Palestinian Liberation Organization

Israel, US cannot miss the chance to disarm Hezbollah - opinion

With Hezbollah weakened, Israel’s challenge is ensuring that the Lebanese state can enforce disarmament before 2026.

|ByYOSSI HURST
A BANNER with an image of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hangs on a roundabout, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Baalbek, Lebanon, March 23, 2026.
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

The draft constitution also called for the "right of return" for refugees, caring for families of "martyrs, prisoners, and exiles," and reaffirming the PLO's position as representing Palestinians.

|ByJAMES GENN
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) meet at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, November 7, 2025.

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
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

Concept of Palestinian state is employed for sole purpose of destroying Israel - opinion

The "Palestine liberation" movement is not a revolution.

MARCH 5, 2023ByDAVID S. LEVINE
THEN-PLO chairman Yasser Arafat extends his hand to then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin after they signed the Declaration of Principles at the White House, September 1993. The next year, Arafat reportedly delivered a speech, calling for a ‘jihad.’

Letters to the Editor January 16, 2023: Leave their cocoons

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

JANUARY 16, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

PLO leaders to discuss Ben-Gvir's visit to the Temple Mount

The Palestinians, Jordan and other Arab countries have strongly condemned the visit, dubbing it a "dangerous and unprecedented provocation."

JANUARY 4, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Temple Mount on Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Palestinian Authority arrests activists for demanding reforms, elections

PA security officers arrested two prominent activists, Omar Assaf and Bashar al-Takrouri, and confiscated the mobile phone of another activist, Jamileh Abed.

NOVEMBER 5, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Members of the Palestinian security forces clash with demonstrators during a protest organised by Hizb-ut Tahrir against what organisers say are political arrests by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank city of Hebron February 25, 2017.

Palestinian Authority: Israel waging all-out war on our people

The PA official hinted that they would implement previous resolutions of the PLO to halt security coordination with Israel.

OCTOBER 8, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the West Bank city of Nablus, October 7, 2022.

Israel says it will fight Booking.com over planned safety warning on West Bank listings

A senior Palestinian official welcomed the move, provided it applied to Jewish settlements only.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022ByREUTERS

'Pro-Palestinian' rallies violence against Jews were always connected - analysis

Pro-Palestinian activism has re-packaged genocidal terminology and tried to hide it behind claims of “mistranslation.”

JUNE 30, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attend a protest following a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in London, Britain May 22, 2021.

Abbas calls off PLO parley to avoid ‘confrontation’ with Israel, US

The meeting was postponed because Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wants to maintain channels of communication with the Israeli government.

JANUARY 15, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C), joins a reading of the Koran prior to a meeting of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 22, 2015.

Israeli inclusion in soccer matches is 'insult to Palestinian struggle' - PLO

The official condemnation from the PLO comes after a FIFA showcase match between a team of Arab soccer legends and a side managed by Israeli coach Avram Grant.

DECEMBER 28, 2021ByTAL SPUNGIN
Jibril Rajoub takes part in a protest against Israel's plan to apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, in Jericho June 27, 2020.

PLO opposition factions accuse Abbas of cutting funding

The Palestinian Authority president's decision was apparently designed to silence critics ahead of a possible resumption of peace talks between Israel and the PA, Palestinian analysts said.

OCTOBER 17, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas makes a statement as he attends the Revolutionary Council Meeting of Fatah Movement at the Palestinian Presidential Office in Ramallah, on December 18, 2019.