Palestinian Liberation Organization

Hamas plans to run in upcoming Palestinian elections, to prioritize status quo at al-Aqsa Mosque

Elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council are set to go ahead on November 28, the first in 20 years after Hamas won in January 2006. Hamas won 74 of the seats, with Fatah following behind.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Hamas militants stand guard near a stage before releasing Israeli hostage Agam Berger to a Red Cross team in Jabalia on January 30, 2025, as part of their third hostage-prisoner exchange; illustrative
A person uses an umbrella to block the sun at the Supreme Court amid a heatwave in Washington.

US Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor refuses to pause $655m. judgment against Palestinian Authority

The decision allows efforts to collect the money to continue while the PA and PLO prepare another appeal, but it does not mean the Supreme Court has ruled on that appeal itself.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN, MATHILDA HELLER
Two IDF company commanders at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, July 12, 2026.

At Beaufort Castle, the IDF's 36th Division prepares for Hezbollah's next move

Reporter's Notebook: With the IDF dug in at Beaufort, its next challenge is preventing Hezbollah from returning to the guerrilla tactics that once drove Israel from southern Lebanon.

|ByJONATHAN SPYER
Palestinians protest against a law passed by the Knesset imposing the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians, in the West Bank city of Nablus, April 19, 2026.

Released Palestinian terrorists demand right to return to West Bank, Egypt

Released terrorists held the “Cry of the Released Prisoners” event on June 6, seeking international media attention to pressure the UN and foreign powers to ease prisoner movement.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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

Palestinian Authority arrests activists for demanding reforms, elections

PA security officers arrested two prominent activists, Omar Assaf and Bashar al-Takrouri, and confiscated the mobile phone of another activist, Jamileh Abed.

NOVEMBER 5, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Members of the Palestinian security forces clash with demonstrators during a protest organised by Hizb-ut Tahrir against what organisers say are political arrests by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank city of Hebron February 25, 2017.

Palestinian Authority: Israel waging all-out war on our people

The PA official hinted that they would implement previous resolutions of the PLO to halt security coordination with Israel.

OCTOBER 8, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the West Bank city of Nablus, October 7, 2022.

Israel says it will fight Booking.com over planned safety warning on West Bank listings

A senior Palestinian official welcomed the move, provided it applied to Jewish settlements only.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022ByREUTERS