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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is claiming that his people are the descendants of the biblical Canaanites and entitled to the land of Israel....

The Palestinian Authority paid terrorists and their families over $347 million last year, according to its own records, the Defense Ministry reported to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday....

The murder of 22 Israeli children and their teachers in a terror attack in the 1970s was an “act of heroism,” Palestinian Authority TV declared last week....

Officials say the Obama administration in its waning hours defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority....

Abbas said Saturday that he will ask the UN General Assembly to recognize a “state of Palestine” on September 27. ...

The Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land on Monday hailed the granting by UNESCO of world heritage status to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, AFP reported. The report said the Roman Catholic Church said the UNESCO decision was a “diplomatic victory” for the Palestinian Authority, but...

Israel boosted its Syrian and Lebanese border units as special flights carrying thousands of pro-Palestinian activists from Tehran touched down in Damascus Tuesday, March 27 for the international Global March to Jerusalem Friday, March 30....

This weekend, a conference opens in Qatar to “defend” Jerusalem’s Arab status. The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, opened the “International Conference for the Defense of Occupied Jerusalem” Sunday where an estimated 350 religious and political leaders from 60 countries are attending. Speakers include Palestinian...

'I’m going to the UN in order to demand our legitimate rights and secure full membership,' Abbas said. The Palestinian Authority will be seeking full United Nations membership in its statehood bid later this month, PA leader Mahmoud Abbas said Friday. ...