Palestinian Liberation Organization

PA's Mahmoud Abbas seeks to exclude Hamas from local election

The terror group does not recognize Israel's right to exist. In addition, it does not regard the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinians and has refused to join it.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) meet at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, November 7, 2025.
US SPECIAL ENVOY to the Middle East Steve Witkoff: It is clear that the legitimization of Hamas as a serious and recognized negotiating partner is underway and perhaps has already been completed, the writer charges.

Gaza today is repeat of 1982 Beirut: Washington is legitimizing Hamas just like the PLO - opinion

Yitzhak Rabin (1922 - 1995) making an address, July 1974.

On This Day: Israeli former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated 30 years ago

Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas addresses the UN General Assembly last year. He and his cohorts aspire to a single Palestinian state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

Abbas names Hussein al-Sheikh as interim successor in case of death - report


Danny Danon to Olmert: Do not come to the UN to meet Mahmoud Abbas

Looking at Abbas’ track record during his tenure as chairman of the Palestinian Authority, one would be forgiven for thinking that his greatest political aspiration is endless war with Israel.

THEN-PRIME Minister Ehud Olmert stands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Jerusalem in January, 2008

'Mastermind' weapons smuggler slams PLO, Fatah for abandoning prisoners

"Shame on you for holding positions you don't deserve."

Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007

PLO: Hamas responsible for assault on our Gaza offices

The assailants stormed the PLO’s Department for Refugee Affairs, destroyed furniture and stole various items, sources in the Gaza Strip said.

Hamas members

PLO to discuss revoking Israel recognition, ending security coordination

Abbas will also seek worldwide support for Palestinian opposition to Trump’s upcoming plan, a senior PA official told The Jerusalem Post.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinians: Israelis voted to maintain status quo, apartheid

Only 15% of elected MKs support two-state solution

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat

Little chance for a democratic Palestine

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves in Ramallah, in the West Bank May 1, 2018

How the PLO helped create Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards

The future could see greater Iranian influence in the Fatah-ruled West Bank – a possibility that has been ignored by many analysts and media commentators and could be disastrous.

AN UNDATED picture handed out by the PA shows Palestinian president Yasser Arafat and Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini during a meeting in Tehran

Poll: Most Palestinians believe PLO will continue to recognize Israel

The poll also found that most Palestinians do not trust Fatah, Hamas or any other Palestinian faction.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas chairs a PLO meeting

Wanted: A border

Yossi Beilin, architect of the Oslo Accords, offers a peace alternative.

Yossi Beilin

What do Palestinians want?

The Jerusalem Post