Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who is often touted by the West as a “peace partner” for Israel, recently met with Palestinian Arabs who carried out terrorist attacks and with the family of a terrorist, the Middle East Media Research Institute reveals. On March 5, he received in his office in Ramallah the family of Muhammad Al-Jallad, who died of his wounds after being shot while attempting to carry out a stabbing attack at a checkpoint in November 2016.
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‘Peace partner’ Abbas meets terrorists
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who is often touted by the West as a “peace partner” for Israel, recently met with Palestinian Arabs who carried out terrorist attacks and with the family of a terrorist, the Middle East Media Research Institute reveals. On March 5, he received in his office in Ramallah the family of Muhammad Al-Jallad, who died of his wounds after being shot while attempting to carry out a stabbing attack at a checkpoint in November 2016.
Palestinians condemn Israeli bill to further restrict loudspeaker use for Muslim call to prayer
Two persons watch the sun setting on the Old City of Jerusalem, with the Muslim mosque of the Dome of the Rock in the center, on January 23, 2017. RAMALLAH/GAZA, Feb. 13 — Palestinians have reacted angrily to an Israeli draft bill that bans mosques from using loudspeakers for the call to prayer at night in Jerusalem and Israel.
Jewish settlers set tires ablaze at the Amona outpost, northeast of Ramallah, on Wednesday.
Hours after Israel approved 3,000 new settlement homes in the West Bank, Israeli security forces moved to evacuate settlers from an illegal outpost there, sparking scuffles. There’s been a clear uptick in the rate of settlement approval since Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president less than two weeks ago – and Trump is expected to be supportive of settlement expansion.
Israel approves 2,500 West Bank settlement homes
This March 14, 2011 file photo, shows a general view of a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit. B’tselem.
The Latest: Dems offer mixed reactions to Israel speech
A senior leader … . Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about Israeli-Palestinian policy, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, at the State Department in Washington.
Israeli Settlements Push Ahead, The Next Step in Cyber Deterrence,…
A Jewish settler covers herself from rain in Amona, an unauthorized Israeli outpost at the West Bank, east of the Palestinian town of Ramallah, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. In defiance of a U.N. Security Council Resolution, Israel will move ahead with plans to build thousands of new settlements in a predominantly Palestinian section of East Jerusalem.