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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Photo by Quirinale.it, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons)
February 25, 2026, 9:50 am
So much for the two-state solution: PA proves to be its own worst enemy
The PA, created by the Oslo Accords three decades ago, continues a long tradition of rejecting attempts at diplomatic solutions to produce an independent state.
By Gary Rosenblatt
The United Nations headquarters in New York, 2007 (Photo by I, Aotearoa, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons)
November 18, 2025, 9:00 am
UN Security Council endorses Trump Gaza peace plan, foreign stabilization force
US garners world support for 20-point proposal, which also references path to Palestinian statehood, but faces uphill battle convincing countries to provide troops to ensure Strip is demilitarized
By Jacob Magid
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, meets Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in Jerusalem on Feb. 16, 2025 (Rafi Ben Hakun/GPO)
August 29, 2025, 1:51 pm
US says it’s denying visas to Palestinian officials for UN General Assembly next month
Rubio says PA and PLO officials to be barred from visiting UN headquarters in NYC over their ‘efforts to secure the unilateral recognition of a conjectural Palestinian state’
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 20, 2017. (Photo by Cia Pak / U.N. Photo)
April 23, 2025, 12:33 pm
Abbas tells ‘sons of dogs’ Hamas to free hostages, remove Israel’s ‘excuses’ for Gaza war
Palestinian Authority president calls on terror group to cede control of Gaza, give up its weapons, and become a political party
By By Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to the media in Berlin, Aug. 16, 2022. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
February 10, 2025, 2:33 pm
Mahmoud Abbas ends Palestinian Authority’s payments to families of terrorists
Abbas reportedly canceled the program, dubbed “pay-for-slay” by its critics, as a goodwill gesture toward Donald Trump.
By Ben Sales
Palestinians rally in support of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Tubas, northeastern Samaria, Sept. 27, 2020. (Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90, via JNS)
February 6, 2025, 11:15 am
Terrorists released by Israel leave prison as millionaires
The terrorists received $141,837,087 from the Palestinian Authority while serving time.
By David Isaac
PLO envoy to the U.N. Riyad Mansour addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, April 25, 2022. (Credit: Mark Garten/U.N. Photo)
April 3, 2024, 2:02 pm
Palestinian Authority submits bid for full UN membership
The United States has indicated that it will block the move in the UN Security Council.
By JNS
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh (Photo by European Union/Johanna Leguerre, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons)
February 26, 2024, 1:22 pm
PA government resigns amid Hamas unity talks
Hamas has reportedly approved a three-step plan leading to “complete reconciliation" with the Palestinian Authority.
By Charles Bybelezer
Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy summit at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., June 5, 2023. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
December 13, 2023, 3:28 pm
The debate over what should happen in Gaza after the war, explained
Does Israel stay in the Gaza Strip? If so, for how long? And who takes its place?
By Ron Kampeas
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Photo by Quirinale.it, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons)
September 21, 2023, 7:07 pm
No peace in Mideast without Palestinian state, Abbas tells UN
Palestinian Authority leader accuses ‘racist’ Israeli government of apartheid, digging tunnels under Al Aqsa; calls for international conference to impose two-state solution
By Lazer Berman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends an observation of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations, May 15, 2023. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
September 8, 2023, 9:56 am
Mahmoud Abbas peddles falsehoods about the Holocaust
Statements come ahead of US bid to revive Israel-Palestinian talks
By Ron Kampeas
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrive to speak to the media following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Aug. 16, 2022. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
August 17, 2022, 8:06 pm
Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of ‘Holocausts’ and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz takes heat for not responding
"Any relativization of the Holocaust is unbearable and unacceptable."
By Ron Kampeas
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 20, 2017. (Photo by Cia Pak / U.N. Photo)
July 18, 2022, 6:27 pm
UN Committee Against Torture to review Palestinian Authority’s record
This will be the first review of the P.A., which signed on to the convention in 2014 despite not being a state.
By Mike Wagenheim
Abu Marzook in 2006 (Nicoleon, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
March 1, 2022, 9:00 pm
PA silent on Ukraine as Hamas official declares ‘end of American domination’
Both Ramallah and Gaza have stayed mostly quiet on the Russian invasion; PA and Hamas have long had ties to Russia and little interest in losing Moscow’s support.
By Aaron Boxerman
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