Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinians in Gaza to vote in municipal elections, offering view into support for Hamas
It will be Gaza's first vote of any kind since 2006, when Hamas won the PA's legislative elections and later seized control of Gaza following a brief civil war with PA President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah.
PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system
Russia proposes running hospital in Gaza Strip as Phase II of peace deal raises Israeli concern
Between Hamas and Fatah: Different paths, same destination - opinion
EU probe into Palestinian Authority shows violations of 'pay-for-slay' ban - report
The pay-for-slay program by the PA was said to have ended in February earlier this year, after President Mahmoud Abbas had signed a decree canceling it.
PA's Abbas to send delegation to UNESCO to review Palestinian curriculum
The PA commits to UNESCO to remove hate speech from textbooks, but the Israeli government and IMPACT-se accuse its recent curriculum of still inciting violence and antisemitism.
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.
FM Sa'ar: PA trying to ‘fool the world’ on pay-for-slay despite finance minister dismissal
Sa'ar's comments come after PA President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the PA's finance minister, seemingly for illicit prisoner payments.
More Palestinians support Oct. 7 massacre now than five months earlier, recent poll finds
The October poll also found overwhelming disapproval of Hamas's disarmament and increased pessimism regarding the terror group's victory over Israel.
The mistake of ‘neither Hamas nor Abbas’: Israel should support bringing the PA into Gaza - opinion
Instead, I propose that Israel officially support the return of the PA to Gaza, conditioned on the implementation of reforms in the PA in both the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestinian Freedom Movement slams Abbas’s decision to appoint interim successor
The movement called for PA president Mahmoud Abbas to be isolated from political and legal life, citing his appointment of an interim president as a constitutional violation.
Israel will 'take action' if Hamas fails to return hostage remains, Israeli official tells 'Post'
In an unusual move, Israel allowed a Hamas representative to enter the Israeli-controlled area of the Gaza Strip to work with Egyptian representatives and the ICRC in locating the hostage remains.
Is Mahmoud Abbas’s bilingual diplomacy a key to peace, or the erasure of Israel? - opinion
Abbas's bilingual diplomacy, symbolized by the key to Safed, reveals a leader whose rhetoric promotes return over peace, keeping the door to coexistence firmly closed.
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.'
