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.

|ByDANA BEN SHIMON
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

Turkey and Qatar were absolutely capable of “convincing” Hamas of its hopeless situation, but Hamas, Turkey, and Qatar wanted a repeat of Beirut 1982.

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

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

Rabin was shot by far-Right Jew Yigal Amir following the prime minister's agreement to cede Israeli territory to the Palestinian Liberation Organization in an attempt to achieve peace.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ARIELLA ROITMAN
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

According to the new clause, elections for a new president will be held over a three-month period, according to Israeli media, during which al-Sheikh would act as president.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS

Danon to UN Secretary-General: Condemn Abbas’s ‘hateful’ and ‘racist’ speech

"These statements sadly remind us of the racist words of the worst regimes of the previous century."

JANUARY 16, 2018ByDANIEL J. ROTH
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses the Security Council.

Palestinian Authority recalls top diplomat to DC, official media reports

The report comes amid a diplomatic row between the Palestinians and US President Donald Trump over the latter’s recent changes to American policy on Jerusalem.

DECEMBER 31, 2017ByADAM RASGON
Husam Zomlot and Mahmoud Abbas.

Palestinians cancel Christmas party in Washington over White House moves

"Out of care for our leaders and children, it might be unsuitable for them to speak and sing shortly after the possibility of an announcement that runs counter to the message of peace."

DECEMBER 6, 2017ByMICHAEL WILNER
A large illuminated Christmas stands high over the crowd in Manger Square, Bethlehem on Christmas eve, which is buttressed by the the Church of Nativity and the Mosque of Omar.