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Ex-general calls to dismantle Palestinian Authority, squash internal threats - interview

According to Wiener, "If the IDF chief says the PA is a threat and the Shin Bet says this also, this could change the public view and then help convince the Americans. This is the agenda."

Bithonistim President and former Brig. Gen. Erez Wiener.
Israeli security forces stand guard as Palestinians and Israeli activists protest against a new Israeli settlement in the village of Deir Abu Mishal, near Ramallah in the West Bank, June 19, 2026.

Civil Administration forces rescue Israeli who entered Ramallah overnight

Yasser Abbas, member of the Fatah Central Committee, attends the announcement of results of the 8th General Conference of Fatah during a press conference in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 18, 2026.

France got Palestinian elections, got Abbas’s son instead - opinion

Former Palestinian Authority foreign minister and Palestinian envoy to the United Nations Nasser al-Qudwa, who is related to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (portrait), has been critical of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. PremiumPremium

'No law, no political program': Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah rival says reforms are a sham


Nine European nations condemn IDF’s closure of Palestinian NGO offices

These European nations have been at odds with Israel over its designation in October of six NGOs as terror organizations, explaining that Israel has not shown them compelling evidence.

  IDF arresting suspects in the West Bank.

Israeli security forces arrest eight terror suspects overnight

Israeli forces continued arrest raids of terror suspects as tensions remain high after the brokered ceasefire with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

 IDF operating in the West Bank to arrest terror suspects, August 11, 2022.

Palestinian bookstores, publishers are under threat of extinction

"A nation that doesn't read doesn't exist:" Online sales, e-books and Israeli restrictions on imports all threaten book culture in Palestinian cities.

Dar Al-Shourouk Publishing House, Ramallah, West Bank, July 27, 2022

Hamas urges PA police officers to carry out terrorist attacks

Hamas praises terrorist, urges PA security forces to “clash with occupation forces and settlers to defend our people and our land.”

 Palestinian police officers stand guard during a protest over the death of Nizar Banat, a critic of the Palestinian Authority, in Ramallah in the West Bank, June 26, 2021

Polish delegation to Palestinian territories pays tribute to Arafat

Multiple members of the delegation referred to Israel as an apartheid state.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Polish President Andrzej Duda review the honour guard in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 18, 2017.

Nine EU states reject Israeli ban on 6 Palestinian NGOs for terror ties

"In the absence of such evidence, we will continue our cooperation and strong support for the civil society in the [occupied Palestinian territories]."

 EUROPEAN UNION flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels.

Palestinians to protest Biden visit amid unfulfilled promises

The planned protest in Ramallah’s Al-Manara Square will decry the “rejection of Biden’s humiliating policies towards the Palestinian issue."

 US President Joe Biden speaks after signing an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion, at the White House in Washington, US, July 8, 2022.

Eid al-Adha festival in Ramallah attacked for ‘displaying LGBT banners'

Some eyewitnesses said that the assailants identified themselves as members of Fatah, the ruling faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

 Palestinians celebrate on the first day of Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, July 9, 2022.

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.