The European Union is changing its approach toward the Palestinian Authority. In a meeting held between EU representatives and senior Palestinian Authority officials toward the end of last month, senior EU officials who are friendly to Israel raised the issue of the PA’s violation of agreements regarding continued payments to terrorists and demanded that they […]

Israeli government officials on Sunday inaugurated an upgraded traffic junction outside Evyatar, in Samaria, 18 months after the town’s status was regularized, Arutz 7 reported. The roadwork, costing 6 million shekels ($1.6 million), added turn lanes, sidewalks, lighting and other critical infrastructure, significantly improving road safety and access to the nascent Jewish community. “Upgrading the Evyatar Junction […]

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told JNS on Monday that the Palestinian Authority “supports, encourages and funds terrorism” and should be replaced by a “completely different,” non-hostile body. The Western-backed P.A. should be replaced by a civilian administrative body that “does not seek to annihilate the State of Israel,” said Smotrich, speaking at a faction […]

Air pollution from illegal waste burning in the Palestinian Authority kills more than 1,000 Israelis each year, environmental groups told lawmakers last week, as Israel moves to combat what officials are calling a campaign of deliberate “eco-terrorism.” The Knesset’s Subcommittee on Judea and Samaria Affairs convened on Thursday to address the escalating health crisis caused […]