'Hamas was afraid of losing control over Gaza'
Palestinian official, speaking to Israel Hayom, shares some insights about why Hamas opted not to join the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's campaign against Israel.
Palestinian Authority & Gaza Strip
Israel re-opens crossings to Gaza Strip as cease-fire holds
Fuel trucks can now supply the only power plant in Gaza, which was down to producing about eight hours of electricity a day.
Truce announced after 3 days of fighting as Egypt takes center stage
The latest clashes have echoed preludes to previous Gaza wars, though they have been relatively contained as Hamas, the governing Islamist terrorist group in the Gaza Strip and a more powerful force than Iranian-backed PIJ, has so far stayed out.
PA planning diplomatic blitz for full membership status at UN
Time isn't on our side. Settlements continue to expand, Israel is signing accords and normalizing relations with counties in the region as if the Palestinian issue doesn't exist," says Ahmad al-Deek, a senior political adviser to the PA's foreign minister.
Hamas summer camps offer children firearms training
Keeping with "tradition," the terrorist group's "Saplings Of Jerusalem" summer camps in the Gaza Strip seek to "prepare kids for liberating Palestine."
Israel announces deduction of 'pay-for-slay' funds, but impact on on PA minimal
Accounting trick will see Israel transfer import taxes collected on behalf of the Palestinians and all but forgive a massive lone, essentially devoiding the effort to punish Ramallah over terrorist funding of any meaningful substance.
Yasser Arafat's nephew leading rebellion against Abbas
Ousted Fatah official Nasser al-Qudwa establishes new initiative aimed at bringing about a change in the Palestinian political system. Proposition endorsed by 65 leaders, largely those who oppose the president and demand a wider political representation of society.
Israel has no sovereignty over Western Wall, Abbas religious adviser says
In an exclusive interview with Israel Hayom, Mahmoud al-Habbash discusses everything from the ongoing conflict over IDF activity in Judea and Samaria to the Palestinian Authority's conflict with Hamas.
Palestinians to identify as Bedouin for housing permits?
A new protocol in the areas governed by the Israeli Civil Administration allows Palestinians to submit requests to certify structures built illegally prior to 2011.
Report: Abbas creating dictatorship in Palestinian Authority
"The steps taken by Abbas need to sound the alarm in every country that helps the Palestinians financially via the PA's institutions. They want to believe they are granting aid to the Palestinian people, but essentially they are sustaining the PLO and solidifying Fatah's hegemony," says attorney Maurice Hirsch, the head of legal strategies for Palestinian Media Watch and the editor of a new report.