Palestinian officials say that President Mahmoud Abbas has chosen longtime adviser Mohammed Ishtayeh as his new prime minister.
{FD} Palestinian Authority refuses tax revenues from Israel
The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday said it rejected its regular monthly tax transfer from Israel to protest an Israeli decision to deduct sums of money the Palestinians pay to the families of people killed, injured or imprisoned for attacks on Israel.
{FD} Palestinian gets life sentence over land sale to Israelis
A Palestinian court on Monday sentenced a Palestinian man from east Jerusalem to life in prison with hard labor for trying to sell property in the Old City to an Israeli group. Continue reading →
{FD} Israeli troops arrest dozens in West Bank raid
Israeli forces arrested dozens of Hamas activists in the West Bank overnight as the army intensified a crackdown in response to a pair of deadly shootings believed to have been carried out by Hamas militants, officials said Friday. Continue reading →
{FD} Church renovation lifts Christmas spirit in Bethlehem
A historic renovation of the Church of the Nativity is lifting spirits in the biblical town of Bethlehem ahead of Christmas, offering visitors a look at ancient mosaics and columns that have been restored to their original glory for the first time in 6… Continue reading →
{FD} Human Rights Watch: Palestinians crush dissent with torture
Security forces of the rival Palestinian governments routinely use torture and arbitrary arrests, among other tactics, to quash dissent by peaceful activists and political rivals, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Continue reading →
{FD} Palestinians condemn US ending funding for UN refugee agency
The U.S. decision to end its decades of funding for the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees and their descendants is “an attack on the rights of the Palestinian people,” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s spokesman said Saturday. Continue reading →
{FD} Palestinian-American candidate is source of West Bank pride
The Michigan primary victory of Rashida Tlaib, who is expected to become the first Muslim woman and Palestinian-American to serve in the U.S. Congress, triggered an outpouring of joy in her ancestral village on Wednesday. Continue reading →
{FD} Egypt trying to broker broad Israel-Hamas truce, Hamas says
Egypt is trying to broker a broad cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers that is to pave the way for Gaza’s reconstruction and an eventual prisoner swap, senior Hamas officials said Thursday. Continue reading →
{FD} Palestinian teen icon says she has a ‘political future’
Teenage Palestinian protester Ahed Tamimi on Monday vowed to keep demonstrating against the Israeli occupation and said she expects to have a “political future.” Continue reading →
{FD} Palestinian protest icon Tamimi released from Israeli prison
Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi returned home to a hero’s welcome in her West Bank village on Sunday after Israel released the 17-year-old from prison at the end of her eight-month sentence for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers. Continue reading →
{FD} West Bank village prepares for homecoming of Ahed Tamimi
On the eve of Ahed Tamimi’s release from prison, the father of the Palestinian protest icon said Saturday that he expects her to take a lead in the struggle against Israeli occupation but that the 17-year-old is also weighing college options. Continue reading →
{FD} Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves hospital after weeklong stay
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was discharged from a West Bank hospital on Monday, ending a weeklong stay that drew new attention to the 83-year-old’s long history of health problems and his refusal to name a deputy or successor. Continue reading →
{FD} Palestinian leader leaves hospital after weeklong stay
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was discharged from a West Bank hospital on Monday, ending a weeklong stay that drew new attention to the 83-year-old’s long history of health problems and his refusal to name a deputy or successor. Continue reading →
{FD} Palestinian leaders health scares spark succession talk
A series of recent health scares have raised new concerns about octogenarian President Mahmoud Abbas, reviving anxiety about a potentially chaotic, and even bloody, succession battle that is bound to further weaken the Palestinian cause. Continue reading →
{FD} Abbas’ government sued over alleged CIA-backed wiretapping
A former Palestinian intelligence chief and the head of the West Bank bar association are suing the Palestinian Authority after a purported whistleblower alleged they were targeted, along with other allies and rivals of President Mahmoud Abbas, in a la… Continue reading →
{FD} Exhaustion led Palestinians’ Abbas to undergo medical checks
Medical doctors and Palestinian officials say 82-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suffers from exhaustion and that this led him to undergo medical checks at a West Bank hospital over the weekend. Continue reading →
