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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Another child soldier that UNICEF doesn't care about

The official Palestinian Wafa news agency reports:Today, Tuesday, a child from the town of Zababdeh, south of Jenin, was killed by bullets from the Israeli occupation.The director of Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin, Fawaz Hammad, told Wafa that the child Othman Atef Abu Kharj (17 years old) died of injuries he sustained at dawn today, during the clashes that erupted after the storming...

Apartheid! Israeli firefighter dies, another seriously injured trying to rescue an illegal Palestinian worker who fell into a pit

Another story of how little Israel cares about Palestinian lives:Two people were killed and a third was in critical condition after falling into a pit in the northern village of Deir al-Asad on Sunday.Two of the men were firefighters who fell into the hole during an attempt to extract the third, a Palestinian laborer who had earlier plunged inside and lost consciousness.The...

Palestinians never run out of ways to blame Jews for their abject failures

The official Palestinian Authority Wafa news agency reports:Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh today received in his Ramallah office the new head of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) mission to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Kerstin Gerling, in the presence of its former head, Alexander Tieman, and IMF Resident Representative Thomas Laursen, during which they discussed...

PA prime minister Shtayyeh tells members of Congress a litany of lies

From the official Palestinian Wafa news agency:Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh Monday met with a delegation of members of the US Congress, which included 22 members of the Democratic Party, headed by Senator Hakeem Jeffries, leader of the Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives, in his office in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.Ramallah isn't occupied. ...

Abbas' visit to Jenin was either a success or a failure, depending on which media you read

On Wednesday, PA president Mahmoud Abbas visited Jenin for the first time in over a decade.The visit was widely viewed as a belated attempt to assert that the PA is in control of the area, which no one really believes.Hamas media says:During his visit to Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, the President of the Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, showed disregard for meeting popular...

Oh noes! "Talmudic dances" in Hebron!

The official Palestinian Wafa news agency is incensed:The Minister of National Security in the extremist occupation government, Itamar Ben Gvir, stormed today, Wednesday, the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the city of Hebron.And local sources reported that the storming of Ben Gvir comes as part of a series of continuous incursions by the occupation and its settlers into the Haram since...

Arab media knows that the Waqf agreed no overnight stays in Al Aqsa - but refuse to report it

For the second Sunday night, Palestinian Muslims attempted to stay overnight in the Al Aqsa mosque in a ritual known as i'tikaaf - and Israeli forces politely removed them without incident.As I have been reporting, the reason there has been a call for i'tikaaf this year when it has hardly ever been demanded in the first weeks of Ramadan in the past is because the Muslims want...

The PLO writes a book claiming Jews exploit antisemitism to persecute Palestinians

The official Palestinian Wafa news agency describes a new book written by the Palestinian Liberation Organization Research Center. The Palestine Liberation Organization-Research Center has issued a new book, entitled: "Zionism, Israel and Anti-Semitism: Exploiting the Suffering of the Jews to Persecute the Palestinians," by the researcher and journalist specializing in...

No, Israeli rescuers didn't "steal" a megillah from Turkey

Arabic media and social media are reporting that Israeli rescuers in Turkey "stole" an antique Scroll of Esther. From the official Palestinian Wafa news agency: The theft of a historical manuscript by the Israeli rescue team dispatched to Turkey to help those affected by the earthquake sparked an ethical scandal after pictures and videos showed the team members displaying...

In English, Israel kills "five local young men." In Arabic, there are five "Al Qassam Brigades heroic martyrs."

From the official Palestinian Wafa news agency:Five Palestinians dawn Monday were shot dead by the Israeli military in Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, adjacent to the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, according to medical sources.A sizable Israeli force barged its way into the refugee camp, triggering confrontations.The heavily-armed soldiers opened fire towards local young men,...

US diplomats drinking Palestinian Kool-Aid

The official Palestinian Wafa news agency reports:Secretary of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Hussein Al-Sheikh, discussed with the US Special Representative for Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr, and his accompanying delegation, today, Thursday, bilateral relations, and political developments and developments in the region, especially after the results of the recent elections...

Official PA vs. Hamas announcement of the death of a "young man"

From the official Palestinian Wafa news agency:A Palestinian who was earlier shot and injured by Israeli soldiers in the south of the West Bank has died of his wounds, according to the Ministry of Health.It said the Civil Affairs Authority had informed it that Sanad Mohammad Samasra, 19, from the Hebron district town of Dahriyeh, who was critically injured when he was shot...

Abbas going to the Security Council about Jews visiting the Temple Mount?

The official Palestinian Wafa news agency reports:The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, decided to assign the Palestine Mission in New York to take immediate action in the United Nations and the Security Council to condemn and stop the attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque by members of the Israeli government and extremist groups, in a serious violation of the historical...

Apparently, Palestinians wrote their own "congratulatory telegrams" from other countries on their "independence day"

This is the least important news you will read today, but it says a lot.November 15 is considered by Palestinians to be their "independence day" because Yasir Arafat declared it as such in 1988, in a move that was accepted by practically nobody.The official Wafa news agency recorded the congratulatory telegrams that Mahmoud Abbas received from national leaders on the occasion....

Palestinians will try to hijack COP27 climate conference

Palestinian prime minister Mohamed Shtayyeh has arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh to participate in the COP27 climate conference.As usual with these kinds of international meetings, the Palestinian intention is to try to hijack the conference into an anti-Israel sham.His speech will "focus on the environmental challenges imposed by the Israeli occupation," according to the official...

The Palestinian Authority is officially antisemitic. It calls all Jewish prayer "racist Talmudic rituals."

The Kotel last week during SukkotThe official Palestinian Authority news agency Wafa, which reflects the official Palestinian Authority positions, reported about Jews worshipping at the Kotel, the Western Wall on Saturday. Not on the Temple Mount - but the Western Wall that Jews visit and pray at every single day.The article says:Hundreds of settlers performed today,...