Palestinians hold the weekly demonstration against the occupation near an Israeli settlement adjacent to the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank, May 2017.

Palestinians Condemn Plans to Build 4,000 New Units in W. Bank

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi condemned Israel’s plans to build nearly 4,000 new illegal settlement units across the occupied West Bank, during a meeting with Norwegian Representative Hilde Haraldstad on Monday, October 9. Ashrawi’s comments came after Israeli media reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to approve…

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Joint List Leader Congratulates Palestinians on Reconciliation

Joint List leader MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) has made telephone calls to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to congratulate them on their reconciliation process. This follows Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s characterization of the reconciliation as “bogus,” saying that Israel rejects a process “in which the Palestinian side apparently reconciles at…

Medical supplies to Venezuela

Palestinian Authority Sends Medical Supplies to Venezuela

The Palestinian Authority (PA) sent on Sunday, August 20, three truckloads of medical supplies to Venezuela, following instructions from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Riad al-Malki told the Ma’an News Agency that the truckloads of medicine were dispatched on Sunday from warehouses in the northern occupied West Bank district…

Palestinian protesters sit in front of Israeli soldiers during a protest against the occupation and in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoner's hunger strike, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, May 12, 2017. Israeli soldiers shot and killed Palestinian youth, Saba Abu Ubeid, during the protest.

Knesset Approves Bill to End Tax Transfers to PA as Sanction vs. Its Prisoner Compensation Program

The Knesset advanced legislation on Wednesday, June 14, that would put an end to the annual transfer of an estimated 1 billion shekels ($280 million) in taxes to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a sanction against the latter’s compensation program that provides financial allowances to Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and their families. The Knesset plenum…

Palestinians in Gaza hold aloft posters in support of imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti during a sit-in at the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Marwan Barghouti Interested in Running for PNA Presidency

Hadash MK Youssef Jabareen (Joint List) met with the imprisoned Palestinian Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti at the Hadarim Prison on Thursday, August 18. According to Al Ittihad, the daily newspaper of the Communist Party of Israel, Barghouti told Jabareen that he is seriously considering running against Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Maazen) for the presidency/chairmanship of the…