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Zakaria Zubeidi, a former commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, poses with a supporter in Ramallah on May 18, 2026, as initial results emerged from the Palestinian movement's first congress in a decade. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
June 1, 2026, 8:05 am
In shift, Fatah opens leadership vote to terror convicts freed in hostage deals
May conference confirms influence of hundreds released in deals for Gaza hostages — including many who were serving life sentences for deadly attacks — allowing them to cast ballots and win seats on bodies that guide the PA
By Nurit Yohanan
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing. (ToI)
May 19, 2026, 1:25 pm
Daily Briefing May 19: Trump frustrated as Iran talks stall, Gulf wary of renewed war
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses details of Iran negotiations, an emboldened Hamas in Gaza and initial results from Fatah central committee elections
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) chairs the eighth Fatah conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
May 16, 2026, 1:34 am
Backers of Abbas rival excluded from Fatah confab, despite Egypt’s push for inclusivity
After PA president gave non-committal response to visiting Egyptian official, members of Dahlan-led faction left out of major gathering where elections held for party’s top panels
By Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) chairs the eighth Fatah conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
May 14, 2026, 6:31 pm
Fatah gathers for first election in decade, as PA’s Abbas pledges to continue reforms
3-day confab climaxes with vote for 18-member committee expected to play key role in post-Abbas era; PA president pans Israeli withholding of Ramallah’s funds
By AFP, Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg in today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI)
May 12, 2026, 2:16 pm
Daily Briefing May 12: Extremist settlers dealt a blow with EU sanctions
US bureau chief Jacob Magid reports on Trump’s Iran comments, the EU decision, a new Gaza police force, Mahmoud Abbas’s son and Israel’s US envoy’s kerfuffle with some Jewish organizations
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, flanked by his two sons Yasser (L) and Tarek (R), gives a short statement before leaving a hospital near Ramallah in the West Bank on May 28, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
May 10, 2026, 7:18 pm
Abbas seen positioning son for Palestinian leadership, dismaying those seeking new blood
Recent meetings between businessman Yasser Abbas and top PA officials, along with upcoming Fatah vote, stir angry speculation that president wants to keep power in his family
By Nurit Yohanan and Reuters
Palestinians vote during local elections, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2026. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
April 27, 2026, 1:39 am
PA leader Abbas’s loyalists win local elections, including in Gaza’s Deir al‑Balah
First election of any kind in Strip in over 2 decades is cast by Ramallah as a success and ‘another step on the path to full independence’
By Agencies and Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP)
January 25, 2026, 11:16 pm
Voter registration closes for West Bank municipal elections
Ballots for 420 local councils to be cast on April 25, Central Election Commission says; vote also to be held in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah
By AFP and ToI Staff
Fadwa Barghouti, wife of leading member of the Fatah party Marwan Barghouti, the most high-profile Palestinian security prisoner in Israeli custody, addresses a rally to support him in Ramallah city in the West Bank on August 19, 2025. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
November 19, 2025, 4:46 pm
Buoyed by Trump, Marwan Barghouti’s wife presses Israelis to free terror convict for peace
After her husband was passed over for release last month, Fadwa Barghouti says in 1st-ever interview with Israeli press that his ability to unify Palestinians behind 2-state platform can stabilize region
By Jacob Magid
This aerial picture shows people and traffic moving along Al-Rashid road next to destroyed buildings in Gaza City on October 23, 2025 (AFP)
October 24, 2025, 5:36 pm
Hamas, Fatah hold talks in Cairo on next steps for Gaza truce
Source says sides to ‘work on organizing the Palestinian internal front’; Hamas says ‘factions’ agreed independent Palestinian technocrats will administer post-war Gaza
By Jacob Magid, AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinians inspect the rubble following an Israeli strike on a fishing harbor in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, March 22, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
March 22, 2025, 6:48 pm
Fatah urges Hamas to cede power in Gaza to safeguard ‘Palestinians’ existence’
Hamas spokesman says terrorist organization has ‘no aspiration to govern Gaza’; group’s control of enclave remains major obstacle in negotiations over permanent ceasefire
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestinian Football Association, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 7, 2018. (Thaer Ganaim/APA Images/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News)
March 13, 2025, 10:40 pm
Abbas may be the last PA leader who believes in two states, warns potential successor
Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub praises Abbas and urges US to engage with him, looking to remain in the Palestinian Authority chief’s good graces while no new election is slated
By Jacob Magid
Members of an alleged terror cell said by the Shin Bet on February 6, 2025, to have been arrested for a plot to bomb a Jerusalem bus in late 2024: (Top row left to right): Ahmad Jassar Ali, Mundhir Sheikh Qassem; (bottom row left to right), Bashir Awad, Omar Subah, and Ali Shweiki (Shin Bet)
February 6, 2025, 3:48 pm
Shin Bet says it foiled Jerusalem bus bombing late last year
Five-person cell composed of Fatah and Hamas members arrested before they could put plan into action; security officials seize bomb and submachine gun
By Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers
Freed Palestinian prisoner Mohammed al-Tous gives an interview to Saudi-owned al-Arabiya news outlet on January 31, 2025. (Screenshot from Youtube)
February 2, 2025, 3:00 pm
Following release, elderly Palestinian security prisoner bashes Hamas, price of Oct. 7
Citing Gaza war’s heavy Palestinian death toll, 69-year-old Mohammed al-Tous tells Arab outlets that he is warning his grandchildren against armed resistance
By Charlie Summers
Zakaria Zubeidi, after being recaptured in northern Israel on September 11, 2021, following his escape from Gilboa Prison. (Courtesy)
January 30, 2025, 4:22 am
Zakaria Zubeidi, Mahmoud Atallah among notorious terrorists set for release Thursday
Israel has yet to name the 110 prisoners who will be freed in return for 3 hostages, though public broadcaster says 33 of them are serving life terms for deadly attacks
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
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