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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a press conference in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, January 6, 2016 (AP/Majdi Mohammed, File)
May 24, 2016, 1:26 pm
In tough times, most Palestinians view government as corrupt
Squeezed by declining foreign aid, Israeli restrictions and rampant nepotism, over 95% in the West Bank see graft in Abbas administration
By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at Ashe Power House Theater while campaigning for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on March 4, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana (Josh Brasted/Getty Images via JTA)
May 14, 2016, 3:53 am
Bill Clinton defends his and Hillary’s Israel record, spars with heckler over Gaza
'I killed myself to give the Palestinians a state,' former president says at rally after audience member critical of US policy interrupts him
By Eric Cortellessa
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the Arab League summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on March 28, 2015. (AFP Photo/STR)
January 7, 2016, 2:13 pm
Palestinians ponder succession after 11 years of Abbas
As the field of hopefuls seeking to replace the unpopular octogenarian leader grows crowded, some fear chaos
By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Karin Laub
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Christmas lunch with members of the Christian Orthodox community in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, January 6, 2016. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
January 7, 2016, 1:55 pm
Mahmoud Abbas is here to stay, says Mahmoud Abbas
But with public support at an all-time low, and challengers to his rule multiplying, the Palestinian leader may not survive if he can’t address his people’s problems
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinians singing nationalistic songs near Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on Land Day, March 30, 2015. (Elhanan Miller)
September 21, 2015, 8:17 pm
Palestinians cool on two states, warm to armed intifada, poll finds
Hamas gains ground in West Bank as Palestinians despair of the PA and increasingly support its dissolution; two-thirds support Abbas resignation
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 1, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
September 2, 2015, 10:44 am
Abbas’s resignation from the PLO would be largely symbolic
The PA leader may be signaling he won't be around forever, but stepping down from the executive body won't affect his powers
By Avi Issacharoff
Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Saeb Erekat. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
August 20, 2015, 10:33 pm
As West Bank storm brews, Abbas looks to groom a successor
September could be a fateful month -- with an escalation of violence, major changes in the Palestinian leadership, or both
By Avi Issacharoff
Israeli Likud and Shas party members meet with senior Palestinian officials Yasser Abed Rabbo and Nabil Shaath at the PLO offices in Ramallah, July 7, 2013 (Mati Milstein/Flash90)
August 20, 2015, 6:21 pm
Palestinian official denies closure of local peace group
As critics accuse Mahmoud Abbas of targeting rival Yasser Abed Rabbo, PA official claims shuttering of Ramallah's Geneva Initiative branch is merely a bureaucratic misunderstanding
By Elhanan Miller
File: Yasser Abed Rabbo speaks to journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 16, 2014. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
July 12, 2015, 8:39 pm
Top PLO official says Abbas fired him illegally
Former No. 2 Yasser Abed Rabbo was accused by PA president of colluding against him
By AP
File: Yasser Abed Rabbo speaks to journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 16, 2014. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
July 1, 2015, 4:03 pm
Abbas fires deputy Abed Rabbo in PLO power struggle
In a bid to sideline potential rivals, Palestinian Authority chief sacks long-time critic; cabinet asks PM for reshuffle
By AP, TOI staff and AFP
Former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad in June 2011 (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
June 22, 2015, 12:59 pm
Palestinian Authority cracks down on former PM’s nonprofit
Salam Fayyad says he'll sue following confiscation of funds from his 'Palestine Tomorrow for Social Development'
By Elhanan Miller
American Task for Palestine President Ziad Asali (screen capture: YouTube)
November 21, 2014, 3:50 am
No talks in sight, moderate US Palestinian group downsizes
American Task Force on Palestine cancels gala as donors increasingly pessimistic about two-state solution
By JTA
Yesh Atid's Minister of Science Yaakov Peri (Photo credit: FLASH90)
November 3, 2014, 4:08 pm
Israeli minister: We have ‘fantastic partners’ in Arab world, if only we’d utilize them
Israel shares key interests with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan in thwarting Iran and stopping Islamist terror, says Yesh Atid's Yaakov Peri. But it needs 'more pragmatic, braver' leadership
By David Horovitz
Former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad, seen here when still in office, heads a cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 16, 2013. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
August 26, 2014, 3:18 pm
PA security questions employees of Abbas rival
Two workers for charity led by former prime minister Salam Fayyad grilled amid crackdown after coup scare
By Stuart Winer
A masked Palestinian militant from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, an armed wing of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement, holds up a weapon while speaking to the media at Balata refugee camp near Nablus, February 2008. (photo credit: Wagdi Ashtiyeh/Flash90)
August 5, 2014, 10:24 pm
Fatah official threatens settlers with death
Jamal Muheisen says Palestinian merchants have two weeks to rid their shops of Israeli products; Fatah decries Hamas harassment in Gaza
By Elhanan Miller
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