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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Kamil Abu Rukun

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2020. (Flash90)
April 26, 2021, 5:28 pm
Abbas expected to delay election, but could pay heavy price – diplomatic source
A decision to push off the vote may alienate international partners, source says; Palestinians have not held a national election for 15 years
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinians wave national flags during a protest against normalization of ties between the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain with Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 15, 2020. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)
April 22, 2021, 6:13 am
As Palestinian vote looms, Israeli attention is elsewhere. That could backfire
If the scheduled vote is delayed, the PA might face rising popular anger. If it goes forward, Hamas could surge to victory. Is a distracted Israel ready for any of this?
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wears a mask upon his arriving to head the Palestinian leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)
April 12, 2021, 3:38 pm
Outgoing IDF liaison: PA’s Abbas a partner, we should have behaved differently
COGAT head Kamil Abu Rukun says Palestinian leader has proved he is against violence; was concerned annexation could have led to change in Palestinian Authority’s situation
By ToI Staff
Maj. Gen. Kamil Abu Rukun, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. (Courtesy)
April 1, 2021, 11:22 pm
Military liaison: Israel should end security ties with PA if Hamas wins election
COGAT head Kamil Abu Rukun says he’ll recommend ‘stopping everything,’ also opposes allowing ballots to be cast in East Jerusalem, a major sticking point for Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Cars travel on a road in the southern West Bank (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 28, 2020, 3:49 pm
Amid annexation plans, US warns its citizens against West Bank travel
Embassy tells citizens to avoid Palestinian regions, where ‘violence can occur with little or no warning’; IDF official has predicted ‘wave of terror attacks’
By ToI Staff
Israeli security forces arrest suspected PFLP members as part of a broad crackdown on the terror group in the West Bank, in an undated photograph released on December 17, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 27, 2020, 12:01 pm
After 5-day lull, IDF carries out West Bank raids despite tensions with PA
No clashes reported between Israeli troops and Palestinian security forces during arrest operation, hinting at continuing tacit coordination
By Judah Ari Gross
The scene of a suspected car-ramming attack in the southern West Bank on May 14, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 26, 2020, 12:08 pm
Army liaison to Palestinians said to warn of ‘terror wave’ if West Bank annexed
Maj. Gen. Kamil Abu Rukun reportedly tells IDF chief, defense minister violence likely to break out, all security ties could be severed with PA if Israel extends sovereignty
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Ismail Haniyeh, right, the head of the Hamas political bureau, shakes hands with his deputy Saleh al-Arouri, upon his arrival in Gaza from Cairo, Egypt, in Gaza City, August 2, 2018. (Mohammad Austaz/Hamas Media Office via AP)
August 26, 2019, 11:54 pm
Hamas officials head to Cairo as Egypt bids to restore Gaza calm
After rockets are fired from Gaza and Israel retaliates, senior members of terror group to meet top Egyptian intelligence officials
By ToI Staff
Palestinian members of Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, march with their weapons to show loyalty for the Iranian-backed movement's newly elected leader Ziad al-Nakhalah during a rally along the streets of Gaza, on Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
August 26, 2019, 1:21 pm
Israel warns Gazans: Islamic Jihad trying to ignite another war with Israel
Israel’s military liaison tells Palestinians that Iran-backed group ‘dragging you into violence,’ says local residents will ‘suffer the consequences’
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian family eats dinner by candlelight at their makeshift home in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip, during a power outage June 11, 2017. (AFP/Said Khatib)
June 26, 2019, 11:40 pm
Gaza official: Halt of fuel imports exacerbating power shortages
Israel made decision to stop the entry of fuel into the Strip after multiple flaming balloons landed in its territory; electricity company spokesman urges reversal of move
By Adam Rasgon
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon in the Knesset,, June 12, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 26, 2019, 8:56 pm
Finance Minister Kahlon meets with his Palestinian counterpart in Jerusalem
Talks are part of regular cooperation between two sides on economic matters such as banking and taxation
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Palestinian demonstrators gather near the border fence east of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on May 15, 2019, during a Nakba Day protest. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
June 13, 2019, 9:16 am
With Netanyahu vulnerable ahead of elections, Hamas ups the pressure
Between Gaza’s failing economy and Israeli-Egyptian blockades, terror group returns yet again to its tried and tested method to gain concessions and cash: A new round of violence
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian fishermen clean a net after a night fishing trip, in the Gaza Seaport on April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
May 26, 2019, 2:59 am
Israel re-expands Gaza fishing zone to 15 nautical miles
Move comes days after fishermen were restricted to area 10 miles off the coast, amid a rash of balloon attacks from the Strip
By ToI Staff
Colleagues wheel AP cameraman Rashed Rashid, 47, into a treatment room in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip after he is shot in his left leg while covering a protest on the beach, November 19, 2018. (AP Photo/ Adel Hana)
November 21, 2018, 1:27 pm
Press group demands ‘credible’ investigation into shooting of Gaza cameraman
AP staffer Rashed Rashid was wounded, allegedly by IDF fire, during violent protest at border; AP, Foreign Press Association say he stood far from demonstrators, wore ‘PRESS’ vest
By ToI Staff and AP
Palestinians wave their national flags while others burn tires near the fence of Gaza Strip border with Israel during clashes east of Gaza City, on November 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
November 19, 2018, 8:28 pm
Hundreds riot along Gaza border; IDF responds with tear gas, live fire
AP cameraman among 25 said injured by military as Palestinians throw rocks, explosive toward security fence, Israeli troops on other side
By Judah Ari Gross
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