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Civil Administration forces rescue Israeli who entered Ramallah overnight

Israeli security forces say an Israeli who entered Ramallah overnight was located after residents reported him and was safely transferred to the Israeli Police.

|ByAVI ASHKENAZI
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.
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

France was conned, and the question is whether Washington allows the same performance to repeat on its own diplomatic investments.

|ByAMINE AYOUB
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

A recent election in the central committee of the ruling Palestinian Authority’s Fatah party sparks accusations of corruption and authoritarianism

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs the first meeting of the Palestinian unity government, June 2, 2014.

On This Day: Fatah, Hamas factions form short-lived 'Palestinian Unity Government' to rule over PA

On June 2, 2014, Abbas forged a Hamas-Fatah unity government, sparking legal debates and political upheaval. The PA president dissolved the short-lived body in June 2015.

|ByJAMES GENN

Miss Palestine was married, had child with son of Fatah terrorist Marwan Barghouti

A deep dive revealed that Miss Palestine, Nadeen Ayoub, married Sharaf Barghouti in 2016.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Nadeen Ayoub, Miss Palestine

Police arrest man suspected of poisoning livestock in Palestinian town near Ramallah

A shepherd reported the deaths of two goats to police on Saturday in the village after eating fruit suspected of being poisoned.

NOVEMBER 15, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The suspect arrested by Israeli forces for the poisoning of livestock at Al-Mughayyir, November 15, 2025.

WATCH: In broad daylight: Israeli forces arrest man in Ramallah suspected of shooting civilians

Israeli forces arrested a wanted suspect in Ramallah suspected of multiple shootings. The suspect was shot in the leg while resisting and taken into custody.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Fighters from the Gideonim unit of Lahav 433, in cooperation with IDF and Shin Bet fighters, arrest a wanted man in the heart of Ramallah. November 6, 2025.

Israeli prosecutors to indict Jaffa teen suspected of spying on behalf of ISIS, Hamas

Police said a 14-year-old from Jaffa filmed sensitive Israeli sites for ISIS and Hamas, and attempted to prepare explosives before his arrest in Ramallah.

OCTOBER 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, HODAYA RAN
An Islamist terrorist conducting espionage; illustrative.

WATCH: Jewish West Bank residents set Palestinian homes, vehicles alight

Two Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli settlers in the village of Al-Maniya, near Bethlehem. The IDF arrested one Israeli in the village of Mukhmas.

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
One of the vehicles in Al-Mughayyir that was set on fire by Jewish settlers in the West Bank, October 25, 2025.

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.

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron meets with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas in Sharm el-Sheikh last week. When Abbas speaks of ‘peace,’ it is worth remembering that he denies the Holocaust and rewards terrorists, the writer asserts.

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.'

OCTOBER 22, 2025ByTAMI YAKIRA
Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas stands among members of the It’s Time coalition delegation which visited the PA leadership headquarters in Ramallah earlier this month, upon the declaration of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza.

Three children hospitalized after eating cannabis-laced cookies

According to their parents, the family had traveled to visit Ramallah, where at a candy stall the children asked to buy cookies that "looked like Oreos.”

OCTOBER 10, 2025ByDR. ITAY GAL
Cannabis

Gov’t body grants NIS 25m. to families of terrorism victims from funds seized from PA

The victims of the Ramallah lynching, the bus bombing in Kfar Darom, the Ben Yehuda Street bombing in Jerusalem, and the French Hill suicide bombing are among those who will receive compensation.

OCTOBER 5, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Police and rescue personnel at the scene of a terror attack at Ramot junction, near the entrance to Jerusalem, September 8, 2025.

Israeli forces seize large rocket cache in West Bank raid near Ramallah

Over 15 rockets were located at the scene by Israeli forces after receiving intelligence on their location.

OCTOBER 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rockets cache discovered by Israeli security forces near Ramallah in the West Bank overnight, September 30, 2025.