August 14, 2016
4:41 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at Khartoum's airport, July 19, 2016. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)

Abbas asks Arab MKs to mediate between Fatah, Hamas

At Ramallah meeting, PA president also says Israeli Arabs can be bridge for peace with the Palestinians

By Times of Israel staff

August 14, 2016
2:07 pm

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man reads Lamentations outside one of the entrances to the Temple Mount, during the annual Tisha B'Av (Ninth of Av) fasting and a memorial day, commemorating the destruction of ancient Jerusalem temples, on August 14, 2016, in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)

Soldier lightly hurt overpowering attacker in attempted stabbing

Trump blames media for plummet in polls; Abbas asks Arab MKs to mediate between Fatah, Hamas; 2 Jews arrested by police on Temple Mount

By Ilan Ben Zion

August 11, 2016
6:55 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video published on Facebook on August 11, 2016, in which he slams Hamas for taking aid money to 'build a war machine to murder Jews' (screen capture: Facebook)

Netanyahu: I care more about Palestinians than their leaders do

After employees of World Vision and the United Nations charged with aiding Hamas, prime minister records video castigating Gaza’s ruling terror group

By Times of Israel staff

August 11, 2016
2:15 pm

The aftermath of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires (photo credit: Newspaper La Nación (photo credit: Argentina/Wikipedia Commons)

After 22 years, final AMIA bombing victim is identified

Augusto Daniel Jesus, 20, is named after DNA analysis by Argentina’s Special Investigating Unit into 1994 attack at Buenos Aires Jewish center

By Sara Miller

August 11, 2016
9:21 am

Abbas rejected US call to meet with Netanyahu — report

At Paris meeting last month with John Kerry, Palestinian leader said to demand settlement freeze, prisoner release as precondition for talks

By Times of Israel staff

August 9, 2016
12:46 am

Illustrative photo of Palestinian protesters waving Hamas and Islamic Jihad flags as they take part in a demonstration is support of Gaza in the West Bank (AFP/HAZEM BADER)

Islamic Jihad to boycott Palestinian local elections

Islamist terror group says upcoming vote not ‘appropriate’ way to solve political deadlock, urges Hamas to reconcile with Fatah

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

August 4, 2016
1:16 am

Ahead of elections, Fatah brags of killing 11,000 Israelis

Despite PA efforts to suppress the group, October’s municipal vote could boost Hamas in West Bank

By Times of Israel staff

August 2, 2016
2:15 pm

Lockheed Martin unveils Israel's first F-35 fighter jet in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 22, 2016. (Lockheed Martin)

US Air Force declares F-35 ‘combat ready’ ahead of Israel delivery

Netanyahu chats with new UK counterpart May for first time; Zionist Union’s Bahloul and Kulanu’s Shasha-Biton reported to meet with Abbas

By Ilan Ben Zion

July 31, 2016
9:45 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 31, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu says he’s still open to unity government

In briefing to reporters, PM says Israel ‘won’t be left wanting’ in military aid talks with US

By Raphael Ahren

July 31, 2016
9:11 pm

Cartoon posted on Fatah's Information and Culture Commission website on August 1st, 2016, which suggests Israel is taking advantage infighting between Muslims. (Courtesy: Fatah Information and Culture Commission website)

Cartoon on Fatah site shows Israel exploding Muslim world

Anti-Semitic drawing suggests the Jewish state is taking advantage of fighting between Sunnis and Shiites

By Times of Israel staff

July 31, 2016
6:24 pm

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gestures to the crowd as he takes part in a rally marking the 28th anniversary of Hamas's founding, in Gaza City on December 14, 2015. (Emad Nassar/Flash90)

Its pockets lined with Qatari-paid wages, Hamas is on the rise

As Israel eases the passage of long-awaited funds to Gaza, the prospect of war recedes… and the Islamist terror group gears up to overtake the PA in elections

By Avi Issacharoff

July 30, 2016
10:56 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry and PA President Mahmoud Abbas meet in Paris on July 30, 2016. (Screenshot/Euronews)

Erekat compares IS-claimed attacks in Europe to Israeli actions against Palestinians

Speaking after ‘very constructive’ Kerry, Abbas meeting in Paris, Palestinian negotiator says international supervision needed for restarting peace talks

By Times of Israel staff

July 30, 2016
3:32 pm

Dr. Mahmoud Habbash, Supreme Shari’ah Judge in the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s advisor on religious and Islamic affairs. (Courtesy)

Between ‘martyr’ and murderer: Abbas’s top cleric takes on a most emotive term

Mahmoud Habbash, the PA’s supreme sharia judge, defends honorific for Palestinian attackers, says Hamas ‘uses Islam,’ urges Israel away from religious war

By Dov Lieber

July 30, 2016
8:51 am

Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah speaking in southern Beirut, November 3, 2014. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Nasrallah slams Saudis for ‘normalization with Israel for free’

Amid whispers of warming ties between Jerusalem and Riyadh, Hezbollah leader says Arabs nation have abandoned Palestinian cause

By Times of Israel staff

July 28, 2016
11:34 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York on September 26, 2015. (AFP/Dominick Reuter)

Kerry to meet Abbas Saturday to talk peace prospects

Top US diplomat, Palestinian leader will convene in Paris, discuss creating ‘conditions for a two-state solution,’ US says

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: Mahmoud Abbas

Abbas asks Arab MKs to mediate between Fatah, Hamas

At Ramallah meeting, PA president also says Israeli Arabs can be bridge for peace with the Palestinians

Soldier lightly hurt overpowering attacker in attempted stabbing

Trump blames media for plummet in polls; Abbas asks Arab MKs to mediate between Fatah, Hamas; 2 Jews arrested by police on Temple Mount

Netanyahu: I care more about Palestinians than their leaders do

After employees of World Vision and the United Nations charged with aiding Hamas, prime minister records video castigating Gaza’s ruling terror group

After 22 years, final AMIA bombing victim is identified

Augusto Daniel Jesus, 20, is named after DNA analysis by Argentina’s Special Investigating Unit into 1994 attack at Buenos Aires Jewish center

Abbas rejected US call to meet with Netanyahu — report

At Paris meeting last month with John Kerry, Palestinian leader said to demand settlement freeze, prisoner release as precondition for talks

Islamic Jihad to boycott Palestinian local elections

Islamist terror group says upcoming vote not ‘appropriate’ way to solve political deadlock, urges Hamas to reconcile with Fatah

Ahead of elections, Fatah brags of killing 11,000 Israelis

Despite PA efforts to suppress the group, October’s municipal vote could boost Hamas in West Bank

US Air Force declares F-35 ‘combat ready’ ahead of Israel delivery

Netanyahu chats with new UK counterpart May for first time; Zionist Union’s Bahloul and Kulanu’s Shasha-Biton reported to meet with Abbas

Netanyahu says he’s still open to unity government

In briefing to reporters, PM says Israel ‘won’t be left wanting’ in military aid talks with US

Cartoon on Fatah site shows Israel exploding Muslim world

Anti-Semitic drawing suggests the Jewish state is taking advantage of fighting between Sunnis and Shiites

Its pockets lined with Qatari-paid wages, Hamas is on the rise

As Israel eases the passage of long-awaited funds to Gaza, the prospect of war recedes… and the Islamist terror group gears up to overtake the PA in elections

Erekat compares IS-claimed attacks in Europe to Israeli actions against Palestinians

Speaking after ‘very constructive’ Kerry, Abbas meeting in Paris, Palestinian negotiator says international supervision needed for restarting peace talks

Between ‘martyr’ and murderer: Abbas’s top cleric takes on a most emotive term

Mahmoud Habbash, the PA’s supreme sharia judge, defends honorific for Palestinian attackers, says Hamas ‘uses Islam,’ urges Israel away from religious war

Nasrallah slams Saudis for ‘normalization with Israel for free’

Amid whispers of warming ties between Jerusalem and Riyadh, Hezbollah leader says Arabs nation have abandoned Palestinian cause

Kerry to meet Abbas Saturday to talk peace prospects

Top US diplomat, Palestinian leader will convene in Paris, discuss creating ‘conditions for a two-state solution,’ US says

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