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Palestinian Authority

The Palestinian Authority is the official governing body of the Palestinian territories and is recognized by all countries that recognize a Palestinian state.

Based in Ramallah, it is currently run by President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah Party. 

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 Mahmoud Abbas, PA President in front of a map of Gaza (illustrative).

'Sons of dogs, release the hostages,' Mahmoud Abbas tells Hamas

 Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip March 26, 2025.

No hostages, no humanity: The Palestinians' evasion of responsibility

 ISRAEL MUST not be allowed to win so much, Western diplomatic discourse says, according to the writer, because this would be bad for American and Western interests. President Macron of France said  that Israel ‘has the right to defend itself, but within proportion.’

The Western world wants to keep Israel weak

 Ofer Bronchtein, French envoy for Israeli-Palestinian affairs and French President Emmanuel Macron.

France’s Middle East envoy: I have confidence in Macron’s peace plan

 French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas before a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France July 20, 2022

PA President Abbas, French President Macron discuss Israel-Hamas ceasefire, reject Gaza plan

 Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas attend a press conference, following their meeting at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah Monday, March 24, 2025.

EU announces €1.6 billion support package for Palestinian Authority reforms

By REUTERS
Cast member Rachel Zegler attends a premiere for the film ‘Snow White’ in Los Angeles, last month. ‘Free Palestine’ is not a call for peace, but for war and the murder of Jews, the writer asserts.

'Free Palestine'? Snow White should keep her poisoned apples to herself

By ANAT VIDOR
The US Supreme Court building in Washington: If the court affirms the constitutionality of PSJVTA, the decision would open the door for dozens of terror victims to sue the PLO-PA in the US, says the writer.

Will the US Supreme Court hold PLO-PA accountable for 'Pay-for-Slay' policy?

By MAURICE HIRSCH
 Yossi Dagan (L) standing with IDF Central Command chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth (R).

Authorities arrest Hamas terrorist threatening to murder Samaria Regional Council head

 RABBI LEO Dee addresses the media after news emerged that his wife had died of the wounds she sustained in the Jordan Valley attack earlier this month.

Jerusalem District Court orders seizure of PA funds in Dee family terror lawsuit

Netanyahu and Abbas

Netanyahu must clarify ties between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, minister says

 Palestinians attend a rally calling for an end to the war, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 25, 2025.

Protests in Gaza against Hamas face big test to see if they can sustain and grow

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures, as he attends a swearing-in ceremony for the newly formed cabinet, in Ramallah, in the West Bank, March 31, 2024.

Palestinian Authority antisemitism resembles Nazi ideology

 (R-L) Senior Fatah leader Azzam Al-Ahmed, Head of Palestinian Intelligence Majed Faraj, Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein Al-Sheikh, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Senior Fatah official Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Ramallah, August 18, 2018.

PA official secretly meets Lebanese Armed Forces head to discuss Palestinians in Lebanon

 Saleh Al Jafarawi.

Gazan influencer raises 10 million dollars in fake charity campaign

 Members speak at “National Conference for Palestine” in Doha, February 2025.

Palestinian Authority slams Qatar’s ‘National Conference for Palestine’

  STRATEGIC AFFAIRS Minister Ron Dermer in front of Gazan civilians returning to North Gaza (illustrative).

Ron Dermer ‘only sees war in near future’ in closed-door meeting

 Egyptian FM Badr Abdelatty (R) and PA PM Mohammad Mustafa (L) at a joint press conference in Cairo, March 1, 2025.

Egypt to train Palestinian police for deployment in Gaza