Tag: Palestinian Authority
In J Street address, Abbas urges repeal of laws that impede US-Palestinian ties
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas spoke on Sunday about strengthening ties with the United States during a pre-recorded video address at a virtual annual national conference of the lobbying group J Street.
Abbas said that...
Israel’s envoy blasts Biden administration over renewal of UNRWA funding
The United States announced on Wednesday that it is working with Congress to drastically increase aid to the Palestinians, including renewing aid to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which deals primarily with...
Biden’s push for restoring aid to Palestinians faces legal hurdles and brewing political crisis
In recent days, the Biden administration has moved rapidly to restore funding to the Palestinians that had been largely severed during the Trump administration.
Concerns are being raised, however, that the funding could both violate...
Abbas’s snubs work like a charm on Biden
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas may be facing serious challenges to his reign in Ramallah, but he’s having no trouble playing the powers-that-be in Washington. After four years of being called to task by...
Antony Blinken called the wrong guy
In a phone call with a Middle East leader last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Palestinian Arabs are entitled to “freedom, security, prosperity and democracy.” Can’t disagree with a word of...
US lawmakers reintroduce bill to address hate, violence in Palestinian schools
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced a bill to require the U.S. State Department to address hate and violence in the Palestinian school curriculum.
The measure—the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act (H.R. 2374)—was...
Victim’s family calls to revoke citizenship following terrorist’s release from prison
Arab Israeli terrorist Rushdi Hamdan Abu Mukh was released from prison on Monday upon completion of his 35-year prison sentence.
According to local media reports, following his release, Abu Makh, a member of a cell that abducted...
Biden administration to allocate $90 million in aid to Palestinians
The Biden administration has allocated $90 million in aid to the Palestinians, with only a portion of the money being publicly announced, according to a report by the Associated Press.
The United States announced last week that...
Abbas rival Mohammed Dahlan calls PA leader’s 15-year presidency ‘a big fat zero’
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s political rival Mahmoud Dahlan vowed in a recent interview that Abbas would not be the only candidate in the upcoming Palestinian presidential elections.
In an interview that aired on Saudi...
Israel confiscates Palestinian minister’s VIP pass after he meets with ICC prosecutor
Israeli authorities confiscated the VIP border pass of Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on his return to Judea and Samaria after meeting at the International Criminal Court, a Palestinian official told Reuters on Sunday.
“This is the...