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Abbas Approved Secret Pay Rise for PA Officials despite West Bank Economic Crisis
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas approved a 67 percent pay rise for Palestinian Authority (PA) officials – as well as other financial benefits amounting to tens of thousands of dollars – while the West Bank’s economy […]
PA New Government Does Not Represent the Palestinian People
By Ramona Wadi The new Palestinian Authority government has been welcomed by the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, who reiterated the rhetoric reserved for occasions on which the international […]
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 […]
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 Struggles to Find Support to Form New Government
Fatah leader and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to ban a number of Palestinian factions from taking part in the upcoming elections has meant that his party is in talks to form a new government […]
Hamas: ‘New Government Favors Division’
Member of Hamas Political Bureau Mousa Abu Marzouq said yesterday that his movement will not take part in the government which rival faction Fatah plans to form. On Twitter, he wrote: “Fatah leaders keep saying […]
Abbas Accepts Resignation of Palestinian Government
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah’s government and requested it to continue serving until a new government is formed. Hamdallah Government Submits Resignation to Abbas https://t.co/lCszEzqXO2 pic.twitter.com/vsf54pQxoi — IMEMC […]
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 […]
Jewish Settlers Stone Palestinian PM’s Convoy
A group of Jewish settlers hurled stones at the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah after he left Midnight Mass on Christmas Day, Arab48 reported the Palestinian Authority saying yesterday. Two of Hamdallah’s bodyguards were injured […]
Khan Al-Ahmar Exposes the Misplaced Priorities of the PA and the International Community
By Ramona Wadi The Palestinian Authority and the international community made a PR spectacle out of Khan Al-Ahmar and its impending demolition. Suffice to say that when facing human rights violations which are listed as […]
Palestine PM Visits Khan al-Ahmar (VIDEOS)
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and a number of cabinet ministers visited the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar Thursday in solidarity. Khan al-Ahmar, in the Occupied West Bank, has been slated to be demolished […]
There Is No Humanity in Giving Humanitarian Aid to the Oppressors
By Ramona Wadi The entire international community and institutions are treating Gaza as an experimentation ground. To compensate for the concordance in human rights violations against Palestinians in the enclave, there is no shortage of […]
Hamas Accuses PA Man for PM Assassination Attempt
An official in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip accused a senior intelligence officer in the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the attempted assassination of the Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, on March 13. Hamas: Palestinian Authority General Intelligence […]
Gaza Security Kill Suspected Attacker of Hamdallah Convoy
Anas Abu Khoussa, the suspected perpetrator of the recent bomb attack on the convoy of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, has been killed in a gun battle with security forces in the Gaza Strip. […]
Is this the Beginning of the End of Palestinian Reconciliation?
By Ramzy Baroud While on his way to the besieged Gaza Strip last week, two 33-pound bombs targeted the convoy of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. Hamdallah was visiting Gaza, through the Israeli border […]
Abbas: ‘Hamas Responsible for Attempt on Prime Minister’s Life’
Mahmoud Abbas accused the Palestinian group, Hamas at a Ramallah meeting on Monday of “being responsible for the assassination attempt against Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and chief of intelligence Majid Faraj in Gaza last […]
