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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in New York City in 2018. Credit: A Katz/Shutterstock.

PA chief Mahmoud Abbas condemns violence ‘on both sides’

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Five days after a murderous terror spree by Hamas—infiltrating Israel’s southern border from the Gaza Strip and leaving 1,300 dead, thousands wounded and as many as 150 civilians taken captive—Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas...
Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan during a march to the biblical site of Joshua's Altar on Mount Ebal in Samaria, Oct. 2, 2023. Photo by Elihay Menachem/Samaria Regional Council.

Thousands march to threatened biblical site in Samaria

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Israeli politicians, local leaders, prominent rabbis and others marched on Monday as part of a Sukkot event to a threatened site in northern Samaria that many believe to be of major biblical significance. The...
A Palestinian police car in Ramallah. Credit: Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich) via Wikimedia Commons.

Avoid creating another Mideast dictatorship

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Palestinian Arab journalist Bassam Tawil recently described a “fierce crackdown” on Palestinian reporters by the Palestinian Authority, including arbitrary arrests and beatings. Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden, in his recent meeting with Israeli Prime Minister...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, 2017. Credit: Golden Brown/Shutterstock.

Abbas: Hitler fought Jews for their ‘usury and money’

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Adolf Hitler “fought the Jews” due to their “dealing with usury and money.” That’s a claim that Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas made in an Aug. 24 speech, per a recent translation from the Middle East...
Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, March 9, 2016. Credit: Flash90.

Abbas blames America for Israeli counterterror raids

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Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday said the United States is responsible for Israeli incursions into Palestinian towns in Judea and Samaria. The P.A.'s Wafa news agency report quoted Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for the presidency, to that...
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah, Sept. 3, 2020. Credit: Flash90.

PA issues list of demands for Saudi-Israel deal

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The Palestinian Authority wants more control over areas of Judea and Samaria, the reopening of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem and the resumption of Saudi financial support in return for supporting a Saudi-Israel normalization...
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in Saint Petersburg during an interview with Russian TV, June 1, 2017. Credit: Truba7113/Shutterstock.

UN secretary-general expected to visit Israel, Palestinian Authority

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A planned trip by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to Israel and the Palestinian Authority is unlikely to yield significant developments but may help relieve tensions in a strained relationship. The United Nations has not announced...
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Saudi funding offer to PA seen as step toward normalization with Israel

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Riyadh has proposed resuming financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority, Saudi officials and former Palestinian officials say. This is a sign the kingdom is paving the way to establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, The Wall Street...

Blame the Jews for everything

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If an Arab is dead, then an Israeli Jew must be to blame. This is what the Palestinian Authority wants the world to believe. The P.A. has now added a new layer of horror to...
P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas issues a statement at a Fatah meeting at the Palestinian Presidential Office in Ramallah, Dec. 18, 2019. Credit: Flash90.

Continuing overhaul, Abbas sacks 35 PLO ‘ambassadors’

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Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has decided to fire as many as 35 of his foreign envoys, Arab media reported on Sunday, continuing an administrative overhaul that already saw 12 P.A. governors removed from their posts. In...