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PLO official Hanan Ashrawi (Ahmad Gharabli/Flash90)
September 6, 2019, 5:38 am
Palestinian official calls US envoy’s resignation an ‘admission of failure’
Hanan Ashrawi slams Jason Greenblatt as an apologist for Israel; Hamas terror group says his stepping down is good news
By AFP and TOI staff
File: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at UN headquarters, February 20, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)
August 29, 2019, 6:59 pm
Palestinians to file complaint over Honduras Jerusalem move
PLO says it will ‘reassess its relationship’ with the Central American nation, whose president announced recognition of Israel’s capital this week
By AFP and TOI staff
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks at a press conference in Ramallah on February 24, 2015. (WAFA/File)
August 15, 2019, 10:12 pm
Palestinians slam ‘outrageous’ Israeli decision to ban US congresswomen
Top PLO official warns move sets ‘dangerous precedent,’ while PA prime minister says barring entry to Omar and Tlaib indicates Israel afraid to expose its ‘tyranny’ to America
By TOI staff and Agencies
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Omani Ambassador to Jordan Khamis bin Mohammed al-Faris embracing each other in Ramallah on August 6, 2019. (Credit: Wafa)
August 7, 2019, 2:18 pm
Abbas meets with Omani delegation on opening West Bank diplomatic mission
PA president affirms importance of Muscat having a representative office for the Palestinians, says it will strengthen bilateral ties
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 16, 2019. (AP Photo/ Nasser Nasser)
August 1, 2019, 9:51 am
PA prime minister: We don’t need Israeli permission to build in West Bank
Mohammad Shtayyeh sneers at security cabinet approval of Area C permits, say Oslo-era divisions of territory no longer apply; PLO official calls move ‘farcical’
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon,May 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
June 23, 2019, 2:49 pm
Lebanon slams US plan, says won’t be ‘tempted’ by cash at Palestinians’ expense
As US proposes $50 billion package for region, Beirut says those who believe it can be lured by billions during an economic crisis are ‘mistaken’
By TOI staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump reaches to shake Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's hand before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
June 22, 2019, 9:41 pm
Palestinians reject US economic plan as attempted bribe instead of a state
As US proposes $50 billion package for region, Ramallah says nothing can be achieved without a political solution, end to Israeli occupation; Israeli officials positive on plan
By TOI staff and AP
In this photo from November 24, 2017, Moldova's Prime Minister Pavel Filip arrives for an EU Eastern Partnership summit with six eastern partner countries at the European Council in Brussels. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
June 12, 2019, 7:04 pm
Palestinians rip Moldova for Jerusalem embassy move announcement
Senior PLO official labels declaration by Moldovan PM ‘an act of unreserved hostility against the Palestinian people’
By TOI staff and Agencies
Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 18, 2019, 8:08 am
Palestinian activists don’t understand why they can’t enter the US
Hanan Ashrawi is the most recent of at least 3 barred from the United States this year, though the Trump administration has not announced a policy change
By Ben Sales
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks at a press conference in Ramallah on February 24, 2015. (WAFA/File)
May 13, 2019, 11:32 pm
Senior Palestinian official Ashrawi says US denied her visa
Veteran negotiator and PLO politician believes her application was rejected due to political reasons, amid worsening crisis with Trump administration
By TOI staff and Agencies
A section of the security barrier around the West Bank village of Anata near Jerusalem that collapsed after a rainstorm on February 27, 2019. (Screen capture)
February 27, 2019, 9:43 pm
Section of West Bank barrier near Jerusalem collapses in rainstorm
Residents of abutting Palestinian village cheer the falling of the wall; Border Police say they will step up patrols in the area
By Judah Ari Gross
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks at a press conference in Ramallah on February 24, 2015. (WAFA/File)
January 21, 2019, 10:15 am
Trump envoy, top PLO official feud on Twitter over US peace plan
Greenblatt argues with Hanan Ashrawi over administration’s credibility in negotiations, charges Palestinian leadership with failure to engage in talks
By TOI staff
Top PLO official Hanan Ashrawi, left, and Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl in Vienna, January 1, 2019 (Twitter)
January 2, 2019, 6:34 pm
Austrian Jews slam foreign minister for hosting top PLO official
Karin Kneissl invited Hanan Ashrawi to New Year’s concert in Vienna; community leader says she used visit to ‘demonize Israel’
By Raphael Ahren
US President George H. Bush meets with members of the Palestinian delegation to the Mideast peace talks spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi, left, and Dr. Faisal Husseini, on Friday, Dec. 18, 1992 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP/Dennis Cook)
December 2, 2018, 12:33 am
Palestinians hail Bush as ‘the only US president to stand up to Israel’
PA leader Abbas sends condolence letter to president George W. Bush, whose late father pushed for major Israeli-Palestinian peace conference
By TOI staff
Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, of the far-right Social Liberal Party, speaks during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 25, 2018 (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
November 5, 2018, 9:47 am
Muslim states pan Brazil for pledging Jerusalem embassy move
Organization of Islamic Cooperation chief says president-elect Bolsonaro’s plan is a ‘flagrant violation of international law’
By Raphael Ahren
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