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Palestinians deserve accountable leadership, not further delays to democracy - editorial

Palestinians have gone two decades without national elections. Abbas must deliver genuine political reform while ensuring Hamas cannot use the ballot box to legitimize its terrorist infrastructure.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.
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

Palestinian Authority President Abbas postpones November legislative elections until late 2027

Dizengoff Square with photographs of victims from the October 7 massacre. June 03, 2026.

October 7 victims, bereaved families file NIS 5 billion lawsuit against PA, PLO

MOHAMMAD DAHLAN, leader of Fatah’s Democratic Reform faction, has called for Palestinians to put past divisions aside and build a political system in which elections transfer power, and institutions are ‘greater than individuals.’

Mohammed Dahlan: The man who could help reshape Gaza after Hamas – opinion


'Normalizing the occupation': PLO calls for boycott against Arab-Israeli list in local elections

"The participation of a Palestinian list in the occupation's municipal elections in Jerusalem is a shameless normalization that serves the plans of the occupation," read the announcement.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh speaks before the start of the weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah, West Bank May 11, 2020

Moscow to host PLO-Hamas unity talks on Feb. 26, Palestinian PM says

“Russia has invited all Palestinian factions who will be meeting on the 26th of this month in Moscow,” Shtayyeh told the Munich Security Conference during a public interview.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh speaks as he visits after Israeli settlers' rampage in Hawara in the West Bank, March 1, 2023

Agreeing to a peace deal with Israel negates the existence of the PLO - opinion

Is the PA prepared to reinvent itself as a genuinely peaceful body? The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that it is not.

 THE PA city of Tulkarm in the West Bank: Is the PA prepared to reinvent itself as a genuinely peaceful body? The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that it is not, the writer argues.

Hamas could join PA in new Gaza government, support two-state solution - report

In contradiction to a slew of previous public comments, Hamas reportedly is receptive to joining the PA on should there be a two-state solution on the political horizon.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) talks with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

The heart of Gaza’s terror problem - opinion

Don’t expect the UN to make these organizations work with the institutions of the West. They have always been the heart of the problem in the Middle East – not the solution.

 THOMAS WHITE, director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza, speaks to the media in the central Gaza Strip, in November. UNRWA was tailor-made by the UN to keep the Palestinian refugee issue alive, not to fix the problem, the writer asserts.

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.

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

South Africa’s genocide charges against Israel: Cynical abuse of the ICJ - opinion

The terms used in South Africa's application to the ICJ are ironic, especially in light of its distorted interpretation of the Genocide Convention.

 THE INTERNATIONAL Court of Justice in The Hague: It is ironic that the world’s principal judicial organ is being petitioned by South Africa, at the evident behest and initiative of the Palestinian leadership, to adjudge Israel for the alleged crime of genocide, says the writer.

Operation Peace for Galilee: Israel's 1982 military action in Lebanon

Remembering a time as a war correspondent in Lebanon while the country returns to daily headlines for attacking Israel.

 IDF forces fighting in Operation Peace for Galilee in Lebanon in 1982.

Israel-Hamas War: Making peace based on past experience - opinion

The rich experiences and detailed plans of predecessors can guide both the Israeli and the Palestinian people to a workable plan for the peaceful resolution of our conflict.

 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat (third right) gestures toward prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (third left) as US president Bill Clinton (center) stands between them, after the signing of the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993.

Palestinians must find new path from Israeli rule after war, PA official says

Despite US efforts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he would not allow the Palestinian Authority to run Gaza after the war.

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