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Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas addressed the liberal pro-Israel lobbying group's 2021 National Conference.
Israeli police arrested three Palestinians for attempting to hold a news briefing on the elections in East Jerusalem.
You can imprison Palestinians but not their struggle
Comment: With Barghouti and thousands of other Palestinians behind bars, imprisonment has become a defining part of the Palestinian national consciousness, writes Emad Moussa.
Since its independence in 1946, Jordan has been through major events that defined its History.
As diaspora Palestinians, our votes should count too
Comment: Palestinians in the diaspora are a significant intellectual and economic force that aids the Palestinian cause. We should be allowed to ...
Palestine welcomes China's offer to host Israeli-Palestinian talks
PLO member Wasel Abu Yousef hailed Beijing's stance on a Palestinian capital being established in east Jerusalem.
Palestinian factions head to Cairo for national dialogue talks
Palestinian factions head to Cairo for second round of national dialogue amid accusations of political monopoly, in order to discuss the ...
Yasser Arafat's nephew clashes with Fatah ahead of elections
Nasser Al-Qudwa, Yasser Arafat's nephew, refused to attend a meeting led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address rifts in the Fatah ...
Remembering Palestinian poet and author, Mourid Barghouti
The world bid farewell to the celebrated poet Mourid Barghouti in February. A champion of the Palestinian cause, Palestinian authors share their ...
Rival Palestinian factions 'pen joint letter to Biden administration'
The reported letter comes following recent talks between Fatah and Hamas officials, ahead of national elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
AIPAC wants to decide who runs in Palestinian elections
Comment: America's Israel lobby has no right to dictate who is or is not eligible and legitimate to run in Palestinian elections. Doing so is ...
Palestinians hope vote boosts diplomatic strength: experts
Palestinians are hoping that the recently announced elections will help to strengthen diplomatic ties with foreign countries and lead to talks ...
Abbas's rigged court system has already undermined Palestinian elections
Comment: Abbas's manipulation of courts, laws, and institutions will only serve to keep Palestinians from their goal of genuine ...
Palestinians register for election, but Jerusalem's fate remains uncertain
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip have started to register to vote.
We needed a cultural revolution, not another uprising
The long read: Bahey el-Din Hassan explores how elites, who were unable to rise to the task of mounting organised collective action, caused the ...
Palestinians welcome US intention to reopen liaison office
Palestinian officials have welcomed a statement by the new US administration saying it intends to reopen Palestinian representative offices in Washington which were closed by Donald Trump.
Doubt and division cast a shadow over Palestinian elections
In-depth: Amid political infighting and public mistrust, Palestinians are sceptical as to whether the first national elections in 15 years will ...
Israel calls on UN to censure 'biased' Egyptian diplomat
Israel has called on the UN to censure a former Egyptian ambassador to the world body who expressed regret for not defending a resolution ...
What's behind long-awaited Palestinian polls?
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Social media users have slammed the decision a 'humiliation' for the Palestinian people.
The assassination plot was called off at the last minute by then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
The leading Palestinian official died after developing respiratory health problems due to Covid.
Palestinian officials have slammed the move as a 'stab in the back'.
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