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.

MARCH 29, 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.

FEBRUARY 13, 2026|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.

JANUARY 28, 2026|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.

NOVEMBER 19, 2025|ByLEV STESIN

Court: PLO must pay ship hijacking victims nearly NIS 1m.

The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday ruled that the Palestine Liberation Organization must pay nearly NIS one million to the estates of two Israeli victims of a 1985 ship hijacking.

JULY 26, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

EU representatives aboard an Israeli Navy ship.

PLO: Hamas is on board with a 2-state outcome and ‘peaceful’ resistance

But President Joe Biden and his officials have shown little appetite for reviving Israeli-Palestinian talks.

MARCH 3, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA

Hadi Amr - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, 20 January 2021.

Son of slain ‘collaborator’ sentenced to death by Hamas

Shadi al-Sufi, 38, was found guilty of killing Jaber al-Qeeq, a former activist with the PLO’s Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

FEBRUARY 17, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Palestinian militants of the National Resistance brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), demonstrate their skills during a graduation ceremony in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 28, 2016.

Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator, dies at 65 from COVID-19

He fought for peace, but never lived to see it

NOVEMBER 10, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Former US president Bill Clinton meets with former Palestinian president Yassar Arafat and Saeb Erekat

Former prisoners employed by PA to bypass Israeli sanctions

Restrictions on financial institutions part of effort to ‘criminalize the Palestinian struggle,’ professor says.

NOVEMBER 6, 2020ByDIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE

A Palestinian prisoner, convicted of security offences against Israel, looks out of his cell at Nitzan jail

PLO leader: US Jerusalem passport decision erases Palestinians

"The US administration is ... recognizing other illegal Israeli actions, including the ethnic cleansing of West Jerusalem," Dr. Hanan Ashrawi said.

OCTOBER 30, 2020ByOMRI RON

Palestinians condemn ‘shameful’ Israel-Sudan accord

Sudan will be the third Arab nation to normalize ties with Israel.

OCTOBER 24, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH, CELIA JEAN

Palestinians attend a protest against the reduction of the food basket provided by the United Nations for Palestinian Refugees in Khan Yunis on October 18, 2020.

PLO official lauds open letter penned by female leaders opposing annexation

"This letter highlights the power and global reach of our inter-sectional and joint struggle as women for these universal values in Palestine and around the world," she added.

JULY 3, 2020ByZACHARY KEYSER