Israel has called on the UN to censure a former Egyptian ambassador to the world body who expressed regret for not defending a resolution equating Zionism with racism.
The announcement of May elections comes more than 15 years after Palestine's last polls.
Liberating Palestine: The roadmap to a one-state democracy
Book Club: Jeff Halper argues that the only way to decolonise Palestine is to dismantle Israeli structures of domination and control and replace them with a single democratic state.
Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard lands in Israel
Jonathan Pollard is an American that was jailed in the US in 1985 for giving away classified documents to Israel.
With Ashrawi's resignation goes last shred of PLO decency
Comment: Hanan Ashrawi's departure leaves the PLO a poorer place, headed by a power hungry Abbas, and in desperate need of reform, ...
Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi 'resigns from PLO committee'
Sources who spoke to The New Arab's Arabic-language service said it was unclear whether PA President Mahmoud Abbas had accepted Dr Ashrawi's resignation.
EU calls for probe into killing of 13-year-old Palestinian
Fourteen-year-old Ali Abu Aliya died of wounds sustained after he was shot in the stomach during a protest on Friday against Israeli land theft ...
What to expect from Biden's Israel policy
Analysis: Biden's relationship with Israel could be tested over Iran, but the president-elect's proclivity for a paradigm shift or a reversal of ...
Palestinians angered by PA's restoration of Israel security agreement
Social media users have slammed the decision a 'humiliation' for the Palestinian people.
Don't look to Washington for peace in Israel-Palestine
Analysis: The Palestinian leadership must escape the illusion that Biden will significantly challenge Israeli policy, let alone deliver ...
Israel planned to kill Arafat with stadium explosion: report
The assassination plot was called off at the last minute by then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
Obituary: Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator and statesman
After a career in politics spanning decades, Saeb Erekat did not see the two-state solution he had fought for as chief negotiator.
Top Palestinian official Erekat dies of Covid-19: presidency
The leading Palestinian official died after developing respiratory health problems due to Covid.
Trump says 'five more' Arab nations want Israel normalisation
The US president did not name which five countries were interested in normalising ties with Israel after the UAE, Bahrain and Sudan agreed to ...
US says Sudan to normalise ties with Israel
Palestinian officials have slammed the move as a 'stab in the back'.
Two more Palestinian officials test positive for coronavirus
A number of high-level Palestinian officials have tested positive for Covid-19, including Saeb Erekat.
Arab regimes are falsifying Palestinian history to enable normalisation
Comment: A Saudi-Emirati effort is underway to discredit Palestinian narratives of the conflict in favour of Israeli ones in order to pave the ...
Top Palestinian official Erekat in ‘critical’ condition after hospitalisation
The Jerusalem hospital treating top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat for coronavirus complications has said that he is in an induced coma and ...
Top Palestinian official Erekat's health worsens after contracting coronavirus
After contracting Covid-19, Saeb Erekat's condition now requires medical attention in a hospital, the PLO said in a statement.
Hamas says declined request to join 'Abraham Accords' talks
Saleh al-Arouri, a prominent leader of Hamas, reportedly said the organisation had declined a US request for dialogue on The Abraham Accords.
Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi tests positive for coronavirus
Dr Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the PLO’s executive committee, has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the second Palestinian official ...
Top Palestinian official Erekat tests positive for coronavirus
The PLO has announced that Saeb Erekat, a long-time chief Palestinian negotiator, has been infected with coronavirus
How the Arab League failed Palestine
Analysis: The Arab League's failure to condemn normalisation deals with Israel has soured already complicated ties with Palestine.
Normalisation with Israel: The view from the Arab Maghreb
In-depth: Despite UAE-Bahrain's normalisation agreement with Israel, and their unofficial relations with Tel Aviv, North African countries are ...