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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.

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.
IDF soldiers operate during a raid in Ramallah, in the West Bank, August 26, 2025

IDF fires, criminally probes two soldiers for allegedly beating Palestinian near Ramallah

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.

Despite pledge to end ‘pay-for-slay,’ Ramallah hides millions in terror stipends

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


'Sympathy to deep admiration': Palestinians tell US comedian they love Hamas -  interview

“There was not one person who didn’t like Hamas - not even - I didn’t meet one person who didn’t love Hamas.”

 Screenshot from the video posted on Instagram

Terrorists open fire at security forces in West Bank operation, 24 arrested

No injuries were reported, however, hits on the vehicle were identified.

 IDF troops operate in the West Bank. June 25, 2024.

Colombia's Petro has ordered the opening of embassy in Ramallah - Foreign Minister

"President Petro has given the order that we open the Colombian embassy in Ramallah, the representation of Colombia in Ramallah, that is the next step we are going to take," FM Murillo said.

 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro waves to supporters as they attend a march in support of the reforms on health, retirement, employment, and prisons sectors proposed by his government, in Bogota, Colombia May 1, 2024. Uploaded on 10/5/2024

German ambassador attacked by Palestinian mob during Ramallah visit

Owcza downplayed the incident in a post on X, stating, “Peaceful protest [and] dialogue always has its place. 

 Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh shakes hands with the Head of Representative Office of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Palestinian territories, Oliver Owcza, while he receives German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck, at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 7, 2022.

Terrorists who perpetrate attacks are not who ‘experts’ say they are - opinion

Why do so many “experts,” politicians, and pundits still stubbornly cling to the utterly unscientific idea that poverty causes terrorism? 

 SECURITY AND rescue personnel are at the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov neighborhood, earlier this month. The attacker was a 14-year-old resident of Jerusalem.

Crowds protest in Ramallah as Secretary of State Blinken meets with PA President Abbas

Demonstrators called on the Palestinian Authority to cut off contact with the US, saying that rather than demanding a ceasefire, the US has been enabling Israel to continue its offensive in Gaza.

  Palestinians protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit and his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Ramallah in the West Bank, January 10, 2024.

Millions of shekels in cash seized by IDF overnight in West Bank

During the overnight operation, security forces seized safes, financial documents, phones and recordings as evidence, in addition to tens of millions of shekels.  

 Cash seized overnight in the West Bank by Israeli security forces. December 26, 2023.

US: Palestinian Authority right now lacks credibility to govern Gaza

Kirby clarified that the existing PA in Gaza is also problematic. The issue, he explained, was not Palestinian governance of Gaza, but the nature of the current PA.

Buildings lie in ruin as Palestinians carry their belongings following Israeli strikes on residential buildings at the Qatari-funded Hamad City, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip December 2, 2023.

Hamas, Palestinian Authority blame each other for Gaza's turmoil

The mutual accusations came amid growing discontent in the Gaza Strip with Hamas over its failure to improve the living conditions of its residents.

 Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.

Mahmoud Abbas to make rare visit to Jenin

Abbas will meet with local residents and officials and receive a briefing about efforts to "rebuild" the city and its refugee camp.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2022.