlivable : Someone has got to step back and put the interests of civilians at the top of the queue for a change"

 

Ma'an News, July 11, 2017  [" reach full Palestinian authority over the electricity sector in the occupied Palestinian territory"]

PA opens new West Bank power plant after striking deal with Israel over electricity sector

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, July 11, 2017

Iran-PA relations continue to nosedive

 

Reuters, YNet News, July 11, 2017

Syrian Observatory says it has 'confirmed information' that Islamic State chief is dead

 

Kobi Finkler, Israel National News, July 10, 2017

First power station given to Palestinian Authority

 

Hassan Shaalan, YNet News, July 10, 2017

39 murders, 400 shootings in Arab society this year  [violence in Israeli Arab society rising]

 

Dylan Collins, Al Jazeera, July 10, 2017

Will Mohammed Dahlan return to lead Gaza? ["George W Bush referred to Dahlan as "our guy"]

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, July 10, 2017

PA satisfied with Abbas-Sisi meeting

 

Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, July 10, 2017

Israel's dangerous game in Gaza  [the seaside isn’t safe, it’s polluted with sewage / one of the hottest summers you can think of, almost without air conditioners, without hope and no way out]

 

Amira Hass, Haaretz, July 10, 2017

Opinion : How Gazans Manage to Keep Cool and Carry On

 

Ma'an News, July 9, 2017

Children with cystic fibrosis in Gaza in 'mortal danger' for want of medicine

 

Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, July 9, 2017

How Gazans are dealing with internet crisis

 

Uri Savir, Al Monitor, July 9, 2017

Palestinians pinning their hopes on Sisi

 

Ma'an News, July 9, 2017

PA reportedly halts paying salaries of Hamas-affiliated MPs

 

AP, YNet News, July 9, 2017

Egyptian, Palestinian leaders meet amid likely Gaza shakeup

 

Ma'an News, July 9, 2017  [the Palestinian Monetary Authority in Ramallah suspended all money transfers from Palestinian banks to Egypt]

Gaza power authority: Egypt curbs fuel delivery after PA freezes bank transfers [electricity down to 93 megawatt from 170]

 

Marilyn Garson, Haaretz, July 9, 2017

Opinion : Can Israel See the Children of Gaza Yet ?

 

Mordechai Sones, Israel National News, July 9, 2017

Hamas prepares for 'liberation of Palestine'

 

Ma'an News, July 8, 2017

Israel shuts down beaches polluted by sewage from besieged Gaza Strip

 

Al Jazeera, July 8, 2017

Power hit in Gaza after lack of fuel payment to Egypt

 

YNet News, July 8, 2017

Heat wave threatens extreme temperatures throughout week

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, July 8, 2017

 

Dahlan’s grand plans for Gaza’s revival threaten to sideline Abbas

 

Amos Harel, Haaretz, July 8, 2017

Analysis : Gaza Crisis Leaves Hamas No Choice but to Play by Egypt's Rules

 

Matan Tzuri, YNet News, July 8, 2017

Gaza border communities prepare for future wars  [ The children call it 'Qassam Monopoly' ]

 

 

Ami Friedman, YNet News, July  8, 2017

Pro-Palestinian protest at Radiohead concert earns middle finger

 

The Times of Israel, July 8, 2017

Israeli family accidentally enters Palestinian town, returned safely

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, July 8, 2017

Report: Israel & Hamas close to prisoners exchange deal

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, July 7, 2017

Hamas-Israel prisoner swap could be close at hand

 

Elad Benari, Israel National News, July 7, 2017

Israeli accidentally enters Jenin

 

Seth Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, July 7, 2017

Training the next generation of Israeli 'Cyber Warriors'

 

Ma'an News, July 7, 2017

Norwegian NGO: 35,000 Palestinians in Gaza still displaced from 2014 war

 

Roger Alpher, Haaretz, July 7, 2017 [Not one word about two million people whom Israel is keeping under subhuman conditions inside the biggest prison in the world. No recognition, no responsibility, no addressing the ramifications, no morality, no humanity, nothing. ]

Opinion : In This Heat, Cry Over Gaza...

 

Al-Shabaka, Ma'an News, July 7, 2017

Analysis: Abbas’s shortsighted Gaza policy

 

Ma'an News, July 7, 2017

Hamas follows up on security developments at Gaza's Egyptian border

 

Sharon Udasin & Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, July 6, 2017   [ due to fecal contamination from the Strip ]

Gaza sewage forces shutdown of Israeli beach [raw sewage is flowing not only through the channels in Gaza, but also to the Israeli beaches of Ashkelon and the Nahal Hanun riverbed]

 

Itamar Eichner & Elisha Ben-Kimon, YNet News, July 7, 2017

Israel slams UNESCO decision on Hebron: 'Fake history'

 

Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post, July 7, 2017

Satmar Rebbe : 'Don't make Aliya, Israel makes Jews non-Jewish'

 

Shoshana Kranish & Eytan Halon, The Jerusalem Post, July 7, 2017

European Parliament President condemns event in Strasbourg with families of terrorists

 

Ramzy Baroud, Al Jazeera, July 6, 2017

Gaza's 'Game of Thrones': a dirty game of politics that has no regard for human rights, life or dignity

 

Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, July 6, 2017

 

Cybercrime law draws mixed reactions among Palestinians

 

George Yancy & Noam Chomsky, The New York Times, July 6, 2017

Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union  ["...how poor and suffering people... continue quietly and unpretentiously with courageous and committed struggle "]

 

Ma'an News, July 6, 2017

Israel releases 2 Hamas-affiliated Palestinian MPs Zboun and Tafesh after 4 months in prison

 

Ma'an News, July 6, 2017

Haniyeh rejects terrorism but reaffirms commitment to resistance in speech as new head of Hamas

 

Nur Arafeh, Al Jazeera, July 6, 2017

The myth of a 'Palestinian economy'

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, July 5, 2017

Hamas chief Haniyeh : Prisoner swap around the corner

 

Associated Press, YNet News, July 5, 2017

Hamas' new top leader delivers first speech in Gaza City

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, July 5, 2017

Palestinians overwhelmingly oppose Abbas pressure on Gaza

 

David Rosenberg, Haaretz, July 5, 2017

Opinion : Why India's Narendra Modi Can Afford to Ignore the Palestinians

 

Ma'an News, July 5, 2017

Abu Khdeir family: 'We never had high hopes for Israel's legal system'

 

Shimon Cohen, Israel National News, July 5, 2017

Elkin: 'We have to prepare for the day after Abbas'

 

Mark Langfan, Israel National News, July 5, 2017

Opinion : 2-State Solution = demographic suicide for Israel

 

Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, July 5, 2017

Improving ties between Egypt and Hamas unsetttle Palestinian politics

 

Alex Fishman, YNet News, July 4, 2017

Egypt agrees to open Rafah Border Crossing

 

The Times of Israel, July 4, 2017

Israel fumes over ‘sad, pathetic’ UNESCO decision on Jerusalem

  

Ma'an News, July 4, 2017

In bid to pressure Hamas, PA refers 6,000 Gaza civil servants into early retirement

 

Gili Cohen, Haaretz, July 4, 2015

India's Modi Goes to Jerusalem: A Rundown of India's Hefty Arms Deals With Israel

 

Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, July 4, 2017

Israeli court rejects request to demolish home of Jewish terrorist who burned child alive

 

Yoav Zitun, YNet News, July 4, 2017

Terrorist who burned Israeli girl gets 18 years, 14-year old accomplice gets 14

 

Mohamed Othman, Al Monitor, July 3, 2017

Egypt supplying fuel to rescue Gazans [1.1 million liters : enough for 2 days only / providing just a few hours daily - until when ?]

 

Israel National News, July 3, 2017

Conviction and acquittal in torching of Galilee church (the Church of Loaves and Fishes)

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, July 3, 2017

Hamas delegation visits Egypt

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, July 3, 2017

The real reason Hamas is flirting with dismissed Fatah leader

 

Itamar Eichner, YNet News, July 3, 2017

Paralyzed police officer to face her attacker in court

 

Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, July 3, 2017

"Vengeful" : NGO crticizes Israeli suit against family of terrorist

 

Ma'an News, July 2, 2017

13 PLC members held by Israel after Khalida Jarrar detained in overnight raids

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, July 2, 2017

Return of Gaza power crisis puts Hamas, and Israel, back in the hot seat

 

Ma'an News, July 1, 2017

The EU to pay for Gaza's sole power plant and establish an oversight body in the Strip ?

 

Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera, July 1, 2017 

 'I'd rather die in Gaza...' ["We've reached a point where it's best to just stay home if you're ill because you can't get treatment anywhere; not in Gaza, nor in Israel nor Egypt."]

 

Matan Tzuri, YNet News, July 1, 2017   [Water Authority : "treating the matter as an emergency event, to stop the massive flow of sewage from the Gaza Strip into Israel"]

Israel to build pipeline to absorb sewage from Gaza

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, July 1, 2017

Hamas: Fatah works with Israel, Egypt to place us under siege

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, June 30, 2017

Israel 'playing with fire' on Hamas prisoner issue

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, June 30, 2017

Abbas' Gaza sanctions fit into peace project

 

The Times of Israel, June 30, 2017

UN envoy seeks deal to end Gaza electricity crisis

 

Ido Ben Porat, Israel National News, June 30, 2017

Ya'alon blasts government ministers ["so let's say we destroyed Hamas. What do we do next?"]

 

Ma'an News, June 30, 2017

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres says ending Israeli occupation is the 'only way' to achieve peace

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, June 30, 2017

Report: Palestinian Authority has ceased paying 500 prisoners   [Fatah convicts continued to receive payments]

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, June 29, 2017  ["I’m going [home] sick. I saw innocent children who died for no reason, through no fault of their own. The situation is unbearable"]

Gaza's children suffer as Hamas, PA continue conflict  ["From the moment you enter [Gaza], your senses are hit with a terrible stench of sewage. Death is in the air..."]

 

Haaretz, June 29, 2017

WATCH : Minister Hotovely Asked to 'Walk a Mile in Their Shoes' on 60 Minutes Palestine Segment

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, Israel National News, June 29, 2017

Hamas blasts 'child murderer' Abbas

 

Isra Namey & Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera, June 29, 2017

Babies die in Gaza as Hamas, Fatah trade blame

 

Daniel K. Eisenbud, The Jerusalem Post, June 29, 2017

Jewish extremists accused of targeting, beating Palestinians in Jerusalem

 

 

Raanan Ben-Zur, YNet News, June 29, 2017

Israel cancels family visits for 1200 Hamas prisoners

 

Ma'an News,  June 29, 2017

Hamas unveils buffer zone at Egyptian border amid growing ties with Cairo

 

Itamar Eichner & Reuters, YNet News, June 28, 2017

Transportation Min. Yisrael Katz proposes building new island, just off Gaza  ["I believe that morally this is the right thing to do"]

 

Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor, June 28, 2017

Gaza’s power crisis cripples farmers

 

Jack Khoury, Haaretz, June 28, 2017

Hamas Preparing Buffer Zone Along Gaza-Egypt Border

 

Zafrir Rinar, Haaretz, June 28, 2017

Air Pollution From Vehicles Kills 1,100 Israelis a Year, New Data Shows

 

Yoav Zitun, YNet News, June 28, 2017

IDF's two-front war in West Bank with Jews and Palestinians

 

Ma'an News, June 28, 2017

PA suppresses sit-in protest for unpaid checks in Ramallah held by former prisoners

 

Israel National News, June 27, 2017    ["Hamas and Fatah area always fighting, and they give us back sewage"]

Solid sewage from Gaza flows into the Shikma Stream, causing an awful stench and polluting the coastal aquifer

 

Ma'an News, June 27, 2017

Pushing Gaza to suicide: The politics of humiliation  [ Facts of daily life : Gaza is living through its darkest days. Literally ]

 

Hannes Pichler & Ofek Ish Maas, YNet News, June 27, 2017

A window of opportunity in Gaza

 

Alexander Fulbright, The Times of Israel, June 27, 2017

Israel, Hamas in advanced talks over prisoner swap — report

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, June 27, 2017

Gaza Health Minister : 11 Gazans have died in the last few months due to the withholding of medical aid from the PA to the Gaza Strip

 

AFP, Israel National News, June 27, 2017

PA refuses to let sick Gazans leave to seek treatment   [3 children die while waiting for permits from the PA to leave Gaza]

 

Ma'an News, June 27, 2017

Report: PA blocking patients in Gaza from exiting territory for medical treatment [from 2000 vouchers a month to a few dozen in May] 

 

Ahmed el-Komi, Al Monitor, June 27, 2017

Palestinians wary of talk Gaza may be declared 'rebel district'

 

Yoni Kempinski, Israel National News, June 27, 2017

'No deal expected soon' [ Dennis Ross : "...no one has an answer for Gaza. Israel's not going to go in and replace Hamas in Gaza. Egypt's not going to. The PA can't do it."]

 

Mordechai Sones, Israel National News, June 27, 2017

'Kinneret water flow worst ever'

 

Elisha Ben-Kimon, YNet News, June 27, 2017   [spike in hate crimes and subsequent clashes between radical settler youth and Shin Bet]

Hilltop Youth's rabbi: Cause a revolution, but don't get caught

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, June 26, 2017    [Pdt Abbas : "any measures we take are in fact aimed at ending this division, which has harmed our national cause"]

Doctor : Newborn dies in Gaza after PA fails to approve outside referral

 

Al Jazeera, June 26, 2017

A guide to the Gaza Strip

 

William Parry, Al Jazeera, June 26, 2017  [chronic malnutrition has increased by 50% over the last decade among children under 5 : 13% of the population]

A decade under siege: Gaza health sector nears collapse

 

Alexander Fulbright, The Times of Israel, June 26, 2017  [the PA would not issue a payment voucher funding her medical care]

Palestinian Authority has blocked 90% of requests to leave Gaza on medical grounds for 2 months

 

Jack Khoury, Haaretz, June 26, 2017

Palestinian Authority Prevents Gazans From Leaving Strip for Urgent Medical Treatment in Israel

 

Mordechai Sones, Israel National News, June 26, 2017

Lod - Muezzin noise level raised to unbearable: 'Police do nothing'

 

Ma'an News, June 26, 2017

3 Israelis from notorious Yitzhar settlement arrested after attacking soldiers

 

Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, June 26, 2017

Europe must stop funding demonization of Israel

 

Sigal Ben David, The Jerusalem Post, June 25, 2017

Warning : Sea pollution on Israeli coast [Tel Aviv beach :  69,000 fecal coliform bacteria in 100 ml. of sea water, whereas normal levels should be between 100 and 400]

 

Ma'an News, June 25, 2017

PHRI exec Goldstein : "Gaza’s children have become hostages in the political game played by the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and Israel"

 

Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post, June 25, 2017   ["Freedom of expression doesn’t extend to the glorification of murder"]

Israeli Party Chair Lapid slams Berlin mayor for allowing pro-Hezbollah rally

 

Elisha Ben Kimon, YNet News, June 25, 2017  [ Their main targets in recent weeks have been Israel's security forces rather than the Palestinians ]

New generation of Hilltop Youth: Less ideology, more anti-state activity

 

Ma'an News, June 25, 2017

20 Israelis arrested for trying to enter Joseph's Tomb in Nablus

 

The Times of Israel, June 24, 2017

Energy minister: Israel should restore full power supply to Gaza  [Yuval Steinitz : "We need to give Gaza 24 hours of electricity despite the conflict"]

 

Hosam Salem, Al Jazeera, June 24, 2017

Palestinians in Gaza reflect on 10 years of siege  [80 percent of people in Gaza live on international aid and about 60 percent are under the poverty line]

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, June 23, 2017

PA cuts salaries to Hamas prisoners  [277 Hamas prisoners released in 2011 had their salaries cut off in early June as part of the PA’s pressure on Hamas]

 

Nadav Eyal, YNet News, June 23, 2017

Terrorism is winning in Europe  [In Cologne there were only a few hundred at the Not With Us protest of Muslims against terrorism]

 

Yossi Melman, The Jerusalem Post, June 23, 2017

The new 65-km Gaza fence will be 3 billion shekels, completed by late 2018 or early 2019

 

Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor, June 22, 2017  [the Palestinian leadership bears the greatest moral and ethical responsibility for the situation ]

Gaza residents abandoned by Hamas, Abbas and Israel  ["How does Abbas expect the Israeli public to place its trust in a leader who treats his people so cruelly ?"]

 

Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, June 22, 2017

Palestinian press groups blast ban on websites linked to Abbas rivals

 

Ma'an News, June 22, 2017 [UN Coordinator Mladenov : "Gaza is a tinderbox, If and when it explodes, it will have devastating consequences and derail all efforts at advancing peace."]

 

Yoav Zitun, YNet News, June 22, 2017

Lieberman: Abbas is trying to drag Hamas to war with Israel    [ "the situation in Gaza can't last forever." ]

 

Elad Benari, Israel National News, June 22, 2017

Tony Blair at Herzliya : "I cannot over-state that any peace process which ignores Gaza is a process doomed to fail"

 

Yifat Erlich, YNet News, June 22, 2017

And the Jerusalem construction freeze goes on

 

Amir Tibon, Haaretz, June 22, 2017

Hundreds of Former Israeli Generals Warn U.S. Taylor Force Act Could Create Security Risks for Israel

 

Bradley Burston, Haaretz, June 21, 2017   [It's a punishment which targets huge numbers of people who have committed no crime]

Opinion : Israel's Plague of Darkness for Gazans Is an Act of Terrorism

 

Ma'an News, June 21, 2017

Gaza crisis: Israel slashes electricity supplies for 3rd day as Egypt provides fuel

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, June 21, 2017

Hamas to maintain its organizational independence and open channels to all sides.

  

Moath al-Amoudi, Al Monitor, June 21, 2017

Qatar's charity funding in Gaza dries up as Gulf crisis continues

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, June 20, 2017  [The Israel Electric Company confirmed it will be decreasing its supply of electricity to Gaza gradually over the next several days]

To reduce the electricity supply to pressure Hamas to cede control over the isolated territory

 

Danielle Ziri, The Jerusalem Post, June 20, 2017

Former UN Envoy Brahimi : “The misery in that unhappy strip of land is difficult to describe and more difficult to endure.”

 

Nir Hasson, Haaretz, June 20, 2017

50 Years After Six-Day War, East Jerusalem's Palestinian Residents Remain Prisoners in Their City

 

Ma'an News, June 20, 2017

Report: Israeli army accelerating extensive surveillance network across West Bank

 

Marcus Sheff, The Times of Israel, June 20, 2017

Fact checking the PA Minister of Education    [What's really being taught in Palestinian schools]

Dov Lieber, June 3 : Defending new curriculum against incitement charges, PA education chief says he’s ‘safeguarding Palestinian narrative’

  

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, June 20, 2017

Israel sees Abbas' silence on police attack as sign of surrender

 

Ma'an News, June 20, 2017

Gaza faced with 2 to 3 hours of power a day after Israel begins electricity cuts

 

Smadar Perry, YNet News, June 19, 2017

Gaza slowly brewing up trouble       [“Think about it, the refrigerator works only three hours a day.  Without electricity, the food will go bad, the children will suffer from intestinal diseases, and I don’t trust our health system. There are power failures at the hospitals and the clinics too,” ]

 

Sharon Udasin, The Jerusalem Post, June 19, 2017

Raw sewage seeps out of Gaza as electricity supplies dwindle

 

Ma'an News, June 19, 2017

Gaza faced with 2 to 3 hours of power a day after Israel begins electricity cuts

 

Jack Khoury & Reuters, Haaretz, June 19, 2017

Israel Reduces Gaza Power Supply by Further 45 Minutes per Day

  

Israel National News, June 19, 2017

Israel begins reducing electricity to Gaza

 

Associated Press, YNet News, June 19, 2017

Israel reduces power supply to Hamas-ruled Gaza

 

Ma'an News, June 19, 2017

Hamas leader confirms alliance with Muhammad Dahlan against PA

 

Ha'aretz, June 19, 2017

Israel Reportedly Providing Direct Aid, Funding to Syrian Rebels

 

Ma'an News, June 19, 2017

Amnesty International calls for release of Palestinians held by Israel without charge

 

Yotam Berger & Nir Hasson, Haaretz, June 19, 2017

 

'Who Are You Calling a Settler?' Meet the Young Israelis Living in the West Bank

 

Reuters, YNet News, June 18, 2017

Hamas: War with Israel unlikely and relations with Egypt improving

 

Ma'an News, June 18, 2017

Hamas leader confirms alliance with Muhammad Dahlan against PA

 

Yoav Zitun & Elisha Ben Kimon, YNet News, June 18, 2017

Jewish extremists stone, block IDF vehicles in settlement

 

Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz, June 18, 2017

Analysis : As Qatar Crisis Rages, Egypt Gets Closer to Hamas

 

The Times of Israel, June 17, 2017

UN envoy ‘appalled’ by any who consider Jerusalem terrorists heroes

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, June 17, 2017

True or not, Islamic State’s claim of Friday attack is a statement of intent

 

Gili Cohen & Barak Ravid, Haaretz, June 17, 2017  [Head of COGAT : "Three bastards who undertook this cowardly terror attack received praise from Fatah(...) This is incitement to terror."]

Day After Lethal Jerusalem Attack, Israeli Army Fears Copycat Terror Attacks

 

Joy Bernard, The Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2017

UN Envoy condemns Jerusalem attack : terrorists should not be extolled as 'heroes'

 

Israel National News, June 17, 2017

Fatah blasts Israel for 'executing' terrorists

 

Ma'an News, June 17, 2017

PFLP, Hamas claim responsibility over deadly Jerusalem attack

 

The Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2017

Hamas praises deadly Jerusalem 'sacrificial operation carried out by three martyrs'

 

Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2017

Israel police : No link between Jerusalem attackers and any armed group

 

Liad Osmo, Yoav Zitun, Reuters, YNet News, June 17, 2017

ISIS claims responsibility for deadly Jerusalem attack

 

Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera, June 17, 2017

Gaza under siege: Seeking solace in religion

 

Editorial, Haaretz, June 16, 2017

Editorial : Stop Abusing Gaza      [About an hour’s drive from central Israel a widespread humanitarian disaster is taking place]

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, June 16, 2017

Gaza's ticking sewage bomb

 

Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera, June 16, 2017

Gaza power cuts: 'This is the worst it's ever been'

 

Ezz Zanoun, Al Jazeera, June 16, 2017

Mass protests on Gaza's borders over electricity crisis

 

Yasser Okbi, The Jerusalem Post, June 16, 2017

Strengthening alliances : Deputy Hamas chief meets with Nasrallah

 

Einav Schiff, YNet News, June 16, 2017

Another Gaza war looming? We'll manage

  

Ma'an News, June 15, 2017

On 10th anniversary of siege, Gaza reaching humanitarian and political breaking point

 

Jonathan Cook, Al Jazeera, June 15, 2017

Gulf crisis : what do Israel and Saudi have in common ?

 

Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, June 15, 2017

Israel and Hamas court catastrophe in high-stakes game of chicken

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, June 15, 2017

PA has not sent medical shipments to Gaza for over three months

 

Ronni Shaked, YNetNews, June 14, 2017

Gaza is definitely Israel’s problem  [Gaza is collapsing and losing hope... there is no money to buy anything... neighbourhoods stink. There is a sewer overflow...]

 

Associated Press, Haaretz, June 15, 2017

Trump Selling Qatar Billions in Weapons Only Days After Accusing It of Supporting Terrorism

 

Eliran Aharon, Israel National News, June 15, 2017

'Netanyahu is making a mockery of Religious Zionism'

  

Yotam Berger, Haaretz, June 15, 2017

How Many Settlers Really Live in the West Bank? Haaretz Investigation Reveals

 

Associated Press, YNet News, June 15, 2017

Palestinian government bans news sites critical of president

 

Mohammed Daraghmeh, The Times of Israel, June 15, 2017

Palestinian mayor in Hebron brushes off his murderous past

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2017

Living in the dark : Gazans talk about the electricity black-out

 

Ma'an News, June 14, 2017    [the main victims of the crisis : cystic fibrosis patients, cancer patients, and infants with developmental deficits ]

Gaza facing 'worst medication crisis in years,' rights group says

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, June 14, 2017    [Nearly 900 ‘at risk of death’]

With Gaza ailing, PA accused of slashing medical aid by nearly 90%  [In Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest, over 1,000 “elective” surgeries are currently postponed]

 

Hezki Baruch, Israel National News, June 14, 2017  ["There are two million residents in Gaza. We can say that we have no responsibility and there will be two million dead residents there"]

MK Major General Eyal Ben-Reuven : 'Gazans are miserable, don't cut off their electricity'

 

AFP, Israel National News, June 14, 2017

NGOs warn Gaza faces 'total collapse' over electricity

 

Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, June 14, 2017

Hamas crisis could present an opportunity for Israel

  

Alex Fishman, YNet News, June 14, 2017

Jewish terrorism is rearing its head again

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, June 14, 2017

Sinwar and Dahlan's Cairo face-to-face 

 

Joshua Davidovich, The Times of Israel, June 13, 2017

Gaza is suffering, but is it good for the Jews?

 

Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post, June 13, 2017

Analysis : Gaza's problems in the greater scheme of things

 

Ma'an News, June 13, 2017

Gaza braces itself for 'collapse' after Israel approves reduction of electricity supply

 

Al Jazeera, June 13, 2017

Report: Egypt's Sisi secretly met Netanyahu in Cairo in April 2016

 

Mohammed Othman, Al Monitor, June 13, 2017

Palestinians divided over GCC-Qatar crisis  ["If it weren’t for Qatar’s financial support for Hamas, the [Palestinian] division wouldn’t have lasted this long."]

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, June 13, 2017

Saudi-Hamas relations on verge of complete rupture

 

Gili Cohen, Haaretz, June 12, 2017

Israel Approves 99.8 Percent of All Weapon Export Requests

 

Haaretz, June 12, 2017

Haaretz Peace Conference : Israel Has No Policy on Gaza, Minister Admits After Decision to Curb Strip's Power Supply

  

Reuters, YNet News, June 12, 2017

UN says Israel, Palestinians fail to prosecute war crimes

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, June 12, 2017

Hamas warns Gaza electricity cut will lead to ‘explosion’

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, June 12, 2017  [Gaza : "from about 12 hours of power a day to 2 or 3 now]

Lapid warned that bacteria and disease know no boundaries : should an epidemic break out in Gaza as a result of the absence of electricity, it would quickly make its way to Israel.

 

Itamar Eichner, YNet News, June 12, 2017  ["neither Egypt nor Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are expected to come to the aid of the Gazans"]

Security Cabinet approves 35% cut in power supply to Gaza

 

Yossi Yehoshua, YNet News, June 11, 2017

Escalation in Gaza: The writing is already on the wall

 

Uri Savir, Al Monitor, June 11, 2017

Trump’s 7 guidelines for relaunching Israeli-Palestinian talks

 

Ma'an News, June 11, 2017

Committee: Prisoners still suffering from health consequences of 40-day hunger strike [such as brain damage and vision problems]

 

Ma'an News, June 11, 2017

Israeli forces suppress 'Resist with your Prayer' event in Hebron

 

Ma'an News, June 11, 2017

Palestinian injured after unidentified gunmen open fire in Jenin refugee camp

 

Andrew Friedman, YNet News, June 10, 2017

Between a rock and a hard place in the West Bank

 

Al Jazeera, June 10, 2017

Donald Trump seeks increased 'anti-terror efforts' [also asks to "immediately take steps to de-escalate the situation"]

 

Moshe Elad, YNet News, June 9, 2017

Trump’s demand, Abbas’ dilemma

 

Ma'an News, June 9, 2017

Hamas: Qatar being threatened due to Israeli, American interests

 

Ma'an News, June 9, 2017  [Turkey’s third shipment of aid to Gaza since a year ago when Israel and Turkey normalized their relationship]

Palestinian embassy: Turkey to send aid shipment to Gaza during Ramadan

 

The Times of Israel, June 9, 2017

Israel said set to start work on barrier against Gaza tunnels  [at cost of NIS 3 billion]

 

Ma'an News, June 9, 2017

Jewish Israelis disguised as Muslims attempt to pray at Al-Aqsa

 

Yael Freidson, YNet News, June 9, 2017

Haredim attack another soldier in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim

 

Israel National News, June 8, 2017

PM wants to know: Who compared Irgun and Lehi to terrorist organizations?

 

The Times of Israel, June 8, 2017

Iran FM: Trump reaction to Tehran terror attacks ‘repugnant’

 

Al Jazeera, June 8, 2017

What is the Muslim Brotherhood?

 

Birce Bora, Al Jazeera, June 8, 2017

Analysis: Why is Turkey deploying troops to Qatar?

 

Nadav Eyal, YNet News, June 8, 2017

Failed US policies at the heart of Middle East problem

 

Roi Kais, YNet News, June 8, 2017

Burning Persia: ISIS' hate for Iran

 

Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor, June 8, 2017

Learning the language of occupation

 

Sue Surkes, The Times of Israel, June 8, 2017

Arab Israeli brothers charged in Hamas plot to murder Israeli officer

 

Israel National News, June 8, 2017

Watch: Lapid leaves British interviewer speechless

 

Reuters, Haaretz, June 7, 2017

German Foreign Minister Sees Danger in 'Trumpification' of Qatar-Gulf States Conflict

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, June 7, 2017

Will the Saudi-Qatar clash push Hamas into a dangerous corner?   [Gaza is now in worse shape than ever before]

 

Al Jazeera, June 7, 2017

Analysts: Qatar supports Gaza not Hamas

 

Mordechai Sones, Israel National News, June 7, 2017

ISIS claims ongoing Tehran attack

 

Ma'an News, June 7, 2017

Palestinian presidency: Israel 'destroying any chance of resuming peace process'

  

Ma'an News, June 7, 2017

In Knesset a number of far-right Israeli parliamentarians called for permanent annexation

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, June 7, 2017

Have two ministers annexed Area C of the West Bank ?

 

Haim Lev, Israel National News, June 7, 2017

Tonight: Huge Belz wedding in Jerusalem

 

Sari Makover-Belikov, YNet News, June 7, 2017

Hooliganism in a shtreimel

 

Benny Toker, Israel National News, June 6, 2017

Sea of Galilee : 'We need to save the Kinneret'

 

Jonathan Cook, Al Jazeera, June 6, 2017

Israel approves plans to tighten grip on East Jerusalem

 

Ido ben Porat, Israel National News, June 6, 2017

Ex-IDF Education Officer: 'Religion and tradition are ruining the IDF'

 

Smadar Perry, YNet News, June 6, 2017

An earthquake in the Persian Gulf

 

Alex Fishman, YNet News, June 6, 2017

Trump effect rocking the Middle East

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, June 6, 2017

New 'rules of the game' for Israeli-Hamas standoff

 

 

Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor, June 6, 2017

Blocking embassy move to Jerusalem Trump's wisest decision yet

 

Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, June 6, 2017

Saudi FM to Qatar : 'Enough is enough' Stop supporting Hamas, other terror groups

 

Ma'an News, June 6, 2017  ["the PA, in tandem with Israel and the international community, characterizes resistance as ‘insurgency’ or ‘instability.’ "]

Hamas accuses PA of 'continuing violations' against Palestinians in the West Bank

 

Ma'an News, June 6, 2017

Issa Qaraqe, Head for Prisoners' Affairs : Committee: 'No explanation given' for PA cuts to former prisoners of Israel in Gaza

 

Agencies, The Times of Israel, June 5, 2017

Hamas lawmakers say they got salaries after fearing cutoff

 

Yasser Okbi, The Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2017

Report : PA halts payments to 250 Hamas-linked prisoners freed by Israel

 

Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, June 5, 2017

'Dean' of prisoners appointed to top Fatah body

 

Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, June 5, 2017

Hamas executes convicted Israeli spies after breakneck trial

 

Sami Michael, YNet News, June 5, 2017

The disgrace of the occupation  ["The Iranians are not the ones threatening our existence as a normal, civilized country."]

 

Alex Fishman, YNet News, June 4, 2017

Gaza’s stench is penetrating Israel  ["We may not care about infant mortality in Gaza, but the seawater contamination in the strip is reaching Israel’s shores..."] 

 

Ma'an News, June 4, 2017

PA raid sparks armed clashes in Nablus Balata refugee camp, 2 injured

 

Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, June 4, 2017

Undeterred by arson, yeshiva students seek to reclaim evacuated settlement in West Bank 

 

Yedidya Ben-Or, Israel National News, June 4, 2017

Kinneret reaches record low  [the Kinneret will lose another meter before the rainy season begins sometime in November]

 

Israel National News, June 3, 2017

Jerusalem reunification celebrated at European parliament

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, June 3, 2017

Defending new curriculum against incitement charges, PA education chief says he’s ‘safeguarding Palestinian narrative’

 

The Jerusalem Post, June 2, 2017

UN Secretary-General : 'Denial of Israel's right to exist is anti-semitism' 

 

Alon Tal, The Times of Israel, June 2, 2017

Trump leaves Israel hot and dry  ["A hotter and dryer Middle East will do little to help reduce local volatility. Things are going to get worse."]

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, June 2, 2017

In eye of regional storm, Hamas pushed closer to Tehran

 

Yasser Okbi, The Jerusalem Post, June 2, 2017

Report : 'External pressure' forces Qatar to expel Hamas members

 

Kobi Nachshoni, YNet News, June 2, 2017

16 Haredim arrested in Mea Shearim for attacking IDF soldiers

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, June 2, 2017

Palestinians call Israeli economic offer too little, too late

 

Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera, June 1, 2017

Gaza power cuts: When fuel runs out, 'babies will die'  [Inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Al-Shifa hospital]

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, June 1, 2017

Israeli minister halts Gaza electricity reduction  [Gaza is caught in an endless tug of war]

 

David Rosenberg, Haaretz, June 1, 2017

Who Profits From the Israel's Occupation of the West Bank?

 

Akiva Eldar, Haaretz, June 1, 2017

Israel silent on massive US-Saudi arms deal

  

Asaf Romirowsky, YNet News, June 1, 2017

Nakba: The source of Arab-Israeli conflict

 

Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine, The Times of Israel, June 1, 2017

From Ilan Halimi to Sarah Halimi: France’s disgrace

 

Alexander Fulbright, The Times of Israel, June 1, 2017

In Jerusalem poster urges ultra-Orthodox draftees to kill soldiers

 

Ma'an News, June 1, 2017

Committee: IPS to meet with prisoners to discuss remaining demands of hunger strike

 

Sharon Udasin, The Jerusalem Post, June 1, 2017 

Israeli Greens slam Trump's decision to withdraw from Paris Agreement 

Chemi Shalev, Haaretz, June 1, 2017

Analysis : After Torching Paris Agreement, Trump Is Bogeyman of the World  

 

 

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Ma'an News, May 31, 2017

Palestinian man arrested for eating publicly during Ramadan  [in the West Bank]

 

Ma'an News, May 31, 2017

Cabinet schedules 'supplementary' elections in Gaza despite Hamas boycott

 

AP, YNet News, May 31, 2017

Palestinian power struggle threatens further Gaza power cuts

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, May 31, 2017

UN : Palestinian, Israeli fatalities drop in 2016

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, May 31, 2017

UN: 37% decrease in number of Palestinians killed in incidents

 

Elad Benari, Israel National News, May 31, 2017

Hamas: Iran resuming support? 'Fake news'

 

Ron Kampeas, The Times of Israel, May 31, 2017

Trump wants to sell lots of weapons to Riyadh. Why are Israel (and its friends) staying mum?

 

Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor, May 30, 2017

In wake of Trump visit, Saudi-led Sunni bloc already splintering

 

Imaye Taga, YNet News, May 30, 2017

The forsaken hostage : 1,000 days in Hamas captivity  ["worst of all—he wasn't born the right color"]

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, May 30, 2017

General Sharon' son Gilad Sharon : ‘Israeli-Palestinian peace isn't a real estate deal'

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, May 30, 2017

Israeli-Palestinian coordination ends prisoners’ strike  [ as it happened ]

 

Ma'an News, May 30, 2017

Barghouthi: Hunger strike marks 'turning point' for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel

 

Ma'an News, May 30, 2017

Hamas, Fatah accuse each other of being unwilling to resolve political crisis

 

Fedaa al-Qedra, Al Jazeera, May 30, 2017

Gaza's drug influx on the rise : "tunnels are the main source"

 

Yasser Okbi / Maariv Hashavua, The Jerusalem Post, May 30, 2017

Report : after Iranian elections, Tehran-Hamas ties warming up

 

Ma'an News, May 30, 2017

Palestinian students demonstrate across West Bank to 'send message to the world'

 

Telem Yahav, YNet News, May 30, 2017

Study: 'The occupation costs Israel tens of billions of shekels'

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, May 29, 2017

PA admits: Gaza now an independent entity

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, May 29, 2017

Boosting ties with Moscow will come at a cost for Hamas

 

 

Raoul Wootliff & Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, May 29, 2017

Lapid: Entire Israeli security establishment is worried by Trump’s Saudi arms deal

 

Ma'an News, May 29, 2017

Trump’s visit to Israel: How Palestine disappeared from US media coverage

 

Lidar Gravé-Lazi, The Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2017

Israel to expand education curriculum in East Jerusalem

 

Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2017

The government is cutting tax funds to PA; why is the Knesset in the dark ?

 

Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, May 29, 2017

Arab leaders did plan to eliminate Israel in Six-Day War

 

Zena Tahhan, Al Jazeera, May 28, 2017  [Healthy humans can survive up to eight weeks without food, but the risk of starvation differs from one person to another]

A timeline of Palestinian mass hunger strikes in Israel

 

Ma'an News, May 28, 2017   [what was obtained in the end]

Palestinian prisoners' committee: 80% of hunger strikers' demands met by Israel 

 

Itamar Eichner, YNet News, May 28, 2017

MKs move to boost development of east Jerusalem’s infrastructure 

 

Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, May 28, 2017

‘Arab States see Trump presidency as chance for Israeli-Palestinian peace

 

Ma'an News, May 28, 2017

Gaza power authority says it has received no reply from PA over electricity crisis

 

The Times of Israel, May 28, 2017

UN chief pulls support for Palestinian women’s center named after terrorist

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, May 27, 2017

UN: Fatah-Hamas ‘tug-of-war’ could lead to fresh conflict in Gaza

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, May 27, 2017

Ending strike after 40 days, Barghouti is now Abbas’s undisputed heir

 

Ma'an News, May 27, 2017

After 40 days, Palestinians suspend mass hunger strike in Israeli prisons

 

AP, YNet News, May 27, 2017

Mass hunger strike of Palestinian security prisoners ends

 

Israel National News, May 27, 2017

Hamas insists: We're not a terror organization

 

  

Hassan Shalan, YNet News, May 26, 2017

Muslim population begins month of Ramadan [on Saturday]

 

Reuters, YNet News, May 26, 2017

UN warns of 'walking into another Gaza crisis with eyes wide open'

 

Itamar Eichner, YNet News, May 26, 2017

Minister of Energy Steinitz opposed the decision of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories to reduce electricity to Gaza

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, May 26, 2017

For now, Israel stuck paying Gaza's electric bill

 

Ma'an News, May 26, 2017

Fears of death loom as Palestinian prisoners enter 39th day of hunger strike

 

Agencies, The Times of Israel, May 26, 2017

Israel, Palestinians condemn attack on Egypt Christians as toll rises to 28

 

AFP, The Times of Israel, May 26, 2017

UN fears Gaza energy crisis could spark fresh violence

 

Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, May 25, 2017

The local elections & resurgence of Palestinian tribalism

 

Ali Dolah, Al Monitor, May 25, 2017

To pressure Hamas, PA now sticking it to the sick [The PA has halted shipments of essential medicine, baby formula for sick children and medical supplies]

 

Ismail Abdel Hadi, Al Monitor, May 25, 2017

Saltwater and 'honor' on Gazan restaurants’ menus

 

Ma'an News, May 25, 2017

On 38th day still no signs of Israeli authorities responding to the hunger strikers’ demands,

 

Setz J. Frantzmann, The Jerusalem Post, May 25, 2017

Trump of Arabia ? Middle East media respond to President's historic visit

 

Shahd Abusalama, Al Jazeera, May 25, 2017

How my father survived a hunger strike in Israel

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, May 25, 2017

Israel reduces Gaza electricity to 3 hours a day after PA refuses to pay

 

Ramzy Baroud, Ma'an News, May 25, 2017

Fear as an obstacle to peace: Why are Israelis afraid?

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, May 25, 2017

Hamas publicly executes three over murder of Gaza commander

 

Ma'an News, May 24, 2017      ["Our bodies may be weakened and barely able to move, but our spirits reach the sky"]

No signs of negotiations with Israel as prisoners plan to refuse salt and water

 

Major-General Noam Tibon, YNet News, May 24, 2017

Mr. President, beware Israeli and Palestinian lies

 

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Haaretz, May 24, 2017

Those of us who are desperate for Israeli-Palestinian peace may not have the luxury of choosing the architects of peace

 

The Times of Israel, May 24, 2017

Rivlin: We must take urgent care of capital’s Arab residents

 

Ben Ariel, Israel National News, May 24, 2017

Hamas condemns Manchester attack

  

Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, May 23, 2017

Trump didn’t address Knesset because MKs couldn’t be trusted to behave

 

Yasser Okbi, The Jerusalem Post, May 23, 2017

PFLP Gazans tie up Trump effigy in armed demonstration

 

Julian Pecquet, Al Monitor, May 23, 2017

Trump budget slashes Middle East aid   [less than 1% of the budget is spent on foreign aid]

 

Elhanan Miller, Haaretz, May 23, 2017

"Trump : 27 hours in Israel, 1 hour in Bethlehem"

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, May 23, 2017

As Trump visits Bethlehem, the hunger strike is the elephant in the room  [the US Pdt did not go down to the Church]

 

Ben Ariel, Israel National News, May 23, 2017

EU condemns latest Hamas death sentences

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, May 23, 2017

Hamas: Trump’s comments on Jewish ties to Jerusalem false

 

Hisham Sharabati, Haaretz, May 23, 2017

Opinion : Why Palestinians Have Already Given Up on Trump

  

Amir Tibon, Haaretz, May 23, 2017

Analysis : The One Thing Missing From Trump's Visit to Israel

 

The Jerusalem Post, May 23, 2017

Trump wins applause vowing to protect Israel from Hamas, Isis and Iran

 

Ma'an News, May 23, 2017

Trump meets with Abbas in Bethlehem during brief visit in West Bank

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, May 23, 2017

Why can't Abbas stop paying families of 'martyrs' ?   [64% of the Palestinian public saying Abbas should resign]

 

Israel National News, May 23, 2017   [5'20" video]

MK Yehuda Glick : 'If we declare sovereignty on Judea, Samaria, the Golan, Jerusalem - the world will go along'

 

Ranan Ben Tzur, YNet News, May 23, 2017

60 hunger striking prisoners evacuated to hospitals

 

Ma'an  News, May 22, 2017

Palestinians observe general strike in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners    (in pictures)

 

Noga Tarnopolsky, Haaretz, May 22, 2017

In Bethlehem, Palestinians Confident Trump's One-hour Visit 'Won't Change Anything'

 

Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, May 22, 2017

Trump's Palestinian pilgrimage brings hope, concern

  

Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, May 22, 2017

Saudi Arabia, kingdom of hatred, fighting radicalization?

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, May 22, 2017

Report: 111 sentenced to death under Hamas rule in Gaza

 

Farah Najjar, Sam Bahour, Usama Hamdan [12' video], & others, Al Jazeera, May 22, 2017  

Palestinian basic rights 'not on the agenda' for Trump

 

Chemi Shalev, Haaretz, May 21, 2017

Analysis : Trump Just Sold Billions of Dollars of Sophisticated Weapons to a State He Said Masterminded 9/11

 

Joy Bernard, The Jerusalem Post, May 21, 2017

Watch : When Trump isn't signing an arms deal in Saudi Arabia, he's dancing with swords

 

Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor, May 21, 2017

Saudis trumpet Trump

 

Ma'an News, May 21, 2017

Abbas attends Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Saudi Arabia

 

Reuters, YNet News, May 21, 2017    [King Abdullah II : "This is the core issue for our region, and it has driven radicalism and instability beyond our region and into the Muslim world"]

Hamas rejects Trump's classifying them as terrorist group

 

Reuters, YNet News, May 21, 2017

Hamas to execute three Palestinians over commander's killing

 

Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, May 20, 2017

Trump in Saudi Arabia : where the US President feels right at home

 

Al Jazeera, May 20, 2017

US and Saudi Arabia sign arms deals worth almost $110bn

 

The Times of Israel, May 20, 2017

Palestinian cleric says US, Israel try to control Arabs’ mood with drugs

 

Ma'an News, May 20, 2017

On 34th day of hunger strike, prisoners transferred to Israeli civilian hospital

 

Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post, May 20, 2017

More than the two-state solution : the many possible paths (and plans) to peace

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, May 19, 2017

Why many Palestinians didn't take to the polls in local elections

 

Elad Benari, Israel National News, May 19, 2017

Abbas working to end terrorist hunger strike

 

Ma'an News, May 19, 2017

'Death is the only thing that will stop this': Prisoners enter 33rd day of hunger strike

 

Gideon Levy & Alex Levac, Haaretz, May 19, 2017

'Mom, Please Don’t Be Angry' A Palestinian Girl's Suicide by Israeli Cop

 

Ma'an News, May 19, 2017

10 Palestinians injured as (Palestinian) man loses control of his weapon at Tulkarem solidarity march

 

JTA, Israel National News, May 18, 2017

EU resolution on peace process challenges leaves out Hamas

 

Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor, May 18, 2017

Would Israel's Knesset support a Trump Mideast deal ?

 

Al-Shabaka, Ma'an News, May 17, 2017

The Palestinian Authority security forces: Whose security? A denounciation

 

Kobi Nachsoni, YNet News, May 17, 2017

An ultra-Orthodox young man arrested on suspicion of burning the Israeli flag on Lag B'Omer

 

The Jerusalem Post, May 16, 2017

Report : Arab States offer Israel improved ties in exchange for peace concessions

 

Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, May 16, 2017

Gaza citizens remain biggest losers of decadelong political dispute

 

Alexander Fulbright & Stuart Winer, The Times of Israel, May 16, 2017

Escalating hunger strike, Barghouti said to stop drinking water

 

Ma'an News, May 16, 2017

ICRC: 'Crisis is looming' in Gaza amid ongoing fuel and power shortages

 

Sharon Udasin, The Jerusalem Post, May 16, 2017

Cross-border water pollution threatens Israeli security, watchdog says

 

Ma'an News, May 16, 2017

Fatah maintains majority in local councils by going largely uncontested

 

Ma'an News, May 15, 2017

Hunger strike leaders call for 'serious negotiations' as strike enters 29th day

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, May 15, 2017

Where does Hamas' policy document leave Islamic Jihad?

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, May 15, 2017

Hamas policy shift deepens internal rift

 

Elisha Ben Kimon, YNet News, May 15, 2017

Israeli family rescued after accidentally entering Palestinian village

 

Dalit Halevy, Israel National News, May 15, 2017

'West becoming more supportive of Palestinians'

 

Mohammed Othman, Al Monitor, May 14, 2017

Journalists in Gaza face intensifying crackdown

 

Ma'an News, May 14, 2017

Lawyer visits Barghouthi for the first time since beginning of prisoner hunger strike

 

AP, YNet News, May 14, 2017

Ruling Fatah party fares poorly in Palestinian elections

 

Ma'an News, May 13, 2017

'Struggling with death:' Palestinian prisoners enter 27th day of mass hunger strike

 

Amos Harel, Haaretz, May 13, 2017

Analysis : A New Underground Reality Is Taking Shape Along the Gaza-Israel Border  [Gazans' problems worsening]

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, May 13, 2017

How Donald Trump, darling of the Israeli right, reinvigorated Mahmoud Abbas

 

Reuters, YNet News, May 13, 2017

Palestinians hold local elections in West Bank but not Gaza

 

Seth  J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, May 12, 2017

ISIS’s dirty secret

 

Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, May 12, 2017

Hamas cracks down on Gaza journalists

 

Zena Tahhan, Al Jazeera, May 12, 2017

A timeline of Palestinian mass hunger strikes in Israel

 

Ma'an News, May 12, 2017

Unrest spreads in West Bank, 23-year old killed, dozens injured

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, May 12, 2017

Sources in Gaza claim this is the man who assassinated the senior Hamas figure

 

Ma'an News, May 11, 2017

Gaza military court sentences 2 to execution by firing squad for drug dealing

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, May 11, 2017

Palestinian PM : the PA relies on the important and vital role that Europe can play in promoting peace

 

Ma'an News, May 10, 2017

Ireland capital votes to fly Palestinian flag above city hall for Nakba Day

 

Israel National News, May 10, 2017

Heat wave to break Wednesday afternoon

 

Reuters, YNet News, May 10, 2017  ["The pledge Hamas made before God was to liberate all of Palestine"]

Leading Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar says no softened stance towards Israel

 

Ma'an News, May 10, 2017

Islamic bloc wins for 3rd year running in Birzeit University student elections

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, May 10, 2017

Hamas assures critics Israel’s destruction still its goal 

 

Ramzy Baroud, Ma'an News, May 10, 2017

New charter: Should Hamas rewrite the past?

 

Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, May 10, 2017  [Ahmed Yousef's comments]

Will Hamas’ new policy document allow it to enter international scene?

 

Ma'an News, May 10, 2017

PA denies reports that shipments of medicine and baby formula to Gaza were halted

 

Sayed El Hadidi, Al Monitor, May 9, 2017

Hamas’ new policy document brings the group closer to Egypt

 

Shimon Cohen, Israel National News, May 9, 2017

PA claims funding anti-Israel terror advances peace

 

Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, May 7, 2017

Iran's Khamenei : Islam and Koran must be only basis of education ["It makes no sense to accept such a (UNESCO) document in the Islamic Republic,"]

 

Uri Savir, Al Monitor, May 7, 2017

What are European Union’s plans if Trump fails on Mideast peace?

 

Smadar Perry, YNet News, May 7, 2017

New Hamas policy document is just a small facelift

 

Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera, May 7, 2017

Who killed Gaza's fisherman Muhammad al-Hissi?

 

 

Liran Levi, YNet News, May 7, 2017

16-year-old girl attempts stabbing in Old City

 

Ido Ben Porat, Israel National News, May 7, 2017

Why did Abbas exempt Gazans from paying taxes?

 

Ma'an News, May 7, 2017

Hamas rejects alleged Abbas decree that seeks to exempt Gazans from taxes

 

Elior Levy & AP, YNet News, May 7, 2017

Meet the old-new head of Hamas: 'Not suicide bombings, but martyrdom operations'

 

Ma'an News, May 6, 2017

Ismail Haniyeh elected head of Hamas' politburo

 

Refael Levi, Israel National News, May 6, 2017

'In two more generations, there won't be any Jews left here'

 

Ma'an News, May 5, 2017

Abbas: Hamas continues to legitmize division

 

Dalit Halevy, Israel National News, May 5, 2017

Hamas: We have not become a new version of 'Fatah'

 

Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, May 4, 2017

How artful can Trump be when dealing with Palestine-Israel conflict?

 

 

Israel National News, May 4, 2017

NSC adviser: Trump's 'disruptive' approach good for Israel

 

Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz, May 4, 2017

Analysis : Israeli Jew's 'Suicide by Army' Sheds Light on 'Lone Wolf' Palestinian Terror

 

Hassan Shaalan, YNet News, May 4, 2017

Arab Israeli city rocked by wave of violence

 

The Times of Israel, May 3, 2017

Full text of Trump-Abbas joint White House statements

 

David Horovitz, The Times of Israel, May 3, 2017

Trump’s welcome for Abbas is so warm he might have been hosting an Israeli leader

 

Ma'an News, May 3, 2017

Israel to temporarily expand fishing zone in southern Gaza to 9 nautical miles 

 

Amira Hass, Haaretz, May 3, 2017

Analysis : Why Hamas' New Charter Is Aimed at Palestinians, Not Israelis

 

Ma'an News, May 3, 2017

Hamas security forces detain several Fatah leaders across Gaza Strip

 

AFP, YNet News, May 3, 2017

Human Rights Watch condemns Hamas illegal detention of Israelis

 

AFP, The Times of Israel, May 2, 2017

Hamas gives Israel 24 hours to meet Palestinian prisoner demands

 

Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, May 2, 2017

Netanyahu wants to stop PA funding for terrorists, but how is another matter

 

Sue Surkes, , May 2, 2017

Jewish man shot dead rushing checkpoint left suicide note

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, May 2, 2017

New Hamas Charter : "Hamas rejects any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea."

 

Belal Shobaki, Al Jazeera, May 2, 2017

What is next for Hamas?

 

The Times of Israel, May 1, 2017

Palestinian infighting is exacerbating Gaza crisis – UN report

 

The Times of Israel, May 1, 2017

Full text of May 2017 UNESCO resolution on ‘Occupied Palestine’

 

Ma'an News, May 1, 2017

UN says there is 'urgent need' to address crisis in Gaza in latest report

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, May 1, 2017

Israel demands PA stop paying off prisoners' families

 

Shimon Cohen, Israel National News, May 1, 2017

Mahmud A-Zahar : a Palestinian State in West Bank & Gaza : merely "a tactical step"

 

Al Jazeera, May 1, 2017

Hamas' political document: What to expect

 

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Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, April 30, 2017

Hamas leader al-Zahar accuses Abbas of ‘crimes against humanity’ in Gaza

 

Ma'an News, April 30, 2017

Slamming the PA, Hamas official warns that Gaza could implode 'at any moment'

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, April 29, 2017

Hamas official : Abbas a 'traitor' who 'should be killed'

 

Ma'an News, April 29, 2017

2 Palestinians injured after Israelis from Nablus-area settlement continue attacks

 

Ma'an News, April 29, 2017

Tens of Palestinians injured as clashes erupt on 'Day of Rage' across West Bank

 

AFP, YNet News, April 29, 2017

Hamas to amend controversial charter in bid to ease ties

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, April 28, 2017

Much more than power at stake in Israel-Hamas electricity standoff

 

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, April 28, 2017

Eyeing his trip to Trump, Abbas takes on Hamas, reins in hunger-strike protests

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, April 28, 2017

Should Israel help Abbas oust Hamas ? [Without Israeli electricity, the Strip would be plunged into darkness. Its 2 million residents would have only about an hour a day of power.]

 

Elad Benari,  Israel National News, April 28, 2017

Assad: Israel supports 'terrorists'

 

Uzi Baruch, Israel National News, April 28, 2017

Right-wing activists banned from Judea and Samaria

 

AFP, The Times of Israel, April 27, 2017

World Bank: Gaza power cuts causing ‘humanitarian crisis’  [“Recently, this situation has become the norm leaving Gazans without electricity during most of the day."]

 

Ma'an News, April 27, 2017

As power crisis deepens, PA cuts electricity payments to Gaza

 

Jack Khoury & Barak Ravid, Haaretz, April 27, 2017

As the Palestinian Authority Ratchets Up Pressure on Hamas, Gaza Residents Fear Bearing the Brunt

 

Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, April 27, 2017

Is Hamas-Fatah reconciliation finally on track?   ["We agreed with the Fatah delegation that the consensus government take over governance of the Gaza Strip"]

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/fatah-hands-over-hamas-abbas-vision-to-end-split-and-warning.html#ixzz4fXMW5YVM

 

Hillel Fendel, Israel National News, April 27, 2017

Thousands rally in Ramallah for destruction of Israel

 

Moath al-Amoudi, Al Monitor, April 27, 2017

Why were Gaza’s poor denied monetary allowances?

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, April 27, 2017

Israel to launch major project to block Hamas tunnels

 

Ma'an News, April  27, 2017

European parliament members stage sit-in in solidarity with hunger strikers

 

Lidar Gravé-Lazi, The Jerusalem Post, April 27, 2017

On Israel's 69th birthday, population reaches 8.68 million  [the Arab population stands at 1.808 million people, 20.8% of the country’s inhabitants]

 

Ma'an News, April 27, 2017

Israeli settlers assault Palestinians, spark clashes near Joseph's Tomb

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, April 27, 2017

Hamas Interior Ministry arrests Gazans for 'spreading rumours'

 

Ma'an News, April 27, 2017

Hamas to officially declare new charter next week

 

Anna Ahronheim, The Jerusalem Post, April 26, 2017

Senior IDF officer : Gaza shortages could lead to confrontation with Hamas  [monthly salaries at $400, youth unemployment at 58%]

 

The Times of Israel, April 26, 2017

Hamas says it won’t be cowed by Abbas’s threats

 

Al Jazeera, April 26, 2017

Palestinian Authority to stop funding Gaza electricity

 

Teodora Coptil, YNet News, April 26, 2017

EU-Israel relations: Trojan horses, snakes, ladders and boycotts

 

Gili Melnitcki, Haaretz, April 26, 2017

Israel Bans Tour Groups From Staying in West Bank, Then Backtracks

 

Amos Harel, Haaretz, April 26, 2017

Analysis Abbas-Hamas Power Struggle Ahead of Trump Meeting Pushes Gazans to the Brink

  

Ma'an News, April 25, 2017

Egyptian power lines break down, worsening electricity crisis in Gaza

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, April 25, 2017

Abbas versus Barghouti, Round 2

 

Ma'an News, April 25, 2017

Israeli travel agencies will have to promise not to send tourists to the West Bank as of May 15

 

Amir Tibon, Haaretz, April 25, 2017

Report: Trump Plans to Cut Foreign Aid Across World - but Increase Aid to Palestinians

 

Al Jazeera, April 25, 2017

How Israel denies rights to Palestinian prisoners

 

YNet News, April 24, 2017

Israeli & German Presidents together during Holocaust Remembrance Day / Rivlin slams French candidate

  

Haaretz, April 24, 2017

FULL TRANSCRIPT : President Rivlin Says Seeing Every Criticism of Israel as anti-Semitism Is 'Fundamentally Wrong, Dangerous'

 

The Jerusalem Post, April 24, 2017

Fillon leads French-Israeli votes by far

 

Uzi Baruch, Israel National News, April 24, 2017

Report: Terrorist attacker is a mother of 9

 

Ma'an News, April 23, 2017

6 Israelis indicted for committing 'racist' attacks against Palestinians

 

YNet News, April 23, 2017

EU delegations promise to ‘make sure that Jews feel totally safe in Europe’

 

Ma'an News, April 23, 2017

Palestinian detained after stabbing attack injures 4 in Tel Aviv

 

Ma'an News, April 23, 2017

Hamas, Fatah trade further accusations over situation in Gaza

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, April 23, 2017

84 more Hamas men quit hunger strike – Prisons service

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, April 23, 2017

Settlers and Palestinians clash in West Bank

 

Yoav Zitun, YNet News, April 23, 2017

Settlers attack IDF forces with stones; officer injured 

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, April 22, 2017 

Cynically led, and out of electricity, Gaza is close to breaking point again

 

Dalit Halevy, Israel National News, April 22, 2017

PLO Secret.-Gen. Erekat : 'There will be no Palestinian state without Gaza'

 

Elior Levy & Yoav Zitun, YNet News, April 22, 2017

Stones, vandalism and arson: Settlers assault Palestinians

 

Ma'an News, April 22, 2017

Solidarity events held in Gaza, Israel, West Bank in support of hunger strikers

 

Carol Cook, Haaretz, April 21, 2017   ["We, three women in our 60s and 70s, wanted to see the settlement reality for ourselves"]

Opinion : Over Passover, Settlers Attacked Three Grandmothers. I Was One of Them

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, April 21, 2017

Peace Now : New West Bank outpost built in last two weeks

 

The Times of Israel, April 21, 2017

Watch : Settlers attack human rights activists with bats and stones in West Bank, footage shows

 

Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, April 20, 2017

Israeli politicians continue silence over settlers attacking IDF

 

Israel National News, April 20, 2017

Thousands pray at Joshua's tomb South of Nablus [3242 years after his death]

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, April 20, 2017

Gaza hospitals on verge of blackout amid energy crisis

 

Ma'an News, April 20, 2017

Egyptian line damaged, reducing power in southern Gaza to 4 hours a day

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, April 20, 2017

PA faces backlash after slashing Gaza salaries

 

Ronni Shaked, YNet News, April 19, 2017

Could Barghouti become Israel’s peace partner?

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, April 19, 2017

Why Palestinian hunger strike may be destined to fail

 

Amira Hass, Haaretz, April 19, 2017

Opinion The Palestinian Hunger Strike Aims Beyond the Jailhouses

  

Judah Ari Gross & Marissa Newman, The Times of Israel, April 19, 2017

Bereaved parents lash Netanyahu over Gaza war at charged Knesset meeting

 

Al Jazeera, April 18, 2017

Power crisis leaves Gaza's main hospital on the brink

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, April 18, 2017

Fatah defeats Hamas in student elections at largest West Bank university in Nablus

 

Ma'an News, April 18, 2017

Hamas official rejects holding bilateral talks with Fatah

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, April 18, 2017

Hamas blames Abbas for Gaza power plant shutdown

 

Ma'an News, April 18, 2017

Less than a third of Gaza's power needs met after sole power plant shuts down

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, April 18, 2017

Palestinian PM, UNRWA head meet to discuss school impasse

 

Jack Khoury, Haaretz, April 18, 2017

Explosion Reported at St. Catherine Monastery in Sinai

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, April 18, 2017

PA official warns hunger strike could lead to violence

 

Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, April 18, 2017

How Palestinian hunger strike leader rattled Israeli politicians

 

Zena Tahhan, Al Jazeera, April 17, 2017

Palestinian prisoners launch mass hunger strike

 

Gili Cohen, Haaretz, April 17, 2017

As More Female Israeli Soldiers Pick Up Guns, More Men Take on Softer Roles

 

 

Yair Lapid, The Times of Israel, April 17, 2017

What the NY Times didn’t say about Barghouti

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, April 16, 2017

UN official: Gaza could soon be unlivable ["with only 4 hours of electricity a day down from 8, 40% of the population can access water only 5 to 8 hours every two to three days"]

 

Marwan Barghouti, The New York Times, April 16, 2017

Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons

 

Elior Levy & Roy Yanovsky, YNet News, April 16, 2017

700 Palestinian security prisoners announce hunger strike

Gidi Weitz & Jack Khoury, Haaretz, July 5, 2016

Will Marwan Barghouti be the Palestinian Nelson Mandela?

 

Hezki Baruch, Israel National News, April 16, 2017

Kulanu minister Yoav Gallant : Prepare for war with Hamas this summer

 

AFP, Israel National News, April 16, 2017

Gaza electric plant shuts down [Dispute between Hamas and Fatah causes Gaza Strip's only functioning power plant to run out of fuel Sunday]

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, April 16, 2017

Hamas cuts power to protest ‘oppressive acts’  [" We deserve to live like normal human beings"]

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, April 16, 2017

Fatah: Israel's security-related prisoners are 'heroes'

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, April 15, 2017

6,500 security-related prisoners are sitting in Israeli jails

 

Jack Khoury, Haaretz, April 15, 2017

Serious Attempts Underway to Reach Prisoners Deal With Israel, Hamas' Meshal Says

 

The Times of Israel, April 15, 2017

Hamas leader hints prisoner exchange deal in the works

 

Gilead Sher, YNet News, April 15, 2017

Same old Hamas

 

The Times of Israel, April 15, 2017

UK student was standing near killer because she gave up her seat for woman with baby

 

Abed L. Azab, Haaretz, April 15, 2017

Opinion : Anti-Assad? You Are Supporting the Murder of Christians

 

Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz, April 15, 2017

Analysis 'Mother of All Bombs' Is Trump's Mother of All Messages

 

 

Ma'an News, April 14, 2017

Gaza's power authority cuts off electricity to all districts amid deepening crisis

 

Ma'an News, April 14, 2017

Chinese FM: lack of Tibetan state 'a terrible injustice'

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, April 14, 2017

'A betrayal of the Palestinian narrative'   [PA suspends ties wtih UNRWA]

 

Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, April 14, 2017 

Moab attack on Isis was a baffling choice in cold-blooded terms of cost

 

Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, April 14, 2017

Afghanistan bomb: Trump finds the keys to the family gun cabinet [after decrying America's role as world policeman]

 

Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, April 14, 2017

The bombing of Afghanistan shows the US is led by a one-man wild card

 

David Rosenberg, Israel National News, April 14, 2017

Terror in Jerusalem : 3 injured in light rail stabbing attack

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, April 14, 2017

Gaza electric plant faces Sunday shutdown crisis

 

JTA, Israel National News, April 14, 2017

EU adopts anti-boycott stance in official commercial policy

 

Ma'an News, April 13, 2017

Following detention of Ahmad Attun, 13 Palestinian MPs currently held by Israel

 

Larry Beinhart, Al Jazeera, April 13, 2017

Bombs away! Wag that dog!

 

Haaretz, April 13, 2017

U.S. Drops MOAB, 'Mother of All Bombs,' in Afghanistan

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, April 13, 2017

Palestinian Authority Education ministry suspends UNRWA ties over textbook spat

 

Ma'an News, April 13, 2017

Hundreds of Israelis tour Al-Aqsa, perform prayers on third day of Passover

 

Pesach Wolicki, The Times of Israel, April 12, 2017   ["An estimated 90,000 Christians worldwide were murdered this past year because of their faith"]

Persecution of Christians is a Jewish problem     ["Today, the Christian minority in the Middle East has taken our place"]

 

Anna Ahronheim, The Jerusalem Post, April 12, 2017

Israeli security forces arrest Hamas lawmaker in West Bank

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, April 12, 2017

Israel warns that Gaza will face power supply crisis

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, April 12, 2017

Israel moves forward with 65 km long barrier to block Hamas tunnels

 

Israel National News, April 12, 2017  [Jordan King Hussein's interview in The Washington Post]

"If we can solve the Palestinian problem, then this is a new era of stability in our region" ["where Israelis are truly a part of the neighborhood"]

 

Ma'an News, April 12, 2017

EU provides nearly 12 million euros to support vulnerable West Bank, Gaza families

 

Or Kashti, Haaretz, April 12, 2017

Israel Admits It Lost the Bodies of Seven Palestinian Terrorists [but up to 121 still can't be located]

 

Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera, April 11, 2017

Welcome to 'the world's largest death row'

  

Amnesty International, Al Jazeera, April 11, 2017

Death penalty around the world in 2016  [Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt account for 91% of executions]

 

Ariel Whitman, The Jerusalem Post, April 10, 2017

If Israel admits Syrian refugees, would it need to welcome Palestinians as well?

  

Asaf Zagrizak, YNet News, April 10, 2017

Jerusalem-area bus drivers fed up with stone-throwing

  

Isra Namey, Al Jazeera, April 11, 2017

Gaza pay cuts deepen rift between PA and Hamas

 

Ma'an News, April 10, 2017

As international funds empty out, Gaza power plant announces possible shutdown

 

Ben Lynfield, The Jerusalem Post, April 10, 2017

Analysis : Egypt - no place for Coptic Christians

 

Ma'an News, April 10, 2017

Public prosecutor: 26 death sentences to be carried out in Gaza

 

Gili Cohen, Haaretz, April 9, 2017        ["About 96 percent of the water is considered unfit for drinking "]

Israel Warns UN of Imminent Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Strip

 

The Times of Israel, April 9, 2017       ["Army says 96% of water in Hamas-ruled territory is undrinkable"]

Israel warns of snowballing humanitarian crisis in Gaza

 

Ofri Ilany, Haaretz, April 9, 2017

Opinion : The Main Reason for the Next Gaza War

 

Taly Krupkin, Haaretz, April 9, 2017

Send in the Troops: A Pentagon Veteran Bashes the Militarization of American Society

 

Ma'an News, april 9, 2017

Hamas authorities raid PLO department amid ongoing turmoil in Gaza

  

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, April 9, 2017 ["“Hamas strongly condemns the heinous crimes against churches and places of worship in Egypt” ]

Hamas condemns ‘heinous’ Egypt church bombing

 

Al Jazeera, April 9, 2017

Deadly blasts hit Coptic churches in Tanta, Alexandria

 

Ma'an News, April 9, 2017

Israel detained 509 Palestinians in March, report says

 

Israel National News, April 9, 2017

Israel to Hamas: Pay your electric bills, or we'll shut power

January 13 : IDF official: Hamas is to blame for Gaza power outages

 

Ma'an News, April 9, 2017

UN envoy 'deeply concerned' over growing unrest in Gaza after PA salary cuts

 

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, April 9, 2017

Tensions increase between Palestinian Authority and Hamas

 

Ma'an News, April 8, 2017   [The prisoners have “purely human demands” - the right to family visits, to allow  prisoners’ children to visit them, the right to education]

Longest-serving Palestinian prisoner to join upcoming mass hunger strike

 

Ma'an News, April 8, 2017

Abbas expresses solidarity with Swedish citizens following Stockholm attack

 

Ma'an News, April 8, 2017

Islamic Jihad holds protest in Gaza against Israel, PA

 

Ma'an News, April 8, 2017

Thousands gather in Gaza as protests continue against PA salary cuts

 

Ma'an News, April 7, 2017

Hamdallah defends PA over salary cuts to civil servants in Gaza, demands Hamas hand over power to PA

 

Ma'an News, April 7, 2017

Gaza authorities increase tariffs on certain goods to encourage local production

 

AP, YNet News, April 7, 2017

UN rights office condemns executions of 3 in Gaza Strip

 

The Jerusalem Post, April 6, 2017

Moscow surprisingly says West Jerusalem is Israel's capital [and East Jerusalem is Palestine's capital]

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, April 6, 2017

Hamas hangs 3 in Gaza for ‘collaborating with Israel’

 

Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post, April 6, 2017

Passover Seder conducted for African detainees in Negev detention center

 

The Jerusalem Post, April 6, 2017

Hamas hails 'heroic' ramming attack that killed Israeli in West Bank

 

Ma'an News, April 6, 2017

3 Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel executed in Gaza

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, April 6, 2017

Hamas hangs 3 Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel

 

Ashel Weber, The Jerusalem Post, April 6, 2017

Palestinian TV : If you have to beat your wife, follow Quranic instructions

 

Ma'an News, April 5, 2017

Anger erupts in Gaza as PA cuts salaries to government employees

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, April 5, 2017

Fatah’s Barghouti pushes hunger strike for 3,500 prisoners

 

Barak Ravid, Haaretz,  April 5, 2017

Israel Slams EU: 32 Humanitarian Crises in the World and Europe's Obsessed With Palestinians

 

Ma'an News, April 5, 2017

Gaza police assault residents during demolition of homes in Beit Lahiya

 

Ma'an News, April 5, 2017

Israeli planes spray pesticides on Palestinian farmlands in southern Gaza

  

Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, April 5, 2017

Jerusalem Arabs enraged by idea of Passover on Temple Mount

 

Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, April 4, 2017

Trump, Sissi said to plan peace summit during their meeting

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, April 4, 2017

Despite facelift, Hamas is as hostile to Israel as ever

 

Ma'an News, April 4, 2017

New Hamas charter holds contradictory views on establishment of Palestinian state

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, April 3, 2017

Hamas factions quarrel over vengeance for commander's death

 

Israel National News, April 3, 2017

Netanyahu: The media is an industry of gloom

 

Folly Bah Thibault, Al Jazeera, April 3, 2017   [25'30" video]

Why are human rights workers barred from Gaza?

 

Jack Khoury, Haaretz, April 3, 2017

Israel Systematically Blocks Rights Workers' Access to Gaza, Human Rights Watch Says

 

Lidar Gravé-Lazi, The Jerusalem Post, April 3, 2017

Palestinian Authority textbooks teach pupils to be expendable 'martyrs'

 

Uri Savir, Al Monitor, April 2, 2017

Will EU take the lead on two-state solution?

 

Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, April 2, 2017

IDF seals alleged bomb-making bookstore in Nablus

 

Ma'an News, April 2, 2017

Scores of Palestinian prisoners pledge to join Fatah-led mass hunger strike

 

Anna Ahronheim, The Jerusalem Post, April 2, 2017

Hamas applauds teen terrorist celebrated as a “martyr” by Hamas, who called his actions “heroic.”

 

Daniel Eisenbud, The Jerusalem Post, April 1, 2017

Terrorist stabs three before being shot dead in Old City

 

Belal Aldabbour, Al Jazeera, April 1, 2017

Gaza : "I still have nightmares about the war"

 

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Elad Benari, Israel National News, March 31, 2017

Abbas: Trump is serious about peace

 

Barak Ravid, Haaretz, March 31, 2017

Netanyahu Announces Policy of Restrained Settlement Construction in 'Show of Good Will' to Trump

 

Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, March 31, 2017

Israel will curb settlement expansion to satisfy Trump 

 

The Times of Israel, March 31, 2017

Hamas steps up security following terror chief’s assassination

  

AFP, Al Monitor, March 30, 2017

Israel minister swims against tide with Gaza island plan

 

Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor, March 30, 2017

Will zealots ignite another firestorm on the Temple Mount?

 

 

Hillel Fendel, Israel National News, March 31, 2017

Close to 40 Palestinian schools named for terrorists

 

Gary Willig, Israel National News, March 31, 2017

Teenage terror victim: I am still beautiful

 

Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, March 30, 2017

Ultra-Orthodox leadership silent over violent demonstration

 

Ma'an News, March 30, 2017

Dozens injured as Palestinians across West Bank, Gaza and Israel commemorate Land Day

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, March 30, 2017

Is Turkey trying to bypass Abbas in Gaza?

  

Judy Maltz, Haaretz, March 30, 2017

Cameras Are Changing the Fight Against the Israeli Occupation. This Is How

 

YNet News, March 30, 2017

Letter written to Grand Mufti from Himmler uncovered

 

Sue Surkes, The Times of Israel, March 30, 2017

In rediscovered telegram, Himmler offers Jerusalem’s mufti help against ‘Jewish intruders’

 

Ma'an News, March 30, 2017

Abbas addresses Arab Summit in Jordan, reiterates commitment to two-state solution

 

Yotam Berger, Haaretz, March 30, 2017

Palestinian Policeman Cleared of Murder in Ramallah Lynching After 16 Years in Prison

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, March 29, 2017      [The EU provides the PA with some 300 million euros annually]

Ayala Shapira, 13, testifying before European Parliament committee

 

Ma'an News, March 29, 2017

Hamdallah denounces Israeli control of Palestinian water resources

 

Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, March 29, 2017

Gaza military court sentences two to death for drug offenses

 

Yossi Yehoshua, YNet News, March 29, 2017

The wall that could spark a war between Israel and Hamas

  

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, March 29, 2017

Drug cultivation, trafficking on the rise in West Bank

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, March 29, 2017

Hamas puts out new video threatening to target Israeli security leaders

 

Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz, March 29, 2017

Analysis : Israel's Settlers Are Beginning to Miss Obama

 

Yemini Ben-Dror, YNet News, March 28, 2017

Mosul, Gaza and the world’s hypocrisy

 

Tareq Baconi, Al Jazeera, March 28, 2017

Hamas is shifting direction / certainty of Gaza's imminent collapse into a humanitarian catastrophe

Shifts going on in Hamas - 3'48" video  (January 27, 2017)

 

Ma'an News, March 28, 2017

Fact-finding commission: PA police used unjustified force against protesters

 

Yoni Kempinski, Israel National News, March 28, 2017

Judea and Samaria lobby in the European Parliament

 

Ahmad Abu Amer, March 28, 2017

Imminent anti-monopoly move angers some Gaza traders

 

Amira Hass, Haaretz, March 28, 2017

Drugs and Delusions in Despondent Gaza

 

Gili Cohen, Haaretz, March 28, 2017

Hamas Develops Heavy Rockets to Wreak Havoc on Israeli Gaza Border Towns

  

Raphael Ahren & Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, March 27, 2017

EU: Israeli-Palestinian peace deal a ‘top priority

 

Tovah Lazaroff & Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, March 27, 2017

Abbas urges Israel not to miss new opportunity for peace

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, March 27, 2017

Will Hamas respond to assassination of military leader?

 

Hillel Fendel, Israel National News, March 27, 2017

Why does Europe have more Jihadists than America?

 

Itamar Eichner, YNet News, March 27, 2017

Israeli report: Thousands of Chinese Uyghur jihadists are fighting in Syria

 

Gary Willig, Israel National News, March 26, 2017

Extremists call for death of officer over haredi enlistment

 

AFP, YNet News, March 26, 2017

Egypt’s last Jews aim to keep heritage alive

 

Ma'an News, March 26, 2017

Palestinian police detain 3 'dangerous fugitives' in Hebron

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, March 26, 2017

Israel is the prime suspect, but not the only one

 

Al Jazeera, March 26, 2017

Gaza-Israel border shut after Mazen Faqha killing

 

Hassan Shaalan, YNet News, March 25, 2017

Arab council demands end to community violence

 

Belal Aldabbour, Al Jazeera, March 25, 2017

Gaza under siege: The life and death of Ahmed Shubair

 

Ma'an News, March 25, 2017

Israel assassinates Shalit-deal prisoner in Gaza, Hamas says

 

Associated Press, YNet News, March 25, 2017

UN: Israel didn't comply with call to halt settlement activity

 

Sakher Abou El Oun, The Times of Israel, March 23, 2017    ["More than 97 percent of the water table is unfit for domestic use "]

More Gazans sick from polluted drinking water, says utility chief

 

Reuters, YNet News, March 23, 2017

Obama's Israel envoy sees positive elements in Trump's peace efforts

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, March 22, 2017

Is Hamas prepping for a 'State of Gaza'?

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, March 22, 2017

Dramatic ruling paves way for thousands of East Jerusalemites to regain residency rights

 

Björn Brenner, Haaretz, March 22, 2017

The Enemy Just Blinked: Why Hamas's New Charter Is a Big Deal

 

 

Ma'an News, March 22, 2017

Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike in protest of administrative detention

 

The Times of Israel, March 22, 2017

Hamas’s Gaza chief vows to ‘liberate all of Palestine’

 

Ma'an News, March 21, 2017

Report: Shootout in Nablus - Balata refugee camp fighters say PA ‘left them no choice’

 

Ziva Sternhell, Haaretz, March 20, 2017

Jesus and the Israeli Right

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, March 20, 2017

Will IS find popular base in Palestine?

 

Nahum Barnea, YNet News, March 19, 2017

All Trump wants is an Israeli-Palestinian deal

 

Ma'an News, March 19, 2017

Gaza court sentences 2 Palestinians to death for drug dealing

 

Mark LeVine, Al Jazeera, March 19, 2017

What did the UN apartheid report expose in reality?

 

Joanna Landau, YNet News, March 18, 2017

In the Supermarket of Nations, millennials aren't buying what Israel is selling

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, March 17, 2017

Hamas looks to rebrand internationally with new policy document

 

 

Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor, March 17, 2017

Gaza : War widows sit-in. On Feb. 28 women tried to set themselves on fire

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, March 16, 2017

Senior Hamas leader Zahar: Quran tells us to drive Jews out of Palestine’s entirety

 

Agencies, The Times of Israel, March 16, 2017

Abbas: World terror will remain until Palestinian conflict solved

 

Barak Ravid & Amir Tibon, Haaretz, March 15, 2017

Trump Tells Saudis: I Have Strong Desire to Reach Comprehensive, Just Israeli-Palestinian Deal

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, March 14, 2017

How Hamas is winning hearts and minds in Europe

 

Ma'an News, March 14, 2017

PFLP suspends participation in elections amid growing anger against the PA

 

Yotam Berger, Haaretz, March 14, 2017

Police Detain Prominent Israeli American Activist Jeff Halper for Alleged Possession of BDS Material

 

Chemi Shalev, Haaretz, March 13, 2017

Analysis Once a Messiah, Trump Could Turn Out to Be the Israeli Right’s Worst Nightmare

  

Smadar Perry, YNet News, March 13, 2017

I will even miss my enemies, says retired general Amos Gilad ["The only enemy I warn against is the sin of hubris. The pride and arrogance."]

 

Ma'an News, March 12, 2017

Hamas stages Gaza sit-in to denounce detention of Palestinian MPs by Israel

 

Uri Savir, Al Monitor, March 12, 2017

Can Arab Quartet advance two-state solution?

 

Ma'an News, March 12, 2017

Palestinian forces use live fire against protesters opposing the PA in Duheisha (Bethlehem)

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, March 11, 2017

Ever unpredictable, Trump throws Mahmoud Abbas a lifeline

 

Aron Heller, The Times of Israel, March 10, 2017

Minister floats plan for Gaza seaport island to end blockade

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, March 10, 2017

Why Israel arrested Hamas-affiliated MPs in West Bank

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, March 10, 2017

As Fatah hardens, Hamas becomes more receptive

 

Associated Press, YNet News, March 9, 2017

Transport minister promotes Gaza seaport in interview

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, March 9, 2017

Will Abbas stop paying Gaza employees’ salaries?

 

Ma'an News, March 8, 2017

65 Palestinian women and girls imprisoned by Israel as world marks Women's Day

 

Brig. Gen. Meir Elran, YNet News, March 7, 2017

Tunnels are not a strategic threat

 

Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor, March 7, 2017

Can international force save Gaza?

 

Ma'an News, March 7, 2017

Palestinian prisoner held by PA dies after 2 days on hunger strike

 

AFP, Sue Surkes, The Times of Israel, March 7, 2017

Sea of Galilee at lowest level in century after driest February

 

Uri Savir, Al Monitor, March 5, 2017

What EU’s Mogherini, Tillerson agreed on

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, March 5, 2017

Will international forces enter Gaza Strip?

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, March 3, 2017

Volatile and dangerous: a look at the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, March 2, 2017

Can senior Hamas figure resolve Gaza's electricity crisis?

 

 

Ma'an News, March 2, 2017

Gaza court sentences man to death by hanging for wife's murder

 

Elisha Ben-Kimon & Alexandra Lukash, YNet News, March 1, 2017

Police completes Ofra evacuation, begins house demolitions

 

Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, March 1, 2017

Israel has no Gaza policy

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, March 1, 2017

Has Israel recognized link between Gaza blockade, security threat ?

 

Alex Fishman, YNet News, March 1, 2017

It’s time for a clear decision on Gaza

 

Ma'an News, March 1, 2017

PA to hold local elections in West Bank only, after Hamas refuses to participate in Gaza

 

Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera, March 1, 2017

Egypt: Attacks on Copts in Sinai 'a message from ISIL'

 

Al Jazeera, March 1, 2017

ISIL video threatens China with 'rivers of bloodshed'

 

Haaretz, March 1, 2017

Editorial : Darkness at the End of the Tunnel

 

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 Agencies, YNet News, February 28, 2017

ISIS militants in north Sinai showing their strength

 

Associated Press & Reuters, YNet News, February 27, 2017

US Jewish centers struck by another wave of bomb threats

 

Jack Khoury, Haaretz, February 26, 2017

Three Palestinians Die After Inhaling Poisonous Gas in Gaza Tunnel 

 

Fahd al-Otaibi, Al Monitor, February 26, 2017

Has Hamas completely forgotten Saudi Arabia?

 

Agencies, Al Jazeera, February 26, 2017

Egypt's Coptic Christians flee Sinai after killings

 

Tamar Shabak, YNet News, February 26, 2017

Jew attacked outside Paris recounts harrowing experience

 

Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post, February 26, 2017

'Impact of BDS is worse than most people realize'

 

Reuters, Haaretz, February 26, 2017

Palestinians Take to the Streets as Local Boy Makes Good on 'Arab Idol'

 

Kobi Nachsoni, YNet News, February 25, 2017

A rabbi in Iran—the Neturei Karta's fight against Israel

 

Ma'an News, February 25, 2017

Palestinians celebrate victory of Bethlehem singer in Arab Idol contest

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, February 23, 2017

Food vs. guns: Will Hamas chose Egypt or Iran?

  

Giora Eiland, YNet News, February 23, 2017

Israel must not fall into Lebanese trap again

 

Agencies, The Times of Israel, February 22, 2017

Israel prevents EU lawmakers from Gaza entry

 

Associated Press, Haaretz, February 23, 2017

Gazans Celebrate Opening of New Western-style Indoor Shopping Mall

  

Alexander J. Apfel, YNet News, February 22, 2017

What if a two-state solution could be achieved tomorrow?

 

Alexander Fulbright, The Times of Israel, February 22, 2017

Islamic State affiliate in Sinai claims rocket fire on Israel

 

Ma'an News, February 22, 2017

Longest-serving Palestinian prisoner resentenced to life in prison plus 18 years

 

Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, February 21, 2017

Iran’s supreme leader backs ‘holy intifada’ to destroy ‘cancer’ Israel

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, February 20, 2017

What EU shift in financial support policy means for Gaza

 

Melanie Lidman, The Times of Israel, February 20, 2017

After Sderot, photographer trains lens on a disappearing Dead Sea

 

AP, The Times of Israel, February 19, 2017

Praising Trump, Saudi FM urges progress toward Israeli-Arab peace

 

Stuart Winer, The Times of Israel, February 19, 2017

Egyptian president tells US Jews peace deal at top of agenda

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, February 19, 2017

Has the military wing tightened its grip over Hamas?

 

Barak Ravid, Haaretz, February 19, 2017

Kerry offered regional peace plan in secret 2016 summit with al-Sissi, King Abdullah

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, February 19, 2017

Hamas condemns 6 ‘informants for Israel’ to death by hanging

 

Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom, February 17, 2017

How did it Start?

 

Yasser Okbi & Maariv Hashavua, The Jerusalem Post, February 17, 2017

Hamas official : Release our prisoners, then we'll release Israeli soldiers

 

Gracie Tanner, The Times of Israel, February 17, 2017

About the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

 

Yaakov Katz, The Jerusalem Post, February 17, 2017

Comment : How Trump and Netanyahu resurrected the two-state solution

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, February 16, 2017

Palestinians launch massive appeal to Trump [100,000 letters to US President in 11 days]

 

Ma'an News, February 16, 2017

Heavy rain inundates homes in Gaza Strip, forces schools to shut down

Ma'an News, January 25, 2017

Council of Europe condemns Gaza siege as 'collective punishment'

 

Noam Amir, Maariv, The Jerusalem Post, February 16, 2017

Defense Minister Liberman calls on Hamas to disarm, vows airport in return

  

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, February 15, 2017

Hamas political chief hails ‘democratic’ rise of new Gaza leader ["new Hamas charter impending"]

 

Metin Gurcan, Al Monitor, February 15, 2017

Will Raqqa be site for clash of titan generals?

 

Amos Harel, Haaretz, February 14, 2017

Analysis ISIS Settles Score With Israel for Egypt's War on Sinai Jihadists

 

PM Rami Hamdallah, Al Jazeera, February 13, 2017

Israel wants settlements, not peace  ["There is no such thing as a legal settlement"]

 

Marissa Newman, The Times of Israel, February 13, 2017

"Applying sovereignty to an area gives citizenship to all those living there. There is no [separate] law for Israelis and for non-Israelis.”

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, February 13, 2017

No ‘radical change’ despite new extremist leader, Hamas official says

 

Jack Khoury & Amos Harel, Haaretz, February 13, 2017

Hamas' New Gaza Leader Described as Extremist Even for the Group

  

Dmitry Maryasis, Al Monitor, February 13, 2017

Russia’s strategic vision for Israel

 

Raoul Wootliff, The Times of Israel, February 12, 2017

Rivlin said to warn outpost law redolent of ‘apartheid’

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, February 12, 2017

Qatar’s Gaza envoy hails his ties to Israel, says PA is stalling on solution to Gaza power shortage

 

Yotam Berger, Haaretz, February  12, 2017

17 Years After Lynching of Soldiers, Israel to Give Convicted Palestinian Policeman New Trial

 

Liad Osmo & Elior Levy, YNet News, February 11, 2017

Qatari-funded Gaza neighborhood advances

 

Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom, February 11, 2017

That's How It Happened [1947-1948]

 

AFP, The Times of Israel, February 10, 2017

Trump to Israeli paper: Settlements are ‘not a good thing for peace’

 

Boaz Bismuth, Israel Hayom, February 10, 2017

Trump : 'I think a deal should be made, and it can be made' [full interview]

 

Shatha Hammad & Zena Tahhan, Al Jazeera, February 9, 2017

West Bank: 'One day on my land is worth a lifetime'

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, February 9, 2017

What's behind coordinated attacks by Hamas inmates in Israeli jails?

 

Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, February 8, 2017

Who profits from Gaza unrest?

 

Allison Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz, February 7, 2017

Explained: Israel's New Palestinian Land-grab Law and Why It Matters

  

Bradley Burston, Haaretz, February 7, 2017

I Helped Destroy the Israel I Love. Apartheid Will Do the Rest  [the Hok HaHasdara law : a 60 to 52 vote at the Knesset]

 

Sue Surkes, The Times of Israel, February 7, 2017

Palestinians say Regulation Law aims to ‘legalize theft of Palestinian land’

 

Amos Harel, Haaretz, February 7, 2017

As Rumors Fly of Prisoner Swaps, Israel's Hamas Prisoners Turn on Their Wardens

 

Zuheir Dolah, Al Monitor, February 6, 2017

Palestinian historical city of Sebastia besieged by settlements

 

Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera, February 5, 2017

Gaza's cancer patients: 'We are dying slowly'

 

Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2017

Intel report : West Bank terror stays heated, Gaza rockets quietest year [From 2006 to 2016 : 10,412 rocket attacks from Gaza]

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, February 5, 2017

A tale of two evacuated villages

 

Dov Lieber, The Times of Israel, February 4, 2017

Thousands of Jewish and Arab demonstrators march in Tel Aviv for equality and coexistence, over demolition of Arab homes

 

Elior Levy & Roi Kas, YNet News, February 4, 2017

Egyptian officials to request deliberation with Hamas over Israelis held in Gaza

 

Kobi Nachsoni, YNet News, February 3, 2017

Haredi soldiers attacked in Mea Shearim [by ultra-orthodox mobs]

 

Dan Meridor, Haaretz, February 3, 2017

Opinion - 5 Reasons Why Israeli Lawmakers Must Vote Against the Outpost Legalization Bill

 

Smadar Perry, YNet News, February 2, 2017

Who will be the next leader of Hamas?

 

Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, February 2, 2017

How an IDF official shifted policy by sending Schalit deal terrorists back to jail for life

 

Amira Hass, Haaretz, February 2, 2017

Heavy Prison Sentences for Fatah Members in Gaza for 'Links With Ramallah'

 

Ma'an News, February 2, 2017

Israel greenlights 3,000 new settler homes hours after 'Legalization bill' approved

 

Ma'an News, February 2, 2017

Netanyahu announces plan for new illegal settlement to host Amona outpost residents

 

YNet News, February 2, 2017

Amona evacuation completed

 

News Agencies & Yedioth, YNet News, February 2, 2017

IN PHOTOS : Amona evacuation

  

Yedidia Stern, YNet News, February 2, 2017

Moral partnership needed between Israel’s ideological camps

 

AFP, The Times of Israel, February 2, 2017

EU warns new settlements risk making two-state solution ‘impossible’

 

Haaretz, February 1, 2017

IN PHOTOS: Palestinian youth train with West Bank security forces

 

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Associated Press, Haaretz, January 31, 2017

Palestinians Set Municipal Elections for May 13

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, January 29, 2017

Palestinians? What Palestinians?

 

Al Jazeera, January 28, 2017  [Osama Hamdan video interview 3'49" - about Moses & Muhammad : "we believe they are the same"]

Hamas on the two-state solution and a new charter

 

AP, The Times of Israel, January 28, 2017

Rafah crossing opens as Hamas, Egypt improve ties

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, January 27, 2017

Will 2017 see the end of Gaza’s siege?

 

 

Daniel J. Roth, The Jerusalem Post, January 26, 2017

Hamas official : Group's new charter to address antisemitic language

 

Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, January 25, 2017

Gaza reels as power crisis continues to leave its population in darkness

 

Ma'an News, January 27, 2017

Hamas chief returns to Gaza after meeting with Egyptian officials

 

Reuters, YNet News, January 26, 2017

Gaza's water shortage worsening

 

Ma'an News, January 26, 2017

EU and Swiss Missions to Jerusalem, Ramallah condemn death sentences issued in Gaza

 

Ramzi Baroud, Ma'an News, January 26, 2017

The Paris peace conference: Signaling an end to a Western-dominated era?

 

Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, January 24, 2017

‘Gaza infrastructure nearing collapse'

 

Ma'an News, January 24, 2017

UNRWA: 'Don't forget over half a million Palestinians from Syria'

 

AP, Jack Khoury, Haaretz, January 23, 2017

Top Hamas Leader Visits Egypt for First Time Since 2013

  

Mohammed Othman, Al Monitor, January 22, 2017

Why Gazan authors are moving to Egypt

 

Ma'an News, January 20, 2017

Fatah member: Palestinian political divisions should 'end in a short time'

 

Huda Baroud, Al Monitor, January 19, 2017

Gaza youths use cellphones to make films about unemployment, disabilities

 

Oded Shalom & Elior Levy, YNet News, January 19, 2017

How Jabel Mukaber became a terror incubator

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, January 18, 2017

Word of Qatar's new office in Gaza rattles Palestine

 

 

Ali Younes, Al Jazeera, January 18, 2017

Fatah and Hamas to form unity government  [with brief retrospects about PNA-PA/PLO-PNC/Fatah/PFLP/Hamas/PIJ]

 

Jack Khoury, Haaretz, January 18, 2017

Hamas, Fatah Announce Deal to Form Palestinian Unity Government

 

Alex Fishman, YNet News, January  18 ,2017

The biggest popular protest since Hamas rose to power about 10 years ago

 

AFP, The Times of Israel, January 17, 2016

Hamas, Fatah announce deal to form Palestinian unity government

 

Ma'an News, January 17, 2016

Gaza to return to normal power schedule following delivery of Qatari aid

 

Ma'an News, January 16, 2017

Gaza authorities release Palestinians detained during electricity protests

 

Amos Harel, Haaretz, January 16, 2017

Gaza rocked by rare mass protests against Hamas - but Israel may pay the price

 

Ma'an News, January 16, 2017

Protesters burn pictures of Hamas leaders in Ramallah over Gaza power crisis

 

Rabbi Arik Ascherman, The Times of Israel, January 16, 2017

Will Israel evict hundred year old Israeli because he isn’t Jewish?

 

Ali Al-Arian, Al Jazeera, January 16, 2017

Who speaks for Palestine?

 

Reuters, AP, YNet News, January 15, 2017

Paris summit ends with warning against unilateral measures

 

Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, January 15, 2017

Israeli officials cheer ‘weakened’ Paris peace summit declaration

 

Ma'an News, January 15, 2017

Palestinian political factions object to Paris peace conference

 

Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, January 15, 2017

Hamas, Islamic State resume close cooperation despite pressure from Cairo

 

Ma'an News, January 13-15, 2017

Hamas, Fatah blame each other for worsening crisis in Gaza

 

Reuters, YNet News, January 13, 2017

Mass protest in Gaza against Hamas amid electricity crisis

 

Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor, January 12, 2017

Return to Aleppo: A squandered legacy

 

Jack Khoury, Haaretz, January 12, 2017

Thousands Protest Electricity Cuts in Gaza Strip, Clash With Hamas Forces

 

AFP, Al Monitor, January 12, 2017

Hamas forces break up electricity crisis protests

 

Sharon Udasin, The Jerusalem Post, January 12, 2017

The West Bank has become Israel's garbage can

 

Ma'an News, January 11, 2017

Fire destroys shop in Gaza, amid rise in accidents as electricity crisis deepens

 

Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, January 11 , 2017

Nazi Alois Brunner ditched by Bachar died in Syria in 2001, French report says

 

Haaretz, January 10, 2017

Editorial // Ahead of a Disaster in Gaza

 

Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor, January 10, 2017

Two sides of Syria: Damascus and Aleppo

  

Ma'an News, January 9, 2017

Palestinians protest dire electricity crisis in Gaza amid 12-hour blackouts

 

Chana Roberts, Israel National News, January 9, 2017

Gazans hand out candies to celebrate ramming attack

 

Amira Hass, Haaretz, January 8, 2017

Masked Israelis Attack Activists Accompanying Palestinian Farmers in West Bank

 

Roi Yanovasky & Omri Efraim, YNet News, January 8, 2017

Four IDF soldiers murdered in terror attack in Jerusalem's East Talpiot

 

Jack Khoury, Haaretz, January 7, 2016

With Only Three Hours of Electricity a Day, Gaza Is 'On Verge of Explosion'

 

Ma'an News, January 7, 2017

Hamas slams Facebook over blocking dozens of accounts supporting the movement

 

Ma'an News, January 7, 2017

Gaza residents face a cold winter with more than 12 hours of power cuts per day

 

Ayelett Shani, Haaretz, January 7, 2017

Israeli witness in Gaza: No water, no electricity and children dying unnecessarily

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, January 3, 2017

The EU giveth, Israel taketh away in West Bank

 

 

Ma'an News, January 1, 2017

2016: A deadly year in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel