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TEL AVIV — The family of a Palestinian terrorist who murdered a 13-year-old Israeli teenager asleep in her bed will receive $350 a month from a Palestinian fund for “martyrs,” prompting Israel to deduct the funds from its tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority.

TEL AVIV – A Belgian Jewish newspaper is demanding that European leaders condemn Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for spreading the libel that rabbis in Israel urged Jews to poison Palestinian water, JTA reported.

TEL AVIV – A cartoon on a Fatah-owned Palestinian TV station recently aired in honor of Ramadan features Jews fighting alongside the devil against Muslims and the prophet Muhammad.

Taysir Kubaa, deputy head of the Palestinian National Council, on Thursday called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to abandon the path of negotiations with Israel which, he said, does not lead to success for the Palestinians.

TEL AVIV – The families of teenage Palestinian terrorists jailed in Israeli prisons were invited to Jerusalem over the weekend for a special Iftar dinner, the traditional break-fast meal for the Muslim festival of Ramadan, Ynet news reported.

JERUSALEM – Officials from both the Palestinian Authority and its ruling Fatah party held rallies to celebrate the release of a terrorist involved in one of Israel’s most heinous murders – that of Israeli teenager Ofir Rahum, who was killed in 2001 after being lured to the West Bank by a female terrorist he met and fell in love with online.

A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is slipping away, the U.N. special coordinator for Middle East peace warned on Sunday, after both sides shrugged off criticism by international mediators.

TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet Saturday night to weigh a series of responses last week’s terrorist attacks which killed two and wounded five.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is refusing to condemn the ongoing wave of Palestinian terrorism, including the murder of a 13-year-old Israeli girl on Thursday and a father of 10 on Friday, and is also eschewing phone calls from world leaders demanding that he denounce the attacks.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement declared a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed to death a 13-year-old Israeli-American girl while she was sleeping in her bed to be a “martyr.”

The US State Department on Thursday condemned a terror attack earlier in the day in which a 13-year-old Israeli girl was stabbed to death in her bed, calling it “simply unconscionable.”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed Israel on Wednesday for conflicts between Muslim nations and groups throughout the Middle East, saying these were orchestrated by “Zionists” to distract from their crimes against Palestinians.

JERUSALEM – Senior advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Sultan Abu Al-Einein called on Palestinians to behead Israelis they encounter in an article published Monday.

Turkey announced the restoration of diplomatic ties with Israel on Monday after a six-year rupture and expressed regret to Russia over the downing of a warplane, seeking to mend strained alliances and ease a sense of isolation on the world stage.

Despite the fact that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to update him on Ankara’s reconciliation agreement with Israel, PA sources said Monday that the deal will perpetuate Palestinian divisions and will not help the Gaza Strip.

TEL AVIV – Arab and Muslim leaders have been deliberately shunning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, disappointed at what they see as his failed leadership, a top Palestinian official told Breitbart Jerusalem.

The Palestinians are at fault for the water shortage in the West Bank for refusing to allow Israel to upgrade the infrastructure and for stealing water, the Israeli Water Authority said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s recent address at the European Parliament again proved he was an unsuitable partner for pursuing peace.

JERUSALEM – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement published a cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a Nazi with a swastika tattooed on his arm.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday retracted his allegation that Israeli rabbis had called for the poisoning of Palestinian water, a remark that had drawn strong condemnation from Israel’s prime minister.

Global terrorism will end if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday as he condemned all forms of such violence.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was guilty of spreading “blood libel,” Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Office said in a harsh criticism of Abbas’ speech to the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday, in which he repeated a widely debunked media report that Israeli rabbis called to poison Palestinian water.

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TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is being taunted on social media for presenting Saudi King Salmon with a framed copy of the 1930s-era Palestine Post – a pre-state Zionist newspaper.

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas refused to meet with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin while the two are in Brussels it was reported on Thursday.

TEL AVIV – Recent corruption scandals may jeopardize stability in the West Bank, with Palestinians possibly turning their ire on the Palestinian Authority and not just Israel, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV – The parents of a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed and murdered two rabbis in Jerusalem last week made a “pilgrimage” to the site of the attack, with the terrorist’s mother posing for a photograph while making the victory gesture.

In the aftermath of the terror attack at Tel Aviv’s Sarona complex, a Palestinian columnist writing in the London-based daily Al-Hayat condemns the methods of Palestinian armed resistance, claiming that even though attacks like the one in Tel Aviv have elements of “heroism and sacrifice,” they ultimately do more harm than good in advancing the Palestinian cause.

Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid bashed opposition leader Isaac Herzog on Monday for allegedly offering the West Bank and East Jerusalem to the Palestinians in secret talks with PA President Mahmoud Abbas in 2014-2015, calling the move “dangerous and wrong.”

TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement posted a photoshopped picture of Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman superimposed on an image of Islamic State terrorist known as Jihadi John.

A delegation of Hamas officials are set to head Cairo next week for reconciliation talks with rival party Fatah, Palestinian news agency Maan reported.

The Palestinian Authority Minister of Education visited a school this week to “honor the souls” of three terrorists who had attended the school, including one who murdered an Israeli policewoman earlier this year.

TEL AVIV – Following the terror attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona market, Palestinian daily Al-Ayyam published an article claiming that while Palestinian armed struggle must be “ever-present,” spontaneous acts such as the Tel Aviv shooting warrant a reexamination of their benefits.

JERUSALEM – A children’s TV host on the Palestinian Authority’s official channel replaced Israel’s existence with “Palestine” in a special Ramadan quiz show.

Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an Executive Order No. 157, directing state agencies to divest public funds from companies and organizations aligned with the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the State of Israel.

The Palestinian Authority issued a carefully-worded statement on Thursday condemning terror attacks against civilians, but failing to specifically mention the Tel Aviv shooting that claimed the lives of four Israelis.