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PLO Pleads to EU to Stop Israel ‘Crimes’ against Palestinian Prisoners
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) appealed Friday to the European Union and human rights organizations to “intervene urgently” to stop Israel’s “ongoing crimes” against Palestinian detainees, Anadolu Agency reports. “The Palestinian leadership is making intensive efforts […]
Erekat Condemns Israel’s Plan to Demolish 10 Buildings in East Jerusalem
Saeb Erekat, secretary-general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) condemned, in the strongest possible terms, Israel’s imminent plan to demolish 10 buildings in the occupied East Jerusalem town of Sur Bahir, […]
Hamas Chief Haniyeh: ‘Palestine Is Not for Sale’
Head of Hamas’ political bureau Ismail Haniyeh has said that Bahrain conference “secures economic cover for a political attempt to liquidate the Palestinian cause.” Haniyeh’s statement came in a speech during a conference organized by Palestinian factions […]
Hanan Ashrawi: ‘Deal of the Century’ Is ‘Fictitious Economic Plan’
Hanan Ashrawi, the veteran political activist and executive committee member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) called Jared Kushner’s “deal of the century” a “fictitious economic plan.” Via video conference Tuesday at the Arab Center in Washington, […]
PLO, Foreign Ministry Condemn Moldova’s Decision to Move Embassy to Jerusalem
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned in two separate statements the decision by Moldova’s premier to move his country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, considering the decision […]
Stripped of their Rights: Understanding the Gaza Strip
By Rima Najjar Many wonder why Israel continues to persecute the Palestinians in Gaza with such brutal repression. The answer is simple; Palestinians in Gaza pose a demographic and, indeed, an existential threat to the […]
Resurrecting the PLO is Palestine’s Best Response to the ‘Deal of the Century’
By Ramzy Baroud Palestinian groups, Fatah, Hamas and others should not confine themselves to merely rejecting the Trump Administration’s so-called ‘Deal of the Century’. Instead, they should use their resistance to the new American-Israeli […]
US Rejects Top Palestinian Official Ashrawi’s Visa Request for First Time
A top Palestinian official said on Monday she had been denied a US travel visa for the first time and viewed it as retaliation for her criticism of the Trump administration and Israel, reports Reuters. US diplomats did […]
Ashrawi (PLO): ‘Targeting Defenseless Civilians Is Criminal’
Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member, said the ongoing Israeli escalation against the captive Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip is a continuation of the war crimes Israel has been committing against the Palestinian […]
What Now for the Palestinian People?
By Rima Najjar The West Bank is under threat of annexation by Israel now; the caged Palestinians in Gaza are clamoring, at a grassroots level, for the right to return to their homes and property […]
Arab League Summit to Focus on Palestine, Golan Heights
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in the Tunisian capital of Tunis to attend the 30th meeting of the Arab League Summit, which is set to discuss Palestinian aid, Golan Heights, and Yemen, on Sunday. "We […]
Uniting Fatah, Not Palestinians: The Dubious Role of Mohammed Shtayyeh
By Ramzy Baroud Political commentators sympathetic to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Fatah Movement, in particular, fanned out as soon as the news was announced of Mohammad Shtayyeh’s appointment as the new Palestinian […]
Abbas Appoints Loyalist Shtayyeh as Palestinian Prime Minister (VIDEO)
Economist Mohammed Shtayyeh, a member of the West Bank’s dominant Fatah party, was named Palestinian prime minister on Sunday in what the rival Hamas group that runs Gaza called a blow to unity efforts. The […]
Israel to Withhold $138 Millions from Palestinian Taxes over Prisoner Stipends (VIDEO)
Tel Aviv has decided to deduct some $138 million from the amount of taxes it collected on behalf of Palestine. It comes in retaliation to stipends the Palestinian Authority pays to families of Palestinian prisoners. […]
Abbas: We Will Hold Elections when Possible
Palestinian Authority (PA), PLO and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas said that the date of the upcoming elections is to be announced when holding “it becomes possible” in Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Sputnik reported […]
As Abbas Ages, Fatah Moves to Consolidate Power
By Ramzy Baroud Five years after spearheading what is inaptly referred to as a ‘government of national reconciliation’, Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, has finally resigned. “We put our government at the disposal of […]
Fatah Central Committee Discusses New Government Formation
The Fatah Central Committee discussed issues related to the formation of the new government during a meeting held in the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on Saturday. The Fatah Central Committee held a […]
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah Resigns
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has resigned, just days after Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas announced plans to form a new government. In a statement today, PA spokesperson Yusuf Al-Mahmoud said that “the prime minister and […]
Netanyahu’s ‘Wish List’ to End in Despair, Defeat and Humiliation
By Iqbal Jassat Israel’s war criminals who head the settler regime’s apartheid government, are in all likelihood deeply disappointed at the way 2018 has ended. Since Donald Trump’s election as America’s president, Israel felt pretty […]
Ghosts of Palestinian Resistance in Beirut – Part I (PHOTOS)
By Marion Kawas Lessons lost from Beirut to Ramallah The Palestinian resistance movement looked very different 45 years ago in the early 1970s. With a significant presence in Lebanon, the movement and international activists that […]
Solidarity Campaign Launched in Support of Palestinian Israa Jaabis
PLO’s Committee for Prisoners and Freed Prisoners launched a solidarity campaign for burns victim Israa Jaabis who is being held in an Israeli jail. Entitled “Freedom and Treatment: A Right for Prisoner Israa”, the campaign […]
The PA Has Found Its ‘Waiting’ Counterpart
By Ramona Wadi During another routine meeting, this time the 17th session of the Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court, the Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riad Al-Maliki, complained of the […]
The PA is Authoritarian Yet Lacks Authority
By Ramona Wadi It is easy to lose count of the number of futile challenges made by the Palestinian Authority to Israel since the collapse of the last negotiations led by Former US Secretary of […]
Palestinian Leadership Praises Canada’s Commitment to Not Transfer Its Embassy
Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat, met with Canadian ambassadors, on Monday, and called on the Canadian government not to regard the independence of the State of Palestine with […]
Israel Arrests 32 Palestinians in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
Israeli forces yesterday arrested 32 Palestinians from Jerusalem, accusing them of being members of the security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Arab48 reported. The number included 20 Fatah members and others who have previously […]
Ashrawi: ‘Gaza Will Remain an Inseparable Part of Palestine’
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member, Hanan Ashrawi, met separately with the Jordanian Head of Mission, Muhammad Abu Wandi, and the Egyptian Consul General, Mustafa al-Shahat, at the PLO Headquarters in the central occupied […]
PLO Calls on ICC to Investigate Israeli Killing of 3 Gaza Children
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Monday called on International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into an Israeli airstrike that killed three children in the east of Khan Younes in the Southern besieged Gaza […]
Top Palestinian Body Calls for Suspension of Israel Recognition
A top Palestinian body authorized the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to suspend recognition of Israel and stop security coordination with Tel Aviv. The Palestinian Central Council (PCC) – a body of the PLO – said […]
Kushner Demands Higher Levels of Betrayal from the PA
By Ramona Wadi After the US unilaterally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, withdrew all funding from the United Nations Relief and Works Organisation for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and closed the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Mission […]
Abbas Calls for Dissolving Palestinian Parliament
Without reaching a reconciliation with the Palestinian factions, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called for the Palestinian parliament to be dissolved. During a meeting of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council in Ramallah, Abbas issued a […]