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The PA Excels in Theatre of the Absurd
By Ramona Wadi If there is one thing in which the Palestinian Authority excels, it is theatre of the absurd. Following its announcement that, based on international reassurances, there will be a resumption of security […]
Hamas: PA’s Resumption of ‘Security Cooperation’ with Israel Foiled Reconciliation
The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas announced on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s resumption of security cooperation with Israel has foiled national reconciliation. During a virtual discussion panel, member of Hamas political bureau Dr. Musa […]
A Return to Collaboration over Israel’s Security Narrative
By Ramona Wadi US President-elect Joe Biden has not yet taken office, but Israel’s false security narrative is already taking precedence over everything else. Meanwhile, within the ranks of the Palestinian Authority which gambled with […]
Palestinian Authority to Resume Cooperation with Israel
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 […]
Due to Israeli ‘Blackmail’, 25,000 Palestinian Babies Are Left Officially Nameless
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel is refusing to recognize 25,000 Palestinian babies born in recent months, the Palestinian Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The process of officiating the names and birth certificates of newborn […]
Gantz Calls for Resumption of Security Coordination with PA
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz called on the security institution to work on renewing security and civil coordination with the Palestinian Authority. This comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex parts of the […]
PA Official: ‘Israel Insists on Security Cooperation in Return for Tax Revenue’
The head of the Palestinian Authority Prisoners’ and Freed Prisoners’ Commission, Qadri Abu Baker, has said that Israel is insisting on the PA resuming security cooperation in return for the release of tax revenue collected […]
PA to Stop Palestinian Resistance Efforts despite Ending ‘Security Coordination’ with Israel
The Palestinian Authority (PA) will continue fighting the Palestinian resistance movements and protecting Israelis despite halting ‘security coordination’ with Tel Aviv, a senior official has said. Hussein Al-Sheikh, the Palestinian official in charge of relations […]
Palestinian Security Forces Pull out of Area B in Jerusalem
Palestinian security forces have withdrawn from towns and villages in Jerusalem classified as Area B in the Oslo accords, Anadolu Agency reports. According to local sources, Palestinian forces left the northwestern towns of Iksa, Qatanna, and Biddu, […]
Abuse, Oppression and Murder: The PA Does Israel’s Dirty Work in the West Bank
By Ramzy Baroud Merely two weeks after Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, declared that the PA will suspend all ‘security coordination’ with Israel, Palestinian security forces in the West Bank killed unarmed teenager, Salah Zakareneh. Zakareneh […]
Palestinian Teen Killed during ‘Violent Clash’ with PA Security Forces
A Palestinian teenager died on Tuesday after being shot in Qabatiya, a village south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. The boy, identified as 17-year-old Salah Zakareneh, was shot during a “violent clash” with […]
PA Official: Security Cooperation with Israel is Continuous
Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security cooperation with Israel is continuous, senior PA official Nabil Abu Rudeineh announced on Sunday, during a meeting with Israeli journalists in Ramallah. Abu Rudeineh, who is a senior aide to PA president, […]
The PA Will Opt for Losing Palestine if It Means Keeping its ‘Authority’
By Ramona Wadi Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas continues to provide proof of his worthlessness when it comes to political decision-making. If the US “continues” with the so-called deal of the century, Abbas has threatened […]
Abbas Declares Suspension of All Deals with Israel
Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), has announced the suspension of all agreements signed with Israel. The 84-year-old’s declaration on Thursday came after an emergency meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the wake of Israel’s demolition this week of several […]
Israeli Official: ‘Security Coordination’ with PA Never Been Better
An unnamed Israeli security source told Al-Monitor this week that the “network of security coordination” with the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the occupied West Bank has never been better. The remarks come as PA President Mahmoud Abbas […]
PA Detains Palestinian Man Freed from Israeli Jails
Palestinian Authority (PA) security services detained a Palestinian who was recently released from Israeli jails after summoning him for a meeting in its offices in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm yesterday, Quds Press reported. In […]
Palestinian Leaders Denounce Netanyahu’s Vow to Annex West Bank
Palestinian leaders reacted with anger to Netanyahu’s vow to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins another term in office. Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator and a close aide to […]
Palestinian Welfare Must Not Be Argued by the Likes of Greenblatt and Erekat
By Ramona Wadi At the UN Security Council last Friday, US Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt failed to garner support for Israel’s decision to deduct $11 million from the tax revenues to be […]
USAID Ceases Assistance in West Bank and Gaza (VIDEO)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has ceased all assistance to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, according to a US official. The decision announced on Friday was linked to a […]
False ‘Victories’: Is the PA Using the ‘State of Palestine’ to Remain in Power?
By Ramzy Baroud The ‘State of Palestine’ has officially been handed the Chairmanship of the G-77, the United Nations largest block. This is particularly significant considering the relentless Israeli-American plotting to torpedo Palestinian push […]
Quds Press Calls for PA to Release Its Reporter in Hebron
Quds Press International yesterday called for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to release its reporter in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), Yousef Faqih. In a statement, Quds Press expressed its worries about its reporter’s wellbeing after […]
Human Rights Group: PA Continues to Torture Palestinian Prisoners
A human rights group has claimed that the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to torture and abuse Palestinian prisoners under its watch. The Arab Organization for Human Rights in the UK said that the PA’s security […]
Former Prisoner: PA Investigators Tortured Me (VIDEO)
A Palestinian mother who was released from a Palestinian Authority prison last week has told a press conference that the investigators there threatened to rape her. Suha Jabara’s defense team organized the media event to […]
PA Court Drops Charges against Youth over Social Media Post
A Palestinian court in Tulkarem has dropped all charges against a Palestinian youth arrested over a Facebook post, some eight months after he was first detained. According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, the court decided on […]
PFLP Will Not Participate in Legislative Elections
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) will not participate in any upcoming legislative elections, a member of the PFLP Central Committee Maher Mezher said yesterday, explaining that the movement rejects the Oslo […]
PA Arrests a Palestinian Woman for Helping Gazans
A Palestinian woman was arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces earlier this month accusing her of sending funds to help impoverished families living in the besieged Gaza Strip. Suha Jubara from Turmus Ayya village north […]