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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.
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah (L) and Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya. The two Palestinian organizations have the same goal of Israel’s destruction but take different paths to get there, the writer says.

Between Hamas and Fatah: Different paths, same destination - opinion

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

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

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


Shtayyeh urges US to hurry and reopen Jerusalem consulate

In 2019, the consulate was formally integrated into the US Embassy, which was relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh waves as he greets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in West Bank city of Ramallah, May 25, 2021.

PA-Egypt-Jordan summit to discuss peace talks with Israel

PA President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Cairo accompanied by PA Foreign Minister Riyad Malki, head of the General Authority of Civil Affairs, and General Intelligence Service Chief.

EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a ceremony in Ismailia, Egypt, in 2019

Pro-Israel NGO condemns PA Olympic chair for sports boycott of Israel

Palestinian Media Watch submitted a complaint to the International Olympic Committee against Jibril Rajoub for praising boycotts of Israel at the Tokyo Olympics.

HEAD OF the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub waves as he welcomes Saudi Football Federation chief Yasser Almisehal in Ramallah last year.

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.

EU representatives aboard an Israeli Navy ship.

How should UNRWA help Gaza?

82% of the people of Gaza – 1.7 million persons – now dwell in 11 “temporary” UNRWA camps in Gaza established for refugees of the 1948 war.

This photograph taken with a drone shows Palestinian houses and buildings at the Beach refugee camp in Gaza City on April 7, 2021.

IDF Recruitment Festival returns

This year the IDF recruitment festival returns to Ganei Yehoshua but will also have a digital event for those who cannot physically attend.

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Republican lawmakers urge Biden to stop reopening of PLO Washington office

The lawmakers said that Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s announcement about the move to reopen the two offices “is deeply concerning.”

Flags fly over the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office, Washington DC, September 12, 2018

Abbas to J Street: US must rescind declaration of PLO as terror group

"A one-state solution, an apartheid state... is something neither, we nor the entire world would accept. A one-state solution will only perpetuate the conflict," Abbas said.

THEN-US VICE-PRESIDENT Joe Biden shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2016.

Fatah says 1975 attack was 'one of the greatest high-quality operations'

The Savoy Hotel attack, carried out by eight members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), resulted in the murder of eight Israeli civilians and three IDF soldiers.

Palestinians take part in a Fatah rally in support of president Mahmoud Abbas, in the Palestinian Authority controlled side of Hebron, February 24, 2019

What will Palestinian elections mean for Israel?

Palestinian elections at this time could conceivably be a time of renewal, a time for stock-taking and new thinking.

CAN THEY work together to form a coalition? Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid in the Knesset in 2013.