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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 648

Hanan Ashrawi

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and then-US vice president Joe Biden after a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 10, 2010. (AP/Bernat Armangue)
February 10, 2021, 6:54 pm
Trying to woo US with election, Palestinians drop a hot potato in Biden’s lap
While broadly supportive, Washington has reacted cooly to the initiative which may end up strengthening Hamas, just as the White House is looking to renew ties with Ramallah
By Jacob Magid
PLO official Hanan Ashrawi at her office in Ramallah, January 31, 2012 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 9, 2020, 10:31 pm
Longtime Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns
One of the best-known spokespeople for the Palestinian cause in the Western press, Ashrawi calls for reform in Palestine Liberation Organization in her resignation letter
By Aaron Boxerman
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat-Michigan, listens during a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on February 12, 2020. (Alex Brandon/AP)
December 2, 2020, 8:00 pm
Democrat Tlaib shares tweet alluding to Israel’s elimination
Congresswoman of Palestinian heritage backtracks after being criticized for retweet of message that said ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’
By Ron Kampeas
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting to discuss the United Arab Emirates' deal with Israel to normalize relations, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2020. (Mohamad Torokman/Pool Photo via AP, File)
October 28, 2020, 11:43 pm
Palestinians denounce inclusion of settlements in US-Israel scientific pact
In move seen by some as precursor to future West Bank annexation, Washington removes geographic restrictions from three 1970s science cooperation agreements
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting to discuss the United Arab Emirates' deal with Israel to normalize relations, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2020. (Mohamad Torokman/Pool Photo via AP, File)
August 26, 2020, 2:45 pm
‘We are not defeated’: PA leaders say they won’t bend in face of mounting crises
With no support from US, friction with Hamas, and claiming betrayal over UAE’s deal with Israel, Palestinian leadership pledges to keep seeking rights ‘generation after generation’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, head of the military council, waves to his supporters upon arriving to attend a military-backed rally, in Omdurman district, west of Khartoum, Sudan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 18, 2020, 7:26 pm
Sudan and Israel say talks underway for deal to normalize ties
‘No reason for enmity to continue,’ says Khartoum official, predicting pact could be clinched by end of year; Netanyahu says Israel will do everything to make agreement happen
By Aaron Boxerman and Marissa Newman
PA President Mahmoud Abbas heads a leadership meeting at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 19, 2020. (Alaa Badarneh/Pool via AP)
August 13, 2020, 11:09 pm
‘Despicable, a betrayal’: PA blasts Emirates, demands retraction of Israel deal
Ramallah recalls envoy to Abu Dhabi; Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi minister all praise agreement; Jordan, in cooler response, says Israel must enter into talks with Palestinians
By Aaron Boxerman
A 5th century CE stone baptismal font that was taken by antiquities thieves from Tel Teqoa and then recovered by Israeli authorities in the West Bank twenty years later, July 20, 2002. (COGAT Spokesperson's Office)
July 20, 2020, 11:16 pm
Israel says ancient baptismal font, stolen 20 years ago, retrieved in West Bank
Authorities say rock-hewn Byzantine item from 5th century CE was pilfered from ruined church at Tel Tekoa in 2000, while Palestinians says it is Israel that is the thief
By ToI Staff
In this file photo taken on July 15, 2019 US Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) looks on during an interview at the US Capitol in Washington, DC (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
January 26, 2020, 9:23 am
Tlaib deletes retweet blaming Israelis for death of boy who apparently drowned
Qais Abu Ramila appears to have fallen into rainwater pool; Israeli consul general in New York Dani Dayan calls claim an ‘unfounded blood libel against Jewish Israelis’
By JTA and ToI Staff
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
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