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Fast Forward Act That Would Slash Funding For Palestinians Attached To Omnibus Spending Bill
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Taylor Force Act, which would slash funding to the Palestinians until the Palestinian Authority stops payments to Palestinians killed or arrested during attacks on Israelis, will likely pass this week. Jewish Insider reported Wednesday that the bill would be added in the Senate to a massive omnibus spending bill that must…
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Fast Forward Abbas Calls U.S. Ambassador To Israel ‘Son Of A Dog’
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday criticized U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman for his support of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, calling the envoy a “son of a dog.” Friedman is a strong supporter of Israel’s settler movement, and was an early and enthusiastic advocate of President…
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Fast Forward Do Palestinian Terrorists Get As Much Money As Netanyahu Claims?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Washington Post says it has debunked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims that the Palestinian Authority pays $350 million a year to Palestinian terrorists and their families. The amount could be up to two-thirds smaller, according to the Post in its Fact Checker feature. Netanyahu used the $350 million figure a…
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Fast Forward White House Holds Gaza Aid Conference Without Palestinian Authority
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The human suffering in the Gaza Strip has grown over the past year, top U.S. Middle East negotiator Jason Greenblatt told a conference to discuss aid for the coastal strip that did not include the Palestinian Authority. Representatives of nearly two dozen countries and international organizations gathered Tuesday at the White House…
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Fast Forward Trump Peace Plan Could Recognize Palestinian State
The Trump administration’s proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal could include recognizing a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, the Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported Wednesday. The report, citing “knowledgeable Arab diplomatic sources,” claimed that the United States was also proposing that the Old City of Jerusalem would be placed under “international protection.”…
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Fast Forward Survivors Of Stabbing Attack Sue Palestinian Authority Over Family Deaths
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The surviving children and other family members of the five members of a West Bank family stabbed to death in a terrorist attack have sued the killers and the Palestinian Authority. The three surviving children of Udi Fogel, 36, and Ruth Fogel, 35, and several other family members, including the grandparents who…
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Fast Forward Trump Tells Putin: Now Is The Time For An Israeli-Palestinian Peace Deal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the time was ripe for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. “President Putin noted that he would meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas later today, and President Trump said that now is the time to work toward an enduring peace agreement,” the White House…
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Fast Forward Israel Might Not Be Looking To Make Peace, Trump Tells Israeli Newspaper
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Donald Trump told an Israeli newspaper that both Israel and the Palestinians will have to “make hard compromises” to reach a peace agreement. The American president also called the Iran nuclear deal “catastrophic for Israel,” during his interview with Israel Hayom editor-in-chief Boaz Bismuth, held in the Oval Office. The free…
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