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    <description>Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch, a former IDF Director of Military Prosecution for Judea and Samaria, is a leading expert on Palestinian incitement and legal strategies. He currently serves as head of legal strategies at Palestinian Media Watch and directs the Initiative for Palestinian Authority Accountability and Reform at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Hirsch has also advised Israel’s Ministry of Defense and chaired an advisory committee in the Ministry of Interior. A passionate advocate for Israel, he regularly provides expert analysis in the media to expose bias and misinformation.</description>
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      <title>The malignant PA-PLO practice infecting world banking</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How the Palestinian global “pay for slay” network embeds terror financing into international banking systems and exposes foreign institutions to legal and financial risk.]]></description>
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      <title>Reassessing the death penalty in Israel’s counter-terrorism framework</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The new law seeks to operationalize long-standing legal provisions and strengthen deterrence against terrorist violence.]]></description>
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      <title>Abbas’s Kuwait overture rewrites an awkward history</title>
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      <title>‘State of Palestine': An unnecessary stamp with enormous significance</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The use of this stamp reinforces the narrative that the P.A. controls the Rafah Crossing, and does so in the name of the nonexistent “State of Palestine.”]]></description>
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      <title>Who are the legitimate Palestinian leaders?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[However unreasonable and unfathomable it might seem, by Western democratic standards, Hamas is the legitimate leader of the Palestinian Authority.]]></description>
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      <title>How the ICC invented a nonexistent state to persecute Israel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Security Council, which controls the procedure through which states are recognized, clearly acknowledged that no “State of Palestine” exists.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 05:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Is the PA still protecting terrorists with blood on their hands?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Palestinian Authority has never indicted a Palestinian terrorist for the murder of Israelis or officially handed over a Palestinian terrorist to Israeli authorities.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The PA plan to steal hundreds of millions in foreign aid</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If the international community is genuine in its desire to provide aid to Palestinians and not to further line the corrupt Palestinian Authority officials’ pockets, it should reconsider the manner in which the aid is provided.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:23:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The PA's WAFA news agency sets the stage for terror</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Palestinian leadership messaging through the wire service creates an unyielding environment of hatred and incitement.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 05:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What would the ‘State of Palestine’ look like?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Palestine” would be a dictatorial, racist state that flouts basic human rights.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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