Palestinian Liberation Organization

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.

FEBRUARY 13, 2026|ByJAMES GENN

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

PA's Mahmoud Abbas seeks to exclude Hamas from local election

The terror group does not recognize Israel's right to exist. In addition, it does not regard the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinians and has refused to join it.

JANUARY 28, 2026|ByDANA BEN SHIMON

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.

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.

NOVEMBER 19, 2025|ByLEV STESIN

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.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ARIELLA ROITMAN

Jewish member assaulted by Arab at Harvard Club event sues institution

"All I did was ask a simple question, and right when I got up, a grown man my father's age, got up, and tried putting his hands on me, he tried taking the microphone from me."

FEBRUARY 11, 2020ByCELIA JEAN

Danny Danon to Olmert: Do not come to the UN to meet Mahmoud Abbas

Looking at Abbas’ track record during his tenure as chairman of the Palestinian Authority, one would be forgiven for thinking that his greatest political aspiration is endless war with Israel.

FEBRUARY 10, 2020ByDANNY DANON

THEN-PRIME Minister Ehud Olmert stands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Jerusalem in January, 2008

'Mastermind' weapons smuggler slams PLO, Fatah for abandoning prisoners

"Shame on you for holding positions you don't deserve."

DECEMBER 23, 2019ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007

PLO: Hamas responsible for assault on our Gaza offices

The assailants stormed the PLO’s Department for Refugee Affairs, destroyed furniture and stole various items, sources in the Gaza Strip said.

AUGUST 25, 2019ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

PLO to discuss revoking Israel recognition, ending security coordination

Abbas will also seek worldwide support for Palestinian opposition to Trump’s upcoming plan, a senior PA official told The Jerusalem Post.

APRIL 22, 2019ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Palestinians: Israelis voted to maintain status quo, apartheid

Only 15% of elected MKs support two-state solution

APRIL 10, 2019ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat

Little chance for a democratic Palestine

JUNE 5, 2018ByMICAH HALPERN

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves in Ramallah, in the West Bank May 1, 2018

How the PLO helped create Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards

The future could see greater Iranian influence in the Fatah-ruled West Bank – a possibility that has been ignored by many analysts and media commentators and could be disastrous.

MAY 16, 2018BySEAN DURNS