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Ask the PA, is Ramadan time for peace or time for Terror

‎“A ‎small but growing number of Arabs are moving into Jewish settlements on occupied ‎land in East Jerusalem, drawn by cheaper rent and better services.‎.. ‎‘Really it's not a matter of ideology,’ said Rawya Mazal, an Israeli Arab realtor who sells ‎or lets properties to Palestinian families in a...”

Op-ed by Akram Atallah ‎“As Israel has failed to find any lead ‎several days after the Hebron operation ‎‎(i.e., kidnapping of three Israeli teens), ‎conspiracy theories have begun to appear ‎among the proposed [explanations] for the ‎operation – for two reasons. The first is the ‎helplessness of...”

“Hamas has announced that it will not accept any international presence in the Palestinian territories in the event of a future political settlement, even as US Secretary of State John Kerry continues his efforts to advance his plan for peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis. In an...”

“[In a statement made] yesterday [Feb. 15, 2014], Ismail Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the deposed Hamas government in the Gaza Strip and deputy of the Hamas political bureau, said his movement ‘is not committed’ to any framework agreement that may be reached in the Palestinian-Israeli...”

“He [Jibril Rajoub, Chairman of the Palestinian football Association and Deputy-Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee] went on to say: ‘The Palestinian Football Association will not agree to any kind of bilateral relations or direct coordination [with Israelis]. As far as we are concerned, FIFA...”

“[Chairman of the Palestinian Football Association, Jibril] Rajoub described the extent of pressure put on him personally so that a joint tripartite match would take place to join together the Catalonian team, Palestinian players and Israeli players. He emphasized that he had insisted all along...”

Headline: "Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs arranges visits to families of veteran prisoners in Bethlehem" "Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake, yesterday visited families of veteran prisoners in the Aida and Deheisheh refugee camps, and in the town of Al-Khader, marking the Eid El-Fitr..."

Headline: "Karake: The strategy of linking the return to negotiations with the release of prisoners enjoys a broad political consensus." "Membership in the UN will realize three victories for the prisoners. … [PA Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs] Karake stated that Palestinian membership in the UN,..."

PA Minister of Supplies, Abd El Aziz Shahian: “The Palestinian people accepted the Oslo agreements to gain a foothold and not as a permanent settlement, since war and struggle on the land is more efficient than a struggle from a distant land... The Palestinian people will continue the revolution...”