Palestinian Liberation Organization

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.

|ByLEV STESIN
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.
Yitzhak Rabin (1922 - 1995) making an address, July 1974.

On This Day: Israeli former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated 30 years ago

Rabin was shot by far-Right Jew Yigal Amir following the prime minister's agreement to cede Israeli territory to the Palestinian Liberation Organization in an attempt to achieve peace.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ARIELLA ROITMAN
Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas addresses the UN General Assembly last year. He and his cohorts aspire to a single Palestinian state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

Abbas names Hussein al-Sheikh as interim successor in case of death - report

According to the new clause, elections for a new president will be held over a three-month period, according to Israeli media, during which al-Sheikh would act as president.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and PA President Mahmoud Abbas pose at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit last week. The absence of a firm message does not bode well for either Gaza’s rehabilitation or Saudi normalization, the writer argues.

US victims of Palestinian terror sue PLO over 'pay-for-slay' scheme

Families of slain and injured Americans, including Taylor Force’s relatives, filed a US lawsuit accusing the PLO of rewarding terrorists with monthly payments.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Palestinian Authority panics, official calls to reverse UNRWA funding cut

UNRWA workers were recently fired from their positions for participating in the October 7 Massacre, leading to several countries deciding to withdraw funding for UNRWA.

JANUARY 27, 2024ByYUVAL BARNEA
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh speaks to The Media Line in his office in Ramallah.

UAE foreign minister meets PLO official to discuss humanitarian crisis in Gaza

In the meeting, Sheikh Abdullah stressed the importance of prioritising negotiations towards a framework for a two-state peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians, WAM reported.

DECEMBER 21, 2023ByREUTERS
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas n the southern Gaza Strip, December 20, 2023.

Tamir Pardo crossed a red line - editorial

In an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday, Pardo claimed that Israel is implementing an “apartheid state” policy against Palestinians in the West Bank.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Tamir Pardo, Former Director of the Mossad attends a press conference at the protest tent of the Movement for Quality Government in Israel against the proposed changes to the legal system, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on February 2, 2023.

Papua New Guinea opens Jerusalem embassy as Christian act

Netanyahu said the new embassy would make it easier to develop agriculture, health, water and technology projects.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Papua New Guinea embassy opening in Jerusalem.

Oslo protocols declassified: Rabin doubted Palestinian elections

Israel's national archives released the protocols of a 1993 government meeting on the Olso Accords, led by then prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.

AUGUST 29, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
THE 1993 OSLO Accords between Israel and the PLO were signed in Washington, with a beaming president Bill Clinton presiding over the White House ceremony

Israel uncovers Palestinian terror cell connected to Lebanon - Shin Bet

The Palestinians were directed by a Palestinian Liberation Front (PLF) activist based in Lebanon who recruits and operated West Bank terror cells.

AUGUST 8, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians hold funeral for those killed during an Israeli military operation, in Jenin.

Swedish MP’s participation in Hamas-tied conference sparks uproar

The Social Democrats, who led Sweden as recently as 2021, advised its representatives not to attend the conference, but El-Haj went anyway

MAY 29, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Jamal El-Haj is a Swedish politician, trade unionist and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature.

Concept of Palestinian state is employed for sole purpose of destroying Israel - opinion

The "Palestine liberation" movement is not a revolution.

MARCH 5, 2023ByDAVID S. LEVINE
THEN-PLO chairman Yasser Arafat extends his hand to then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin after they signed the Declaration of Principles at the White House, September 1993. The next year, Arafat reportedly delivered a speech, calling for a ‘jihad.’

Letters to the Editor January 16, 2023: Leave their cocoons

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

JANUARY 16, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

PLO leaders to discuss Ben-Gvir's visit to the Temple Mount

The Palestinians, Jordan and other Arab countries have strongly condemned the visit, dubbing it a "dangerous and unprecedented provocation."

JANUARY 4, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Temple Mount on Tuesday, January 3, 2023