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PA partially coordinating with Israel for security while glorifying terror, US State Dept. says

The State Department noted that recent statements and actions taken by senior members of the PLO are incompatible with the recognition of Israel and its right to live free from threats.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas delivers a speech during the eighth Fatah Conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026.
A gaping hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria after a suicide bombing, August 9, 2001

Fight for Second Intifada victims reopens with $655 million judgment against PA - interview

Yousef al-Jaabari (R), candidate of the Palestinian Fatah movement, casts his ballot at a polling station during municipal elections in the West Bank city of Hebron on April 25, 2026.

Fatah says it claimed ‘sweeping victory’ in local elections, despite democratic shortcomings

A Hezbollah flag waves among a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike during a media tour in Baalbek, Lebanon, on March 23, 2026.

‘Collateral damage’: Exiled Lebanese tells 'Post' refugees back Israel’s fight against Hezbollah


Smotrich approves hundreds of housing units in multiple West Bank settlements

The units will be spread out between Hashmonaim, just over the Green Line in central Israel, and Givat Zeev and Beitar Illit near Jerusalem.

 A construction site of a new residential neighborhood at the mixed religious-secular Jewish settlement in the West Bank Kfar Adumim, March 9, 2023.

On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers

November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.

Yasser Arafat raises his hand as he declares an independent Palestinian state during the PNC meeting in Algiers. November 15, 1988.

Our visit to the Muqata’a: When the war ended, we visited PA leaders - opinion

PA head Abbas welcomed us warmly, saying, among other things: 'We want peace. We strive for a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.'

Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas stands among members of the It’s Time coalition delegation which visited the PA leadership headquarters in Ramallah earlier this month, upon the declaration of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza.

Palestinian official ‘reveals’ Cairo discussions about post-war cooperation

Multiple Palestinian factions, including Hamas and the Palestinian Liberation Organization, recently met in Egypt to discuss cooperation.

 Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) carry banners and flags during a march marking the annual al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day), at Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon April 5, 2024.

Israeli FM Sa'ar criticizes Abbas' UN address: 'Israel will not be decieved again'

"Mahmoud Abbas, in his Zoom speech to the UN Assembly, says he's willing to take back the Gaza Strip, which he so easily lost to Hamas in 2007," Sa'ar wrote. "How generous of him."

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at an event at the foreign ministry, May 26, 2025; illustrative.

LAF begins new stage of Palestinian disarmament, diverts five trucks of weapons - report

Al-Mayadeen reported that five trucks loaded with weapons for the PLO, including missiles, were transferred to the Lebanese army from Ain al-Hilweh.

 HEZBOLLAH OPERATIVES salute during the funeral of comrades killed in an Israeli strike, in Shehabiya, south Lebanon, April 17.

Visa fight casts shadow over UN two-state conference

Critics cite the UN Headquarters Agreement as Washington defends security-based visa limits that could curb Palestinian attendance.

United Nations Security Council holds a session following Israel's security cabinet's decision to take control of Gaza City, August 10, 2025.

Palestinian officials hope UAE can prevent West Bank annexation

Majdalani believes that "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fully aware of the seriousness of the UAE's warning, as it could have implications for the positions of other Arab countries."

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani standby prior to signing the Abraham Accords with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, US, September 15, 2020.

Jihadist criminality, Israeli self-defense: A law-based assessment - opinion

The alleged goal of Palestinian 'self-determination' is founded on an intended crime – that is, total “removal” of the Jewish state by attrition and annihilation.

FORMER HAMAS HEAD Khaled Mashaal speaks during an interview in Doha, Qatar, last year. ‘The enemy only understands the language of jihad and martyrdom,’ he says.

US to sanction Palestinian Authority, PLO members, State Dept. confirms

The State Department did not confirm which individuals would be sanctioned.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the West Bank, April 23, 2025