Palestinians

Hamas backing Palestinian election delay to rebuild support, fuel attacks on Abbas, expert says

Hamas could use the election delay to rebuild political legitimacy and retain influence in Gaza through an allied PLC list, Prof. Kobi Michael told The Jerusalem Post.

Hamas terrorists stand on a rooftop overlooking a damaged site, in Gaza, February 15, 2025
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the foundation stone ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 9, 2026; illustrative

‘Disregarded hopes of millions’: Palestinians angered after Abbas again postpones PLC elections

Palestinians and Israeli activists take part in the olive harvest in the village of Beitillu, northwest of Ramallah in the West Bank, overlooking Wadi Zarqa and opposite the illegal Israeli outpost of Or Binyamin, October 2, 2026.

IDF completes preparations for West Bank olive harvest, as nationalist violence, clashes expected

Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh speaks to The Media Line in his office in Ramallah.

Palestinian Authority deputy chairman pushes off legislative election by several months - report


Global Sumud Flotilla recruiting for West Bank activism, Diaspora Affairs Ministry reveals

The organization has called for volunteers to join a program providing accompaniment and maintaining a presence alongside Palestinian communities ahead of the upcoming olive harvest.

A Palestinian flag is seen as people gather at the port of Ermoupolis before the departure of two sailing boats, Electra and Oxygen, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, on Syros island, Greece, September 14, 2025.

As UK consulate closes, Sa'ar vows Israel will enact consequences on hostile countries - exclusive

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar told The Jerusalem Post that Israel will retaliate against countries taking hostile diplomatic action, warning Britain it risks losing influence in Gaza and Jerusalem.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at The Jerusalem Post's Diplomatic Conference in Jerusalem, Israel, on October 8, 2026.

Israel Katz orders administrative removal of left-wing activists ahead of West Bank olive harvest

The request followed an announcement by the Global Sumud Flotilla that it was recruiting foreign activists to travel to Israel and participate in activities in olive-harvesting areas in the West Bank

Israeli security forces remove Palestinians and left-wing activists from olive groves during the olive harvest season in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus, October 2, 2026

Two West Bank Palestinian minors arrested for suspected arson near Homesh

The initial incident had occured on September 18, when police received a report that a fire had been started near the settlement of Homesh.

View of Homesh in the West Bank on November 17, 2022; illustrative.

Israel’s olive harvest policy leaves Palestinian farmers shut out - opinion

The settlers serve the military, and the military serves the settlers. Both share a common goal: to prevent the harvesting and cultivation of agricultural land and to economically harm Palestinians.

IDF and Border Police officers declaring a 'closed military zone' in Burin, October 25 2019

Netanyahu is guilty: His Palestinian strategy was a failure, and October 7 was the price - opinion

Netanyahu’s strategy of preventing Palestinian statehood was meant to protect Israel. Instead, Gershon Baskin argues, it helped preserve the conditions that produced October 7.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud election campaign event ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2026.

In Europe’s gaze, October 7 risks becoming a footnote - opinion

If October 7 survives chiefly as the beginning of what came afterward, something has been lost.

A view of homes destroyed and burned in the Hamas October 7, 2023 massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Gaza border, August 5, 2026

Sinwar, the Samson of Gaza: Did he bring destruction down on his own people on Oct. 7? - opinion

On October 7, Israel remembers the victims and hostages of Hamas’s massacre. But Gaza also has a memory of that day — one of destruction and war triggered by a decision its civilians did not make.

Senior Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, speaks during a conference in Gaza city, on November 4, 2019.

Shahar Nevo named as lecturer accused of plotting mass terror attacks against Palestinians, Arabs

Earlier in the week, it came out that the State Attorney's Office indicted a mathematics lecturer at Bar-Ilan University for allegedly planning a series of mass terrorist attacks.

Prof. Shahar Nevo.

Several settlers injured, six arrested amid West Bank outpost evacuation near Susiya - report

Also on Wednesday, Palestinian rioters threw stones at a shepherd in Wadi Zarqa, causing minor injuries, according to United Hatzalah. MDA paramedics met the shepherd along Route 446 near Shuqra.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank; Illustrative.