Tag: Palestinian Authority
Palestinian Authority applies for entry into eight international treaties at UN
The Palestinian Authority has filed official requests this past week to join eight international treaties, including the U.N.’s International Convention against Apartheid in Sports and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty according to a report in...
UN Human Rights Council passes five resolutions against Israel
The United Nations Human Rights Council passed five anti-Israel resolutions at the end of its 37th session in Geneva, under the “Agenda Item 7,” a UNHRC mandate that a discussion of Israeli human rights...
Palestinians demand that US Ambassador to Israel be put on international terror list
The Palestinian Authority demanded on Thursday that U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman be added to a “global terror list,” a ramping up of condemnation against the American diplomat just days after P.A. leader...
Abbas calls US Ambassador Friedman ‘son of a dog’
Addressing a Palestinian leadership meeting, he said Trump “views the settlements as legitimate,” adding “the ambassador, David Friedman, said they are building on their own land.” “You son of a dog, building on your...
Taylor Force Act hits snag in Senate as pro-Israel groups urge passage
Amid never-ending speculation over the release of President Donald Trump’s much anticipated Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, a major piece of legislation making its way through Congress may have a profound impact on the already strained...
How much do the Palestinians pay for terror?
The foreign-policy establishment is scared—and with good reason. The Taylor Force Act—a bill that will force the end of all U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority if it does not cease paying salaries and...
Abbas meets with released prisoner who was accomplice in the murder of an Israeli
In the presidential office in Ramallah on March 14, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas met with Rajaei Haddad, a terrorist from eastern Jerusalem released from prison after serving a 20-year term for his 1998...
Palestinians launch ‘diplomatic intifada’ to counter America’s perceived pro-Israel bias
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas reiterated this week that given the Trump administration’s blatantly pro-Israel policies, the United States cannot claim to be an impartial mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Palestinian officials told Israel...
Palestinian Authority PM escapes assassination attempt in Gaza
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on a rare visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
Hamadallah’s convoy was struck by an explosion shortly after he entered Gaza through the...
Fatah prepares to replace Mahmoud Abbas
Senior Fatah official Mahmoud al-Aloul has been appointed as a temporary stand-in for Mahmoud Abbas in case the head of Fatah and the Palestinian Authority becomes unfit to continue in his positions before elections...