Marwan Barghouti

Abbas's unilateral successor pick sparks fears of division, anarchy among Palestinians

Palestinians fear that Abbas’s decision to unilaterally appoint his successor could lead to internal tension, political division, and even anarchy.

DECEMBER 16, 2025|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON

A Palestinian man walks past graffiti showing Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti in Bethlehem, West Bank.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves as he arrives for the opening the Fatah youth conference in Ramallah on November 27, 2025.

Palestinian Authority's succession struggle: Who will succeed Mahmoud Abbas? - analysis

As PA president, Mahmoud Abbas enters his tenth decade, rival factions, popular prisoners, and regional powers brace for a turbulent succession.

DECEMBER 16, 2025|ByMICHAEL MILSHTEIN

PAUL SIMON performs onstage at the 2021 Global Citizen Live concert at Central Park in New York. ‘I find it hard to believe that your father, a professor of education, would have approved of your recent stance,’ the writer asserts.

Paul Simon shattered my dreams: Support for Barghouti is profoundly dissapointing - opinion

Paul Simon's music has enriched many lives and provided joy and inspiration, but many are disappointed by his stance.

DECEMBER 10, 2025|ByMENACHEM GRANIT YADIN

Past and present meet in antisemitism. Zvika Klein and Noa Tishby in Paris, two cases with ten years of difference, but the same endings

How Europe turned Jewish visibility into a thought crime - comment

The message is simple, and very old: if you are visibly Jewish, if you defend Israel, if you challenge the narrative that paints Hamas as “freedom fighters,” you are the problem.

DECEMBER 9, 2025|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Barghouti says Israel is no partner for peace

Jailed Fatah leader says no agreement can be reached with "government of settlement, occupation, terror, siege and aggression."

JANUARY 20, 2011ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Gissin talks Sharon's Temple Mount visit 10 years later

Former PM's spokesman tells ‘Post’: Sharon knew Palestinians were planning violence, but wanted to show he wouldn’t compromise on J’lem.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010ByGIL STERN STERN HOFFMAN

PA official gives Israel, US week to find freeze solution

Sha'ath warns there won't be talks if building in West Bank is not halted; Abbas says will stop negotiations if freeze not reinstated.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010By JPOST.COM STAFF

Abbas: 'If building continues we will have to stop talks'

PA president says he will stop talks if the freeze is not reinstated; imprisoned Fatah leader Barghouti says Obama must pressure Israel to stop settlements, advocates armed struggle.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010By JPOST.COM STAFF