Mohammed shtayyeh

Mahmoud Abbas appoints new Palestinian Authority prime minister

The Palestinian Authority, set up three decades ago under the interim peace agreement known as the Oslo Accords, exercises governance over parts of the West Bank.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appoints Mohammad Mustafa as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), in Ramallah, in the West Bank March 14, 2024
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY president Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh

A 'revitalized' PA can't be the same policies with a new public face - editorial

To revitalize and revamp the PA, much more will be needed than to merely replace the prime minister, who – in any event – plays second fiddle to the president, a man who essentially rules by decree.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 18, 2024.

Netanyahu calls PA gov’t resignation ‘chair shuffling,’ downplays impact

“They [the PA] have not had an election... for 17 years, so they are just shuffling chairs,” Netanyahu told Fox & Friends on Monday.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY president Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh

Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh resigns from position

Shtayyeh, a member of ruling party Fatah's Central Committee, has been Palestinian prime minister since 2019.

|ByALEX WINSTON

Special Envoy Greenblatt keeps challenging Palestinian leadership

The confrontation comes amid intense speculation regarding the nature of President Trump's upcoming peace plan.

APRIL 19, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy.