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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 27, 2018. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/AP.

Palestinian Authority, Hamas agree on election timetable

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Palestinian factions agreed on Tuesday after a two-day meeting in Cairo to “respect and accept” the results of their upcoming elections, reported Reuters. Palestinian parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 22, with a presidential vote set...
A Palestinian child plays with a toy gun on his father's shoulders at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Nov. 6, 2015. Photo by Muammar Awad/Flash90.

How the PA weaponizes Palestinian children

Just over a week ago, 17-year-old Atallah Muhammad Rayyan approached a female Israeli soldier, not much older than he, at the Ariel junction in Samaria. He was armed with a knife, and his aim...
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden meets with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on March 9, 2016. Photo by Flash90.

Biden urges democracy abroad, but will it apply to Palestinians?

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In a stirring speech last week, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke eloquently of America’s commitment to fostering democracy and civil rights around the world. I wonder if any leaders of the Palestinian Authority were...
International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands. Source: United Nations.

Jewish organizations slam ICC decision to open war crimes investigation against Israel

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Jewish groups and legal experts are directing harsh criticism at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague over its ruling on Friday that it has jurisdiction to investigate Israel for war crimes. A three-judge panel ruled...
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden meets with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on March 9, 2016. Photo by Flash90.

US official, Palestinians speak in first government contact in years

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Officials in the Biden administration and the Palestinian Authority held a discussion on Monday in what appears to be the first formal contact between the United States and Palestinians in several years. U.S. Deputy Assistant...
Ashraf Jabari attends the Moreshet Conference of the “Besheva” group, on Feb. 12, 2017. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Meet Ashraf Jabari: The Palestinian populist

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With a mask resting below his mouth, which just took in its third or fourth cigarette of the last hour, Palestinian reformer and businessman Asharf Jabari said he hasn’t received the COVID vaccine yet....
A Palestinian Authority Health Ministry crew conducts blood tests in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 14, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Israel transfers thousands of coronavirus vaccines to Palestinians

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Israel on Monday transferred 2,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Palestinian Authority, according to Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT). The Moderna vaccines are to be used by medical personnel...
The font page of the official Palestinian Authority daily "Al-Hayat Al-Jadida," March 15, 2018. (MEMRI)

Europeans created Zionism ‘to get rid of its Jewish problem,’ claims official PA daily

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The official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida published an op-ed last week claiming that Zionism is a Western colonial project designed to rid Europe of its Jews and smash pan-Arab nationalism, according to Israeli research institute...
Palestinians hold photo printouts during a rally in support of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Tubas on Sept. 27, 2020. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Why Biden’s concessions to the Palestinians hurt, rather than help them

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The Biden administration’s first Middle East decisions make clear what was always obvious about the new president’s intentions: the foreign-policy establishment is back in charge in Washington. That’s led to a flurry of moves...
A memorial in Tel Aviv for the 11 Israeli team members killed by Palestinian Black September terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Credit: Avishai Teicher.

Fatah lauds Munich Olympics massacre as a ‘quality operation’

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction posted a video last week praising Black September commander Ali Hassan Salameh, one of the architects of the 1972 Munich massacre. In the video, posted to the Facebook...