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Revealed: Dozens of Palestinian diplomats celebrated October 7
Ambassador Dennis Ross told the JC that this was evidence that the PA is adopting the ideas and rhetoric of Hamas in a bid for domestic relevance
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Making peace with unsavoury enemies
The JC Leader, August 30, 2024
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Abbas prays for Hamas ‘martyr’ Haniyeh
‘The latest [Israeli] massacre was the crime against the leader martyr Ismail Haniyeh,’ he said
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PM describes ‘malign’ influence of Iran, calls Gaza situation ‘intolerable’
Starmer defends the restoration of funding to Unrwa in Parliament
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Palestinian Authority should take over controversial Unwra, says Labour Friends of Israel
Pro-Israel group recommended a short-term funding increase tied to reform
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Senior Palestinian official says Hamas ‘hiding between residents to protect and save itself’
Hamas officials condemned the comments but PA President Mahmoud Abbas also hit out at the group
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Netanyahu ‘prepared to allow Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza’
The Israeli prime minister has denied publicly that the West Bank authority would be given control over Gaza
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Poll says 75% of Palestinians ‘satisfied’ with Hamas’s performance in the war so far
Fifty-one percent believe that Hamas terrorists are "the most deserving" of leading the Palestinian people
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Two-thirds of Israelis oppose Palestinian state, even at the cost of Saudi normalisation
Half of Arab-Israelis reject the PA ruling over a future Palestinian state
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IDF dismisses reservist soldier who incited mutiny via viral video
Israeli military opened a criminal probe into the incident as ‘a serious violation of IDF orders and IDF values’
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Israel bars Spanish consulate from serving Palestinians after ‘River to the Sea’ comments
The move follows last week’s decision by Spain, Ireland and Norway to recognize a Palestinian state
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Foreign Office accused of withholding information on £25m of funding for Palestinian Authority
Government department accused of an ‘aversion to public scrutiny’
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Mahmoud Abbas says Hamas gave excuse for Israel to attack and asks for Arab countries to support PA
Israel has frozen tax revenues owed to the PA since October 7
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Security Council to discuss Palestinian bid for full UN membership
The United States is expected to block the revived 2011 application
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Spain will unilaterally recognise Palestinian state by the summer says prime minister
He said there will soon be a ‘critical mass’ within the European Union to push several member states to adopt the position
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Palestinians pressing for UN statehood vote this month
The PA’s representative in the UN said there could be a vote as soon as April 18th
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