The ruling Fatah movement and its rival, the Hamas movement, welcomed the decree issued yesterday by President Mahmoud Abbas setting dates for national elections in Palestine. The decree set May 22 for holding legislative elections […]
Responding to a recent call by the Biden Administration to hold elections in Palestine as soon as possible, the office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced Friday that parliamentary and presidential elections will be […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has signed an order to pay the full salaries to more than 900 prisoners and former prisoners, Head of the Prisoners and Ex-prisoners Affairs Authority Qadri Abu Bakr announced […]
Israel put off a scheduled meeting between Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki and his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi, Maariv revealed yesterday. The Shehab News Agency reported the Israeli daily saying that the meeting […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to issue decrees for holding the first legislative elections, to be followed by presidential elections, by January 20, following an agreement reached with the Hamas movement and after […]
After returning to security coordination with Israel just days after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the US presidential election, the Palestinian Authority wasted no time in reassuring the international community that it was […]
2020 will go down in history as the year that terminated the American-sponsored ‘peace process’. While 2021 will not reverse the monumental change in the US attitude and objectives in Palestine, Israel and the Middle […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas hopes to resume unconditional talks with Israel as soon as possible, a senior PA official informed Israel Hayom. On Friday, the Israeli outlet reported a senior PA official stating […]
Palestinian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined by 12 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In a joint statement, the Palestinian Monetary Authority and the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics […]
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) announced on Friday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has ignored national consensus when it decided to return to talks with Israel. In a statement issued on […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accepted today, Wednesday, December 9, the resignation of Hanan Ashrawi, an influential member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]
No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas. When all hope seemed lost, where Abbas found himself desperate […]
Hanan Ashrawi has resigned from the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s Executive Committee in protest at Ramallah’s decision to resume security coordination with Israel, sources have told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Dr. Ashrawi, a veteran legislator who has taken […]
The Israeli occupation authorities have transferred $1.14 billion in tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian minister of civil affairs. As stated by Anadolu Agency, Hussein Al-Sheikh posted on […]
Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has nothing to worry about as the man who will directly handle America’s foreign policy in the Middle East is a loyal friend of Israel. Crisis averted. President-elect, Joe […]
Deputy leader of Palestine’s Fatah movement, Mahmoud Al-Aloul, said a committee which includes Palestinian, Jordanian, and Egyptian officials has been formed to coordinate the Palestinian call for holding an international peace conference. A Return to […]
Jordan’s King Abdullah met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday in a bid to revive the stalled Israel-Palestine peace process under a new US administration. The two leaders met at the Jordanian resort town […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday awarded late American activist Rachel Corrie the “Freedom Star” accolade, honoring her sacrifices for the sake of the Palestinian people, Quds Net News reported. During a call with […]
The Palestinian Authority will resume civil and security cooperation with Israel suspended in May over a now-frozen Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian minister said on Tuesday. Civil Affairs […]
The US “deal of the century” may be scrapped when President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January, but its ramifications will not necessarily be anathema to the incoming administration. Just as outgoing President Donald Trump […]
“If we are going to live another four years with President Trump, God help us, God help you and God help the whole world.” These were the words of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Mohammed Shtayyeh, […]
Dr. Saeb Erekat, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s Executive Committee, passed away from COVID-19, the Palestinian Fatah movement announced. The veteran PLO official contracted coronavirus on October 8, his condition became critical ten […]
Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh congratulated today the US President-elect Joe Biden & Vice President-elect Kamala Harris for winning the elections, saying President Mahmoud Abbas was ready for immediate engagement in a serious political process. In […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is reportedly set to resume receiving transfers of tax revenues collected by Israel on its behalf, Israel Hayom reported i24 News saying. The PA stopped receiving transfers since May when President […]
PA President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday called on the United Nations to hold urgent consultations on convening an international peace conference. Abbas sent a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres urging him to hold urgent consultations […]
For the first time, Palestinian Authority courts are going to look at cases filed by Palestinian citizens related to violations allegedly committed by Jewish settlers, Wafa news agency has reported. Minister of Justice Mohammed Al-Shalaldeh […]
It is abundantly clear that Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, has underestimated the seriousness of the challenges facing Palestine and the Palestinians. The rushed agreement between his party, Fatah and Hamas in Istanbul on September […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold an international conference on “a real peace process based on international law” to end the Israeli occupation, Anadolu Agency reported. […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has asked his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to support the internal Palestinian reconciliation efforts and the plans for an election. #PalestinianAuthority Pres. #Abbas has reportedly called Pres. #Erdogan, requesting […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is set to deliver an important speech before the United Nations General Assembly on the 25th of this month via video-conferencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nabil Abu Rudaineh, the […]
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