By Ramona Wadi Known for belatedly spouting known truths, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was true to form in his address to the J Street conference recently, which revealed the extent of his collaboration with the international […]
Palestine today called on the international community and signatories of the Geneva Conventions to assume their responsibilities towards protecting Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, Anadolu Agency reports. “These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of […]
US Congressional Republicans delayed $75 million in aid from being sent to Palestinians, reported the Jerusalem Post. Last month, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) sent Congress a “program narrative” of $75 million in […]
Israel will tell the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it does not recognize the authority of the tribunal, which is set to investigate alleged war crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian Territories, Israeli Prime Minister […]
By Ramzy Baroud If imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, becomes the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the status quo will change substantially. For Israel, as well as for the current PA President, Mahmoud […]
Hamas on Monday stressed it would not accept holding Palestinian parliamentary election without the participation of Palestinians in Jerusalem. In a statement, member of the movement’s political bureau Ezzat Al-Reshq said: “We insist that the […]
The Palestine Authority (PA) yesterday urged the Quartet on the Middle East to pressure Israel into allowing Palestinian parliamentary elections to take place in occupied East Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reported. In a letter sent […]
Palestinian election officials announced Sunday that 36 candidate lists had been approved to run in legislative elections set for next month, the first Palestinian polls in 15 years. The vote, which precedes a presidential election […]
Nine members of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah – withdrew on Thursday from the movement’s electoral list for parliamentary elections just as the Central Elections Commission closed registration for the polls. Fatah candidate […]
The Palestinians have asked the European Union to use its influence to ensure Israel allows its citizens in occupied East Jerusalem to vote in the upcoming Palestinian legislative and presidential elections. Earlier reports suggested that […]
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh welcomed on Thursday the announcement of US financial aid to the Palestinian Authority to help fight the COVID-19 outbreak. Shtayyeh described the US financial assistance in a press statement […]
The Palestinian Authority’s permanent representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said on Monday that “the time has come to stop Israel’s blatant impunity,” Wafa news agency reported. #Israeli Forces Fire at #Palestinian Youth in #Ramallah […]
The Israeli government has said that it will not allow any economic project to be implemented in the occupied territories unless the Palestinian Authority (PA) stops cooperating with the ICC probe into Israeli war crimes, […]
Israel revoked Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki’s special travel permit after he returned to the West Bank yesterday from a trip to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The Palestinian diplomat urged […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced today that mass vaccination of the population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip against coronavirus will start Sunday morning. The first batch of COVAX-supplied corona vaccines (Pfizer and […]
Head of Israel’s Shin Bet Security Agency Nadav Argaman has secretly met with Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas and asked him to call off Palestinian elections, Israeli media […]
The Biden administration is crafting a plan aimed at resetting US ties with the Palestinians that collapsed under former President Donald Trump, according to an internal draft memo, reported on by Reuters. Two people familiar […]
By Ramona Wadi Israel is reportedly concerned that US President Joe Biden will prioritize human rights over traditional allegiances in the Middle East. With a policy shift that departs from the Trump administration’s belligerence, Biden is […]
Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem will vote through Israeli post offices in upcoming legislative elections, scheduled for May 22, in a move that is said to have received international consensus. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s adviser on […]
Senior Fatah leader Nasser Al-Qudwa has called on Friday for Fatah leaders to stand against Mahmoud Abbas, who he described as “the main reason for Fatah’s weakness”, Arabi21.com reported. Al-Qudwa’s remarks came in response to […]
Israeli occupation authorities today issued the Palestinian Governor of occupied Jerusalem Adnan Ghaith an order banning any communication with President Mahmoud Abbas for seven days, while renewing the ban on him entering the occupied city […]
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh yesterday stressed that the PA is to cooperate with the ICC in providing all data needed to speed up investigations to bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice. He […]
By Ramona Wadi Short-term funding initiatives for Palestinians provided without addressing Israel’s colonialism and military occupation have been proven to be a recipe for long-term failure. They simply do not address the decades of deprivation […]
Facing elections for the first time in 15 years, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is battling a growing rift within his powerful Fatah party that poses a new threat to his dominance over Palestinian politics, reports […]
Five Palestinian factions and PLO members have agreed to run for Palestinian parliamentary elections on a united list with Fatah, member of PLO Executive Committee and Fatah Central Council Azzam Al-Ahmad said yesterday. Speaking to […]
The Palestine delegation and the Council of Arab Ambassadors to the United Nations are continuing in their meetings and contacts with the members of the International Quartet, the Security Council, and countries of influence. Riyad […]
Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila today urged the United Nations (UN) to help step up the provision of COVID-19 vaccines to the occupied Palestinian territories. #Israel Blocks Shipment of #Russian #Vaccine to #Gaza https://t.co/LtI3yUJtLm via […]
By Ramona Wadi The Biden administration is adopting a confusing position regarding Jerusalem, signaling a possible effort to square the circle of taking the US back to the fold of international consensus on Palestine and […]
Member of Palestinian Fatah Central Committee Hussein Al-Sheikh is due to meet Marwan Barghouti, who is serving a life-term in Israeli jails, to urge him not to run in the upcoming presidential elections slated for […]
Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad announced yesterday that it will not take part in the presidential and legislative elections due to be held later this year, a statement released by the group said. In the statement, […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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