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Palestine President says Gaza war must end, conference needed to reach settlement

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Friday called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and an international peace conference to work out a lasting political solution leading to the establishment of a Palestinian State, Reuters reports. In an interview with Reuters at his office in Ramallah, Abbas, 87, said the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, in general, had reached an alarming stage that requires an international conference and guarantees by world […]

today9 December 2023

International

US President Biden advocates for’ revitalized Palestinian Authority’ in Gaza

US President Joe Biden emphasized, in a recent statement, the necessity of Gaza ultimately being under the control of “a revitalized Palestinian Authority.” In an opinion piece Biden penned for The Washington Post, he expressed his vision for the future of Gaza and the West Bank. “As we strive for peace, Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited under a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalized Palestinian Authority,” […]

today19 November 2023

International

US lawmakers cast doubt on continued security ties to Palestinian Authority

US lawmakers have questioned whether Washington should continue security coordination with the Palestinian Authority (PA), with some blaming it for the deteriorating security situation in the occupied West Bank. The US has trained the PA and encouraged security cooperation between it and Israel through the Office of US Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority since 2005, in the wake of the Second Intifada. After a trip to the occupied West Bank in July, […]

today3 August 2023

International

West Bank: Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager while driving car near Nablus

Israeli forces opened fire on a Palestinian-owned car near Nablus in the occupied West Bank late on Friday, killing a teenager inside and arresting his friend after wounding him. Fawzi Hani Makhalfa, 18, from Sebastia town northwest of Nablus, was pronounced dead just after midnight on Saturday by the Palestinian health ministry. Makhalfa was driving a car with his friend, identified as Mohammad Mkhaimer, in the passenger seat when Israeli troops fired more than […]

today22 July 2023

International

Democratic Front slams PA’s political detentions in West Bank

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) yesterday condemned the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s political detentions in the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the DFLP said the PA had detained seven student activists studying at Birzeit University, "investigated them, tortured them and kept three of them in custody." According to the DFLP's statement, the PA security services "refused to release detained students who had been ordered to be […]

today19 June 2023

International

Palestinians face various forms of Israeli war, says PA prime minister

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Wednesday that the people of occupied Palestine are facing Israeli aggression and continuous war in various forms, Wafa news agency has reported. Shtayyeh's comments were made during his meeting with the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamonn Gilmour, in Ramallah. The EU's representative to Palestine, Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, also attended the meeting. "The Israeli occupation deprives our people of their most basic […]

today8 June 2023

International

PA says US runs Arab-Israeli conflict, not looking for solutions

The Palestinian Authority prime minister said on Tuesday that Washington is running the Arab-Israeli conflict, not looking for solutions. Mohammad Shtayyeh also told the conference of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate that he laments the absence of the International Quartet of the UN, the US, the EU and Russia. "There is a clear American absence," he explained, stating that the White House has not proposed any peace initiative or sent any […]

today24 May 2023

International

Palestine to attend security meeting with Israel in Egypt Sharm El-Sheikh

The Palestinian Authority (PA) said Wednesday it will participate in a security meeting with Israel in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh this weekend, Anadolu News Agency reports. Egypt, Jordan and the US will attend the meeting, due on 19 March. The agreement to participate in the meeting came following a meeting between Hussein Al-Sheikh, Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)'s Executive Committee, and US Special Envoy for Palestinian […]

today16 March 2023

International

Palestine factions condemn PA participation in security meeting with Israel

Palestinian factions have condemned the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s intention to participate in a security meeting with the Israeli occupation in Jordan, Safa Press Agency reported on Friday. Jordan is expected to host a meeting between the PA and the Israeli occupation state on Sunday. Egyptian and US representatives are also expected to attend the meeting, the Jordanian Al Ghad newspaper reported. The Jordanian newspaper pointed out that the meeting is part of Jordan's increasing efforts […]

today26 February 2023

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