Tag: Palestinian Authority
Can Biden renew foreign aid to Palestinians while still adhering to Taylor Force Act?
The incoming Biden administration has made clear it intends to renew funding to the Palestinian Authority and reopen the PLO mission in Washington, D.C. In November, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said in an interview,...
Palestinian official says salaries for terrorists will continue; gives opposite message to US media
A Palestinian Authority official told The New York Times on Nov. 21 that the P.A. would be changing its policy of rewarding terrorists with salaries based on the length of their prison sentence, and instead provide...
Netanyahu’s visit to Saudi Arabia is ‘dangerous,’ warns Hamas
Hamas on Monday lambasted the Saudis for agreeing to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the move an “insult” to the Palestinian cause.
Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for the...
Qatar foreign minister blasts Arab states for ties with Israel without Palestinian agenda
Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said on Monday that Arab states that normalized relations with Israel are not helping the Palestinian Authority’s goal of getting a state.
He told the 2020 Global Security...
Abbas congratulates Biden as Palestinians celebrate Trump’s defeat
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a statement on Sunday and alluded to the possibility that the P.A. would end its boycott of the administration in Washington when he...
UAE official says Hamas, PA are ‘corrupt’ and ‘murderers’
Dehrar Belhoul Al Falasi, a member of the Federal Council of the United Arab Emirates, told i24 News in an interview that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are “corrupt” and “murderer.”
“The UAE is committed to the...
Palestinians threaten Israel: ‘Either Palestine, or a fire for a generation’
Claiming that the United States and Israel are planning to “redesign” the Middle East via “normalization” and the U.S. peace plan, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is threatening “anarchy, violence and instability.”
According to a report...
What ‘The Forward’ should acknowledge about Erekat
Editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren’s recent article in The Forward about Saeb Erekat mentions “a single Israeli protester” and a few members of Knesset who objected to Erekat being treated for COVID-19 at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
Yet she...
Palestinians press for international peace conference to renew talks with Israel
Top Palestinian diplomat Riad Malki on Monday called for an international peace conference as the only way to renew talks with Israel, AP reported.
According to the report, this comes on the heels of a similar call...
Determining next steps of next administration on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
While U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term has been dominated by domestic issues, some of his most notable moves as president relate to foreign policy, in particular with a focus on Israel. This includes...