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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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 Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh shakes hands with the Head of Representative Office of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Palestinian territories, Oliver Owcza, while he receives German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck, at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 7, 2022.

German ambassador attacked by Palestinian mob during Ramallah visit

 Yossi Melman

This Israeli journalist warned Netanyahu's Hamas policy would lead to war

 An Israeli soldier operates a drone in the Golan Heights on February 11, 2024

Israel brings Gaza tactics to the West Bank, causing fear of escalation

 THE IDF conducts an operation in Nur Shams, in pursuit of Palestinian terrorists, in April 2024.

The IDF's Tulkarm raid has big implications about the Palestinian Authority

By MOSHE PHILLIPS
 Palestinian Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Mustafa swears-in during the oath ceremony in Ramallah, the West Bank March 31,2024.

Palestinian prime minister announces new reform package

By REUTERS
 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets PA head Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, last year. Halt all meetings between US representatives and PA officials, the writer demands.

America’s undue influence on the Middle East must change - analysis

By Elias Zananiri/The Media Line
Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah,March 2024

Palestinians to reconsider US ties after veto of bid for full UN membership, Abbas says

 Jenin residents protest against arrests made by PA security forces, July 17.

American money ear-marked for PA security used to pay families of terrorists from Jenin

 Aid trucks to Gaza

WFP reports smoother movement of convoys through Kerem Shalom, says famine can be held off

 Members of the UN Security Council vote on a proposal to demand that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Gaza Strip, December 22, 2023.

Iran’s attack overshadows Palestinian bid for UN membership - analysis

Israeli forces operate in the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Swords of Iron on November 18, 2023

Gaza's 'day after' could have NATO-guided government, Arab sources say

 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, meets with the family of one of the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed in the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran April 4, 2024.

Overthrowing Jordan and courting Azerbaijan: Iran’s master plan for the region

 “How is it that people of faith, tasked with representing the State of Israel’s mission globally, find it difficult to communicate in English?” MK Amichai Eliyahu in the Knesset.

Editor’s Notes: It’s time for a right-wing vision for Israel

 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attends a joint news conference with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain April 26, 2023.

Spain to lobby EU on Palestinian statehood, as UN weighs membership

 Smoke rises over Gaza as seen from Southern Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas, November 10, 2023.

Escalating tensions between Fatah, Hamas will impact post-war Gaza

 IDF soldiers working to eliminate terrorist at the Talmon-Dolev Junction in the West Bank, March 22, 2024.

PA security forces to join upcoming terror campaigns, Palestinian analyst warns

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip. 2024

Israeli embassies on high alert, IDF chief warns of Iran retaliation

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appoints Mohammad Mustafa as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), in Ramallah, in the West Bank March 14, 2024

The challenges awaiting the Palestinian Authority's new cabinet

By Elias Zananiri/The Media Line