Months of increasing repression and arrests leave even those supporting the Palestinian Authority wondering if it is on the verge of collapse Middle East Eye has reported that while a Palestinian Authority insider last weekend [ More … ]
Palestinians recently ranked corruption as the second largest problem after the economic crisis – higher than the Israeli occupation. Palestinians generally view PA officials as a self-serving, elitist group disconnected from the Palestinian struggle and [ More … ]
Mohamed Abu Saada* Since the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States until his decision to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on December 6, 2017, the Palestinian National [ 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 … ]
A Hamas spokesperson has said that reconciliation talks with the Gaza-based movement’s Palestinian rival should be aimed at ’empowering’ it to fulfill its potential as an armed resistance movement. The future of Hamas’ military wing [ More … ]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has come under fire from Palestinians and Israeli alike after it announced it was sending medical supplies to Venezuela, amid accusations that the Ramallah-based government is responsible for creating the worst [ More … ]
The occupied West Bank-based Palestinian Authority (PA) announced on Tuesday that it had decided to push more than 6,000 civil servants from the besieged Gaza Strip into early retirement, the latest move in an increasingly [ More … ]
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, moved forward on Wednesday with a bill that would see the Israeli government cease to transfer an estimated 1 billion shekels ($280 million) per year to the Palestinian Authority (PA) over [ More … ]
The Israeli security cabinet has approved a 40 percent reduction in Israel’s electricity supply to the besieged Gaza Strip upon PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ request, where Palestinians are already coping with a crippling power crisis [ More … ]
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the United Nation Security Council on Monday to uphold its responsibilities vis-a-vis international law and protect occupied East Jerusalem from the latest Israeli attempts to “Judaize” the [ More … ]
Israel says it will reduce the electricity supply to Gaza after officials in the Palestinian government in the West Bank said payments would be scaled back. Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai of the Israeli defense body [ More … ]
The Palestinian Central Elections Committee (CEC) released on Sunday results for municipal council elections which took place a day prior across the occupied West Bank. According to CEC chairman Hanna Nasser, voter turnout stood at [ More … ]
A Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded four people in Tel Aviv before being arrested Sunday A Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded four people in Tel Aviv before being arrested on Sunday, the latest in a [ More … ]
US President Donald Trump will host Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as the US president looks to revive the Middle East peace effort. US President Donald Trump will host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington next [ More … ]
The Hamas movement released a statement on Monday, said that the movement, which is the de facto ruling party of the Gaza Strip, “has nothing to do” with the recent decision by the Palestinian Authority [ More … ]
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