Top officials vie for presidency, but the lack of unanimously agreed replacements and a clear legal path stand in the way. A recent lobbying effort by the wife of a senior Fatah leader to release him from Israeli jail has reignited the debate about who will succeed Mahmoud Abbas as president of[…]
INTERNATIONAL Family of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat, who was murdered last year, yesterday called on international donors to stop funding the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s institutions, a statement said. Nizar Banat was beaten to death by the PA’s Protective Apparatus last year. Under international pressure, the PA began prosecuting 14 of its security[…]
Prominent Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi has confirmed her resignation from the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) after more than a decade of service. The 15-member committee is the highest executive body of the PLO and acts as the government of the UN-recognised State of Palestine, which differs[…]
President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed that Palestinian national rights are not traded for money. During a press conference with his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Piñera at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, Abbas stated: “The Palestinian national rights are not real estate that are traded for money.” Abbas slammed during the press conference[…]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told a Palestinian-Israeli delegation, on Wednesday, that he believes in peace more than ever before. Abbas said, “I believe in peace more than ever before and I do not want war,” expressing hope that the next Israeli elections will produce “a government that seeks peace,” and[…]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has sent delegations to China and Russia to ask them to take a more significant role in the peace process with Israel, an official said on Tuesday. The lobbying efforts come after Abbas said the US should no longer mediate talks in the wake of US[…]
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