Journalists and human rights defenders say Lebanese popular uprising has prompted the Palestinian Authority to stifle free speech The Palestinian Authority has blocked 59 Palestinian news websites and social media pages, following a request by [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reaffirmed Wednesday the Palestinian position on the cessation of all agreements signed with Israeli if the later decides to impose sovereignty on any part of the occupied Palestinian territory. Abbas said [ More … ]
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Monday directly accused Hamas of carrying out a bomb attack against Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Gaza last week and threatened fresh sanctions against the Gaza, prompting Hamas to call for [ More … ]
Saudi Crown Prince and Egyptian President reportedly told PA chairman he has no choice but to accept Trump’s peace plan. Leaders from two important Arab nations have advised Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas to [ More … ]
BY: Dr. Said Elhaj* Some politicians resort to addressing the world public opinion at significant political or historical stations through publishing articles in worldwide newspapers. This is exactly what Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas did on [ More … ]
Hamas handed over control of the Gaza Strip’s borders with Egypt and Israel to the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday. Hamas handed over control of the Gaza Strip’s borders with Egypt and Israel to the Palestinian [ More … ]
With expectations surrounding US peace efforts low among Palestinian leadership, Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, has arrived in the region, where he and other members of a US delegation met [ More … ]
BY: Grant Rumley & Ghaith al-Omari* Earlier this summer, it seemed like war in the Gaza Strip was inevitable. Israel had accepted Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’ request to cut off electricity for the approximately two million Gazans who live under [ More … ]
In a meeting with the left-wing Israeli Meretz party on Sunday in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly expressed his confusion regarding the US stance on Israel and [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Jordanian King Abdullah II in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday. Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that Abbas and Abdullah held a closed-door meeting at the [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday night that he decided to suspend all contacts with Israel until the latter lifts recent security measures against occupied East Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, though unconfirmed reports suggested [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a press conference on Tuesday, where the leaders stated that China would continue supporting the Palestinian people and announced the signing of several cooperation [ More … ]
Several Hamas-affiliated Palestinian lawmakers said on Sunday that the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) stopped payment of the salaries of 37 Hamas Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members living in the occupied West Bank. PLC member Ayman [ More … ]
United Nations humanitarian organizations in the occupied Palestinian territory appealed on Monday for funding to address the “spiraling” situation in the besieged Gaza Strip. According to a statement published by the UN Office for the [ More … ]
Israel’s Haaretz newspaper says the plan of installing Dahlan in Gaza aims to ‘neutralize’ the role of Qatar and Turkey in Gaza. An editorial board member of Israel’s Haaretz newspaper has said Israel, Egypt and [ More … ]
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