Abbas Announces “State of Palestine” Passports

December 28, 2015 This past Monday in Athens, Palestinian Authority (PA) chair Mahmoud Abbas announced that passports from the PA would read "State of Palestine" by the end of 2016 — resurrecting the tenets of a plan the Fatah leader discarded in 2012. (BIN)

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Police Arrest Jew Raising Hands on Temple Mount

December 28, 2015 One week after being released from a 30-year ban from the Temple Mount, Jewish activist Yehuda Etzion visited the Temple Mount for the Fast of Tevet on December 22, only to be arrested for lifting his hands.

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Israeli Toddler Injured as Violence and Incitement Continues

December 16, 2015 The wave of terror continues in Israel as Palestinian incitement continues to feed violence against Jewish Israelis. A toddler remains in serious condition after his leg was nearly severed in a car ramming attack Monday in Jerusalem. The family has requested that people around the world for Yotam Shmuel ben Yael's complete healing as the hospital works to save the child's foot.

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Martyrs’ Tree Unites Palestinians During Christmas Season

December 16, 2015 For an event dedicated to Palestinian unity, Al-Quds University in eastern Jerusalem erected a Christmas Tree at the campus entrance decked in the faces of Palestinian "martyrs" — many who have killed, maimed or murdered Jews and Israelis.

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As Jordanians Call to Excise Culture of Death from School, Palestinians Back Stabbings

December 16, 2015 As Jordan calls to fight terror by purging its education curricula of ideas that “aggrandize death,” Palestinians approve stabbings and classify car-ramming attacks as martyrdom operations. Many Jordanians are seeking the removal of radicalized teachings from Jordan's school curricula. According to research by the Middle East Media Research Institute, a survey of articles in the Jordanian media reveals there is a call on the Jordanian Education Ministry to reform school curricula from extremist Islamic thought.

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Kerry, Netanyahu Uphold PA and Reject One-State Plan

December 9, 2015 On Saturday at the annual Saban Forum of the Brooking Institution, United States Secretary of State John Kerry rebuked Israeli and Palestinian leadership, warning them of a bleak future if they failed to negotiate peace. Kerry condemned Palestinian attempts at the United Nations to isolate Israel.

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Khamenei Promises to Support Palestinian “Uprising”

November 30, 2015 The largest contributor to terrorism in the Middle East and in the Palestinian territories is pledging unfailing support to continue the wave of terror against Israel. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei promised on Wednesday to defend the Palestinians' movement "in any way," saying "about 60 years have passed since the occupation of Palestine … but the cause of Palestine still exists."

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From Mourning to Joy: Israeli Couple Marries Despite Murder of Father, Brother by Terrorist

November 30, 2015 The blessing of the late Rabbi Ya'akov Litman was pronounced over his daughter Sarah-Tehiya, at her wedding Thursday night — 13 days after a Palestinian terrorist gunned down Litman and Sarah-Tehiya's 18-year-old brother, Netanel.

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70th UN Session Condemns Israel 20 Times

November 30, 2015 Monday, November 23, was the United Nations' annual Palestinian solidarity day, and as in past years, the United Nations ignored the Palestinian Authority's terrorism and incitement, voting instead a day later to approve a series of resolutions, six of which were drafted by the Palestinians and Syria condemning Israel.

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Kerry: Israel and PA Have Reached Pivotal Point

November 30, 2015 On Wednesday, United States Secretary of State John Kerry released a statement saying that Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have reached a "pivotal point." He had just returned from his first visit to Israel since the summer of 2014.

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