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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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A truck crosses from Gaza to Egypt, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt

Israel secretly asked Palestinian Authority to run Rafah crossing

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , YONAH JEREMY BOB
Slovenia's national flag flutters next to Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) building in Ljubljana

Slovenia to recognize Palestinian state by mid-June

By REUTERS
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as lawmakers gather at the Knesset plenum to vote on a bill that would limit some Supreme Court power, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023.

Netanyahu, Smotrich blame each other for price hikes

By ELIAV BREUER
A WOMAN looks at photos of hostages posted at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Either by a deal or by force, the hostages must be returned as part of resolving the current crisis, the writer asserts.

Solving complex geopolitical environment in Middle East requires courage and creativity
By RUTH WASSERMAN LANDE
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
By TOVAH LAZAROFF , REUTERS
Yossi Melman

This Israeli journalist warned Netanyahu's Hamas policy would lead to war
By STEVE LINDE
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
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
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
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Aid trucks to Gaza

WFP reports smoother movement of convoys through Kerem Shalom, says famine can be held off
By HANNAH SARISOHN
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
By HERB KEINON
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
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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
By MORDECHAI KEDAR
“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
By ZVIKA KLEIN
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
By REUTERS , TOVAH LAZAROFF
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