Palestinian Authority

The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Aziz Duwaik, has criticized the Palestinian Authority for going to the United Nations in a bid for independent Palestinian statehood without making...

A member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council Fatah has revealed that settlers in occupied East Jerusalem are demanding the right to shoot and kill Palestinian protesters in front of the...

An high-levelled Israeli political source has said that the Palestinian Authority's decision to go to the UN this September to gain recognition of a state within the 4th June...

The Israeli government rejected a Palestinian request to bring the date for the transfer of tax revenues belonging to the Palestinian Authority forward so as to allow payment of...

The Palestinian team responsible for preparing the UN initiative in September recently obtained an independent legal opinion that reveals a high risk involved with the plan to join the...

The Arab League's General Secretariat held an emergency meeting on Sunday, 21 August, to discuss the consequences of Israel's on-going attacks on the Gaza Strip. The meeting, headed by Oman...

Egypt's Foreign Minister has said that his country will support the Palestinian move for UN recognition of an independent Palestinian state in September. Mohamed Kamel Amr said that the...

Media reports claim that the Israeli Defence Ministry has ordered its forces to throw a security cordon around the occupied Palestinian territories in September. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF)...

Sources in Israel have hinted that the US could reduce its support for the Palestinian Authority if the planned move to seek UN recognition of an independent state goes...

Since the signing of the Palestinian reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas over three months ago, there has been a notable rise in the phenomenon of individuals refusing to...

The Palestinian Authority's chief negotiator has denied media reports that the PA might delay its bid for United Nations recognition for an independent Palestinian state. According to Saeb Erekat,...

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has demanded that his government cuts off links with the Palestinian Authority. His call is a response to the PA's intention to ask for...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) denounced what it described as an attempt by the Israeli government to escalate the tensions in the occupied West Bank before the PA seeks a...

Saeb Erekat, former Palestinian chief negotiator and member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's Central Committee, has said that in seeking UN recognition of an independent Palestinian state along the...

The Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza has met with a high-ranking Fatah delegation to discuss the finalisation of the recent reconciliation agreement. During the meeting, Ismail...

Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni has criticized Benyamin Netanyahu's government for "searching for superficial issues and ignoring the essence" while running Israel's affairs. According to the ex-Foreign Minister, the...

A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has said that the US Senate acts as if it is a "staff member of the Israeli government". Hanan Ashrawi, a...

A Palestinian source close to the reconciliation talks in Cairo has revealed the true reasons behind the postponement of the meeting that was set to be held Tuesday (June...

A leading member of the PLO's executive Committee has said that the Palestinian Authority's plan to go to the United Nations in September is more about seeking UN membership...

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has confirmed his government's commitment to the construction and development of occupied Jerusalem, through the implementation of a number of Judaization projects supported by...

The official Russian news agency Itar Tass has quoted comments from a member of Fatah's Central Committee which claim that the Palestinian Authority is not planning to make a...

The Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has urged the media in member states to step up the production of public information programmes in cooperation...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the Palestinian Authority and its security apparatuses to regulate Palestinian rallies commemorating the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe), the name given...

The Palestinian Authority's Political Adviser has told the Israelis that it is up to the new unity government to recognise Israel, not Hamas. Nimer Hammad made his statement as...

Israel's finance minister has said that the Israeli decision to freeze the tax revenue transfer to the Palestinian Authority is a "punishment". Yuval Steinitz said that the "warning" move...

Saudi Arabia has welcomed the Palestinian reconciliation agreement, signed between Fatah and Hamas in Cairo. In a statement, the Riyadh government described the agreement to form a transitional government...

Israel's Minister of Internal Security has called upon his government to impose economic sanctions on both Fatah and Hamas. Yitzhak Aharonovitch made his call in response to the signing...

Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh yesterday met with journalists in the Gaza Strip to mark World Press Freedom Day during which he discussed efforts to achieve Palestinian national reconciliation. Mr...

The Palestinian Liberation Organization's Executive Committee has condemned Israeli attempts to 'blackmail' the Palestinian Authority into aborting the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation. It also called for international condemnation of Israeli practices....

Reports from Israel suggest that negotiations between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority are unlikely to resume in the near future. Leaked documents claim that there have been...

On Tuesday, May 31, the Palestinian Authority and the European Union signed a €6 million agreement (approximately $8.4 million) to support developmental, cultural, educational, health, humanitarian, and human law...

The Islamic Resistance Movement has accused Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of being hostile to the Egyptian revolution and defending the regime of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak....