Palestinian Authority (PA), PLO and Fatah President, Mahmoud Abbas, has started a campaign to exclude close aides to jailed Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouti, Al Resalah newspaper reported on Tuesday. Member of Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fakhri […]
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz reiterated on Monday that he met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas for security reasons, as well as to fight Hamas, Israeli media reported. The main reason for the […]
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Wednesday that he met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to strengthen economic and security ties, Israeli media reported. The meeting, their second since Abbas hosted Gantz in […]
The Palestinian movement Fatah on Wednesday described remarks made by Arab Member of the Knesset Mansour Abbas about Israel’s Jewish identity as “cheap alignment with the Zionist narrative”. Fatah accused Abbas of “crossing all red […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Tuesday with his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Abbas, who arrived in […]
When Joe Biden was declared the winner in the US elections last November, expectations in Ramallah were high. A Biden Administration, compared to the brazenly pro-Israel Trump Administration, would surely be much fairer to Palestinians, […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Monday that an official move is to be taken against Israel’s decision to classify six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Speaking […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has suspended monthly payments to three Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) political groups to silence their criticisms, the groups disclosed in a joint statement on Sunday. The Popular Front […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday received three members of the Israeli Knesset from the left-wing Meretz party, two of whom are cabinet ministers, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Head of the […]
The Palestinian Authority security services arrested on Monday the key witness in the Nizar Banat murder case, the Middle East Monitor has revealed. Banat, a harsh critic of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, was killed by […]
Imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti declared that “the Palestinian Authority (PA) has no authority,” adding that the battle for Jerusalem “revealed the inability and fragility” of the Palestinian political system, Sama news agency reported on […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday gave Israel only one year to withdraw from the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, according to Reuters. “If this is not achieved, why maintain […]
A recent poll found that about 80 percent of Palestinians want Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to resign, Quds Press reported on Tuesday. The poll was conducted by Khalil Shikaki, who runs the Palestinian […]
The Palestinian military prosecution has indicted all 14 officers from the Preventative Security Service in Hebron (Al-Khalil) for allegedly beating opposition figure Nizar Banat to death in late June. Banat, a well-known critic of the […]
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on Friday that 90 percent of Israel’s relationship with the Palestinian Authority (PA) concerns security coordination, Arab48.com reported. Lapid’s remarks, according to Arab48.com, came during a meeting with Israeli […]
The high-level meeting between Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has prompted outrage from both Israeli lawmakers and Palestinian political movement Hamas, which termed it a “betrayal of martyr […]
An Israeli official close to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett downplayed on Monday the first official Israeli-Palestinian talks since the premier took office in June, saying there won’t be any peace negotiations with the Palestinians. According […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s Corruption Crimes Court sentenced Ghassan Banat, brother of murdered activist Nizar Banat, to two years in prison in absentia after accusing him of corruption, ordering him to repay 6,900 shekels ($2,143), […]
The Palestinian Authority’s security forces have been arresting civil rights activists in Ramallah for the third consecutive day, Lawyers for Justice announced yesterday. “Among those arrested were the freed prisoner, Muhammed Allan, Ibrahim Abu Al-Ezz, […]
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has prevented his Defence Minister Benny Gantz from meeting with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli TV Channel 12 reported on Friday. According to the TV channel, Gantz requested […]
Palestinian police on Tuesday shut the office of J-Media in Ramallah. The director of the Ramallah office Alaa Al-Rimawi told Safa Press Agency that the police had closed the network’s office after “prohibiting (the) staff […]
A senior US diplomat warned Israeli officials this week that the multiple crises facing the Palestinian Authority left it “like a dry forest waiting to catch fire”, Axios reported. Hady Amr, deputy assistant secretary of […]
During a meeting in Istanbul held on Sunday, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas asked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stop Hamas’s incitement against the PA. Both leaders discussed the latest developments in the […]
“The Palestinian Authority’s days are numbered”. This assertion has been oft-repeated recently, especially after the torture to death on June 24 of a popular Palestinian activist, Nizar Banat, 42, at the hands of PA security […]
Palestinian Authority (PA)’s security services yesterday detained 21 Palestinian protesters who arrived in Al-Manara Square to protest against the murder of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat. Eyewitnesses said that 21 activists were detained as soon as […]
The Palestinian Authority might not have envisaged that the killing of Nizar Banat by its security services would have unleashed such a response from the Palestinian people. Ongoing demonstrations and calls for PA leader Mahmoud […]
Palestinian police arrested a lawyer and three activists Sunday morning in the West Bank amid ongoing protests against the Palestinian Authority over the death of activist Nizar Banat. Muhannad Karajah, the head of the Lawyers […]
14 Palestinian security troops, including officers, have been detained over their alleged involvement in the death of prominent activist Nizar Banat, according to his cousin. “We have been informed that 14 of those who took […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is reported to have dismissed the head of the Palestinian National Library, Ihab Bseiso, for criticizing the security services’ extrajudicial killing of political opponent Nizar Banat. Local media outlets said […]
An alliance of Palestinian political parties has urged that the Palestinian Authority (PA) government be removed from office. The group takes issue with PA violence towards reporters and protesters at rallies for Nizar Banat, a […]
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