Ramallah

UK defense official met Ramallah governor who held meetings with released terrorists

The British Ministry of Defense’s Senior Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa, V.-Adm. Edward Ahlgren, met Ramallah Governor Laila Ghannam, a senior Palestinian Authority official.

RAMALLAH GOVERNER Laila Ghannam with the British Ministry of Defence’s Senior Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa, General Edward Ahlgren.
Mourners carry the body of a Palestinian reportedly killed by an Israeli settler, near Hebron in the West Bank, March 8, 2026

Three Palestinians killed in West Bank attack by Israeli settlers, IDF launches probe

An Israeli settler rides a donkey near an Israeli vehicle, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 29, 2025.

Israeli settler kills Palestinian-American teen in West Bank, local health ministry says

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system


Abbas' real motives in the Abu Akleh investigation - opinion

Abbas' outcry about Abu Akleh has less to do with a broken heart on her behalf than it does with the desire to exploit her death for his political purposes.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves to people as he bids farewell to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during a live fire exchange in Jenin, in Ramallah in the West Bank May 12, 2022.

Is Hamas planning to take over the West Bank? - analysis

According to some reports, the PA security forces seized large amounts of weapons and explosives in the town of Beitunia, southwest of Ramallah, that belonged to a Hamas cell.

 PALESTINIAN STUDENTS wave Hamas flags during a rally at Birzeit University, near Ramallah, last week.

Palestinian activists ban ‘LGBT party’ in Ramallah

East Jerusalem singer-songwriter and video artist Bashar Murad was supposed to perform at the concert, which was cancelled following threats from Palestinian activists.

Bashar Murad in a studio (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)

EU parliamentarian: We'll use our voices to stop Palestinian evictions

European Parliament member Iratxe García spoke up after visiting the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and South Hebron Hills Firing Zone 918 where Palestinians face eviction.

 A Palestinian drives a tractor, after Israel's Supreme Court rejected a petition against the eviction of more than 1,000 Palestinian inhabitants of a rural part, in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the West Bank, May 5, 2022.

US officials visit region to 'deepen US cooperation with Israel and the PA'

The visit comes two days after the State Department signaled that it upgraded its Jerusalem office to the Palestinians, without opening a consulate in Israel’s capital.

 Palestinian President Abbas meets with the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Leaf in Ramallah, June 11, 2022

US mission to Palestinians renamed on Twitter, signaling upgrade

The former "Palestinian Affairs Unit" (PAU) within the US Embassy was redesignated as the "US Office of Palestinian Affairs in Jerusalem" at the Twitter handle @USPalAffairs.

 The Twitter app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken July 13, 2021

Palestinian man steals M-16 from Israeli security, turns himself in to PA

21 Palestinian terror suspects arrested overnight

 Israeli security forces conducting an arrest raid in the West Bank, June 8, 2022.

Israel demands answers for Dutch FM's Al-Haq's visit

Hoekstra pushed back at Israel's designation of the Palestinian NGO Al-Haq as a terror organization by meeting with the group in Ramallah.

 Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra visits Yad Vashem, May 19, 2022.

Counterterrorism officer killed in clashes with Palestinians in Jenin

The IDF operated in Jenin on Friday morning to investigate the scene where Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed.

 Noam Raz, the YAMAM counterterrorism officer killed in Jenin on Friday, May 13, 2022

Israeli-American legal expert, activist promoted to HRW Program Director

Sari Bashi has a strong background in international humanitarian law and wrote about her personal life, her marriage to a Palestinian man, their two children and their life in Ramallah

 Sari Bashi.