January 7, 2016
2:13 pm

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)

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

January 7, 2016
1:55 pm

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)

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

September 21, 2015
8:17 pm

Palestinians singing nationalistic songs near Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on Land Day, March 30, 2015. (Elhanan Miller)

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

September 2, 2015
10:44 am

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)

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

August 20, 2015
10:33 pm

Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Saeb Erekat. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)

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

August 20, 2015
6:21 pm

Israeli Likud and Shas party members meet with senior Palestinian officials Yasser Abed Rabbo and Nabil Shaath at PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) offices in Ramallah, on Sunday, July 7, 2013 (Mati Milstein/Flash90)

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

July 12, 2015
8:39 pm

File: Yasser Abed Rabbo speaks to journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 16, 2014. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

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

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, Times of Israel staff and AFP

June 22, 2015
12:59 pm

Former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad in June 2011 (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

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

November 21, 2014
3:50 am

American Task for Palestine President Ziad Asali (screen capture: YouTube)

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

November 3, 2014
4:08 pm

Yesh Atid's Minister of Science Yaakov Peri (Photo credit: FLASH90)

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

August 26, 2014
3:18 pm

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)

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

August 5, 2014
10:24 pm

A Palestinian from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades holds up a weapon while speaking to the media at Balata refugee camp near Nablus, February 2008. (photo credit: Wagdi Ashtiyeh/Flash90)

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

June 9, 2014
1:41 pm

2014 J Street national summit at Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco (Marc Hors/J Street)

At the J Street national summit, wondering what’s next

BDS is still a ‘red line,’ says J Street head Jeremy Ben-Ami, who claims his group is ‘squarely in the middle of the conversation’

By Arno Rosenfeld

January 12, 2014
11:06 pm

Then opposition leader Ariel Sharon seen at the Mugrabi Gate en route to the Temple Mount, on 28 September 2000. Sharon visited with an escort of over 1,000 police officers. The Second Intifada erupted soon after. (photo credit: Flash90)

Sharon was reviled by Arabs, but that’s not the whole story

To his death, he was widely hated as a war criminal, but some who came into direct contact with him conceived a certain grudging appreciation

By Avi Issacharoff

Topic: Salam Fayyad

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

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

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

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

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

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

Top PLO official says Abbas fired him illegally

Former No. 2 Yasser Abed Rabbo was accused by PA president of colluding against him

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

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’

No talks in sight, moderate US Palestinian group downsizes

American Task Force on Palestine cancels gala as donors increasingly pessimistic about two-state solution

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

PA security questions employees of Abbas rival

Two workers for charity led by former prime minister Salam Fayyad grilled amid crackdown after coup scare

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

At the J Street national summit, wondering what’s next

BDS is still a ‘red line,’ says J Street head Jeremy Ben-Ami, who claims his group is ‘squarely in the middle of the conversation’

Sharon was reviled by Arabs, but that’s not the whole story

To his death, he was widely hated as a war criminal, but some who came into direct contact with him conceived a certain grudging appreciation

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