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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

Ahmad Majdalani

China's President Xi Jinping and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 14, 2023. (Jade GAO / POOL / AFP)
June 15, 2023, 8:06 pm
Having given up on the US, Palestinians look to China to mediate peace with Israel
PA minister Ahmad Majdalani tells ToI that Beijing can use billions in trade as leverage to coax Jerusalem to come to the table as Washington’s influence on the global stage wanes
By Jacob Magid
Israeli soldiers gesture to a vehicle at Tapuah Junction, next to a campaign poster for opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu near the West Bank town of Nablus, October 16, 2022. (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)
November 3, 2022, 2:15 pm
‘It’s all the same’: As Israel’s far-right surges in election, Palestinians shrug
Amid apathy in West Bank, and anger at Lapid for continuing some of Netanyahu’s policies, some activists find reason for optimism: ‘It will lead to some international pressure’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
View from above the Manara Square in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 11, 2011. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
August 27, 2021, 4:56 pm
Israel, PA discuss potential aid to Ramallah amid fears of economic collapse
Officials tell ToI Israel could send as much as $247 million to support Ramallah, which has seen international aid dwindle over past year and is in dire economic state
By Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid
Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel attends a meeting of Egyptian and Sudanese foreign ministers and heads of intelligence at Tahrir Palace, in Cairo, Egypt, February 8, 2018. (Khaled Elfiqi/Pool photo via AP)
August 9, 2021, 6:04 am
Incoming, outgoing national security advisers meet Egyptian intel chief in Cairo
Eyal Hulata and Meir Ben-Shabbat reportedly sit down with Abbas Kamel to discuss maintaining Gaza ceasefire brokered more than two months ago by Egypt
By ToI Staff
Palestinians receive their financial aid as part of assistance given by Qatar, at a post office in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 6, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 5, 2021, 10:33 pm
PA official: Deal reached to send Qatari cash to Gaza, but challenges remain
Palestinian banks reportedly concerned over international sanctions should they transfer funds to Gazans linked to Hamas
By Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid
Palestinians protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 9, 2021, in solidarity with Palestinian families facing Israeli eviction orders in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
May 14, 2021, 3:44 pm
With Israel and Gaza already beset by chaos, West Bank ‘explosion’ looms
Palestinian Authority security forces have cracked down on some protests; Hamas’s influence said to be spreading widely in the area, sparking fears that relative calm may not last
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2020. (Flash90)
April 26, 2021, 5:28 pm
Abbas expected to delay election, but could pay heavy price – diplomatic source
A decision to push off the vote may alienate international partners, source says; Palestinians have not held a national election for 15 years
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2020. (Flash90)
April 22, 2021, 12:32 am
Palestinian groups to meet soon for final decision on holding election: official
Vote scheduled for May 22, but Ramallah demanding participation of East Jerusalem Palestinians; Abbas’s opponents say it’s an excuse to cancel
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian faction leaders gather to discuss holding Palestinian national elections, in Cairo on February 8, 2021 (WAFA)
March 16, 2021, 11:06 pm
Palestinian factions pledge ‘transparent’ election without violent intimidation
Fatah, Hamas and dozen other groups sign on to ‘honor code’ governing upcoming vote, which includes ban on brandishing weapons at rallies
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian Hamas guards stand near an Egyptian watchtower on the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. (AP/Hatem Moussa)
March 13, 2021, 3:40 am
In Jordan and Egypt, quiet qualms that Palestinian elections will boost Hamas
Neither Cairo nor Amman is convinced that the scheduled Palestinian elections will happen. But with Fatah divided, a Hamas win could ripple out in unwanted ways
By Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid
Nasser al-Qudwa, a member of Fatah's Central Committee and the nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, addresses a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on January 23, 2019, against a backdrop showing Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque, to comment on a decision by an Israeli court to issue a temporary lien for a plot of land belonging to Arafat in East Jerusalem. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
March 4, 2021, 3:56 pm
In blow to Abbas, senior Fatah official to form separate bloc to run in election
Nasser al-Qidwa, a member of Fatah’s powerful central committee and Yasser Arafat’s nephew, has long been an Abbas critic; says he hopes the imprisoned Barghouti will head his bloc
By Aaron Boxerman
A Palestinian walks past a section of Israel's security barrier covered with campaign posters for the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary election in the West Bank village of A-Ram, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, January 23, 2006. (AP/ Oded Balilty)
February 18, 2021, 12:14 pm
As Palestinians plan vote, Jerusalem looms as possible obstacle — or pretext
Israel demands ballots only in West Bank and Gaza, but hoped-for capital is a red line for the PA, which could use the issue as an excuse to halt the first PA election in 15 years
By Aaron Boxerman
Yahya Sinwar, the top Hamas official in the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, May 1, 2017. (Adel Hana/AP)
February 4, 2021, 11:49 pm
Hamas Gaza chief: If Israel messes with our elections, we’ll mess with theirs
Palestinians are scheduled to head to the ballot box on May 22, although observers are skeptical that vote will actually happen
By ToI Staff
Then-US vice president Joe Biden meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on March 9, 2016. (FLASH90).
February 1, 2021, 11:46 pm
In first public contact in years, senior Palestinian, US officials share call
Palestinians have boycotted Washington since 2017, although some informal contacts have remained in place; senior PA official says two sides discussed bilateral relations
By Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid
US Vice President Joseph Biden (left) with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
January 27, 2021, 6:14 pm
PA official welcomes resumed US ties, but realizes Palestinians not 1st priority
Ahmad Majdalani tells The Times of Israel that Ramallah is already engaged in unofficial contacts with Washington, which he hopes will soon become official
By Aaron Boxerman
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