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Political games and a message to the West: Expert expects more mock democracy from PA elections

Prof. Kobi Michael said that it was likely PA President Mahmoud Abbas would find another way to postpone elections if it seemed Fatah would lose.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) meet at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, November 7, 2025.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves as he arrives for the opening the Fatah youth conference in Ramallah on November 27, 2025.

Abbas announces Palestinian Parliament will hold election on November 1

The upcoming election will be the first where council members are elected by vote as opposed to being appointed.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
DR. ALI Shaath, leader of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, signs the NCAG Mission Statement.

NCAG unveils new logo featuring Palestinian Authority emblem, PMO refuses to accept PA involvement

The logo features an eagle with a shield the colors of the Palestinian flag on its chest, holding a banner. In previous iterations, the banner read "Palestine", but the NCAG version reads "NCAG."

|ByTZVI JASPER
Hamas members stand at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

PA supports Hamas disarmament, 'no room for Gaza militias,' Fatah leader tells 'Post' - exclusive

"The issue of disarmament should be discussed and agreed upon by Palestinian factions under the auspices of Arab states, especially Egypt," said the Fatah leader.

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON

US to sanction Palestinian Authority, PLO members, State Dept. confirms

The State Department did not confirm which individuals would be sanctioned.

JULY 31, 2025ByGUY ALSTER, REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the West Bank, April 23, 2025

Palestinian President Abbas announces decree to hold elections before the end of the year

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced his intention to hold elections for a new Palestinian National Council, which will be representative of the Palestinian people, before end of the year.

JULY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beirut, Lebanon, May 22, 2025.

Local sheikhs aren’t the answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion

That route will not bring peace, but likely violence. It will pit clans against clans and Palestinians against one another. In the fog of violence, Jews will be killed.

JULY 8, 2025ByDAN PERRY
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer greets PA Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa at 10 Downing Street in April. The PA remains the least bad option in a region where that is often the best you can hope for, says the writer.

Dan Diker, Jason Greenblatt: Giving Arafat Nobel Prize harmed Israel’s fight against terror

"Oslo, in our view, was one of the greatest strategic catastrophes, maybe the greatest strategic catastrophe since the founding of the State of Israel.”

MAY 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dr. Dan Diker, President of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs and Jason Greenblatt, Senior Director for Arab-Israeli Diplomacy at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.

Western countries helped Mossad assassinate Palestinian terrorists in 1970s, report reveals

Thousands of intelligence cables had been exchanged via a covert network called “Kilowatt,” a secret platform established in 1971 to enable collaboration among 18 Western intelligence agencies.

MAY 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September appears on the balcony of the Israeli house at the Munich Olympic village on September 5, 1972

Voices from the Arab press: Changes in the Palestinian Authority

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MAY 10, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
HUSSEIN AL-SHEIKH arrives at the 32nd PLO Central Council session in Ramallah, April 25

Abbas names Hussein al-Sheikh as deputy, likely succesor to PLO

Al-Sheikh said that the Palestinian Authority was carrying out reforms and forming a new government as the US and Arab countries requested, but it was not receiving enough support.

APRIL 26, 2025ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh speaks to The Media Line in his office in Ramallah.

'Free Palestine'? Snow White should keep her poisoned apples to herself - opinion

We would like to believe that life is like Walt Disney film, where villains can suddenly disappear and good people live happily ever after. But we know the reality in the Middle East a bit better.

APRIL 8, 2025ByANAT VIDOR
Cast member Rachel Zegler attends a premiere for the film ‘Snow White’ in Los Angeles, last month. ‘Free Palestine’ is not a call for peace, but for war and the murder of Jews, the writer asserts.

Will the US Supreme Court hold PLO-PA accountable for 'Pay-for-Slay' policy? - opinion

If the US Supreme Court affirms the constitutionality of PSJVTA, the decision would open the door for dozens of terror victims to sue the PLO-PA in US courts.

APRIL 3, 2025ByMAURICE HIRSCH
The US Supreme Court building in Washington: If the court affirms the constitutionality of PSJVTA, the decision would open the door for dozens of terror victims to sue the PLO-PA in the US, says the writer.

Palestinian Authority slams Qatar’s ‘National Conference for Palestine’

Qatar’s ‘National Conference for Palestine’ drew PA criticism over claims it undermines the PLO and favors Hamas.

MARCH 5, 2025ByOHAD MERLIN
Members speak at “National Conference for Palestine” in Doha, February 2025.