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On This Day: Palestinian terrorists attempt assassinating Israeli ambassador, prompting Lebanon War

Shlomo Argov survived the London shooting attack but remained paralyzed, while Israel launched a campaign that expelled the PLO and set the stage for Iran's Islamic regime to establish Hezbollah.

|ByJAMES GENN
Then-defense minister Ariel Sharon (R) meets with IDF soldiers after a battle with Palestinian gunmen at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, June 7, 1982.
IDF Soldiers arrive at the Temple Mount during the Six Day War in June of 1967. A few months later, the Arab League met, declaring, ‘No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it.’

May 1964: The day the myth of the ‘occupation’ was born - opinion

The PLO was established three years before the Six Day War, before Israel controlled Judea and Samaria and Gaza. The "occupation" didn't exist yet. So what was the PLO seeking to liberate?

|BySHIMON REFAELI
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas delivers a speech during the eighth Fatah Conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026.

PA partially coordinating with Israel for security while glorifying terror, US State Dept. says

The State Department noted that recent statements and actions taken by senior members of the PLO are incompatible with the recognition of Israel and its right to live free from threats.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A gaping hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria after a suicide bombing, August 9, 2001

Fight for Second Intifada victims reopens with $655 million judgment against PA - interview

A federal appeals court has reinstated a $655.5 million judgment against the Palestinian Authority and PLO, more than two decades after American families sued over attacks from the Second Intifada.

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE

Agreeing to a peace deal with Israel negates the existence of the PLO - opinion

Is the PA prepared to reinvent itself as a genuinely peaceful body? The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that it is not.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024ByARLENE KUSHNER
THE PA city of Tulkarm in the West Bank: Is the PA prepared to reinvent itself as a genuinely peaceful body? The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that it is not, the writer argues.

Hamas could join PA in new Gaza government, support two-state solution - report

In contradiction to a slew of previous public comments, Hamas reportedly is receptive to joining the PA on should there be a two-state solution on the political horizon.

FEBRUARY 13, 2024BySAM HALPERN
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) talks with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

The heart of Gaza’s terror problem - opinion

Don’t expect the UN to make these organizations work with the institutions of the West. They have always been the heart of the problem in the Middle East – not the solution.

FEBRUARY 12, 2024ByDORE GOLD
THOMAS WHITE, director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza, speaks to the media in the central Gaza Strip, in November. UNRWA was tailor-made by the UN to keep the Palestinian refugee issue alive, not to fix the problem, the writer asserts.

Palestinian Authority panics, official calls to reverse UNRWA funding cut

UNRWA workers were recently fired from their positions for participating in the October 7 Massacre, leading to several countries deciding to withdraw funding for UNRWA.

JANUARY 27, 2024ByYUVAL BARNEA
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh speaks to The Media Line in his office in Ramallah.

South Africa’s genocide charges against Israel: Cynical abuse of the ICJ - opinion

The terms used in South Africa's application to the ICJ are ironic, especially in light of its distorted interpretation of the Genocide Convention.

JANUARY 10, 2024ByALAN BAKER
THE INTERNATIONAL Court of Justice in The Hague: It is ironic that the world’s principal judicial organ is being petitioned by South Africa, at the evident behest and initiative of the Palestinian leadership, to adjudge Israel for the alleged crime of genocide, says the writer.

Operation Peace for Galilee: Israel's 1982 military action in Lebanon

Remembering a time as a war correspondent in Lebanon while the country returns to daily headlines for attacking Israel.

DECEMBER 23, 2023ByDVORA WAYSMAN
IDF forces fighting in Operation Peace for Galilee in Lebanon in 1982.

Israel-Hamas War: Making peace based on past experience - opinion

The rich experiences and detailed plans of predecessors can guide both the Israeli and the Palestinian people to a workable plan for the peaceful resolution of our conflict.

DECEMBER 23, 2023BySTANLEY RINGLER
PLO chairman Yasser Arafat (third right) gestures toward prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (third left) as US president Bill Clinton (center) stands between them, after the signing of the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993.

Palestinians must find new path from Israeli rule after war, PA official says

Despite US efforts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he would not allow the Palestinian Authority to run Gaza after the war.

DECEMBER 17, 2023ByREUTERS
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh speaks to The Media Line in his office in Ramallah.

Nazi symbols resurface in Huwara for second time in 10 days

Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, expressed profound dismay at the swastikas in Huwara.

OCTOBER 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Nazi flags and PLO graffiti adorn a wall in Huwara, West Bank, October 24, 2023

Jewish people have always desired peace with all their neighbors - opinion

Thousands of Israelis died because the risk of the Oslo Peace Accords didn’t pan out, and its failure unleashed waves of terror Israelis are still falling victims to until today.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
YITZHAK RABIN knew of the likely failure of the Oslo Accords and the high price failure could bring, but on the small chance it could work, couldn’t pass on the opportunity to make peace, says the writer.