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Israel-Palestinian relations

Dr. David Hasan, the founder of The Gaza Children Village, speaks at Mediterranean Deli in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on April 28, 2026. (Courtesy of Rabbi Daniel Greyber via JTA)
May 2, 2026, 5:30 am
US synagogue helps Palestinians raise money for Gaza, finds common ground over falafel
Daylong fundraiser results from relationships formed between rabbi, Palestinian restaurateur and Duke neurosurgeon who seek peace, reconciliation and a good bowl of hummus
By Grace Gilson
A vendor offers mobile phone contracts from a booth on a street in Nablus in the West Bank on November 15, 2016. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)
January 6, 2026, 2:26 am
Israel grants 4G access to Palestinian West Bank cell companies after war delay
Communications Ministry ratifies deals inked by Israeli, Palestinian telecom firms; implementation expected to take 4-6 months; move won’t cover Gaza, where networks stuck on 2G
By Jacob Magid
A woman holds a child as they stand in front of their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians set up in an area in Gaza City, December 29, 2025. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
January 5, 2026, 11:19 pm
Seven Israelis stranded in Gaza blocked from returning due to bureaucratic stalemate
Report says six citizens and one East Jerusalem resident stuck in Strip since before Oct. 7 remain blocked as government bodies pass responsibility
By Stav Levaton
Palestinian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Mustafa attends an Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah on March 7, 2025. (Amer HILABI / AFP)
October 31, 2025, 11:14 pm
PA premier says Ramallah best placed to lead postwar Gaza, despite Israeli obstacles
Mohammad Mustafa says West Bank-based body is committed to seeing reforms through, insists PA offers the best chance for stability in the Strip
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly via video, September 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
September 25, 2025, 9:08 pm
In UN speech, Abbas denounces Israeli ‘genocide,’ rejects ‘what Hamas did on Oct. 7’
PA president vows Palestinians ‘will rise from under the rubble,’ says Hamas must disarm and give up Gaza rule, opposes conflating Palestinian cause with antisemitism, ‘which we reject’
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the opening session of the Palestinian Central Council, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on April 23, 2025. (Flash90)
September 11, 2025, 8:05 am
School delayed and wages unpaid, Palestinian Authority faces deep economic crisis
After years of financial clashes with Israel, the PA is undergoing its most severe financial crisis, with Israeli officials warning of security threats if the distress persists
By Nurit Yohanan
Navi Pillay (center), chair of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, briefs reporters on the first report of the Commission, June 14, 2022. On the right is Miloon Kothari, and at left is Chris Sidoti. (UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré)
August 26, 2025, 8:10 pm
UN inquiry on alleged Israel violence hampered by funding shortfall, document shows
Head of panel, who resigned last month, says it is unable to hire staff, won’t be able to present mandated reports to UN Human Rights Council in March 2026
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa holds a cabinet meeting in Ramallah on July 17, 2025. (PA foreign ministry/X)
July 23, 2025, 12:37 am
Hamstrung PA weighs options as Israel continues to withhold its much-needed funds
Ramallah could halt security cooperation with IDF or declare state of emergency in West Bank, though both those steps may boomerang, highlighting authority’s challenges
By Jacob Magid
(From L-R) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Yesha Council chairman Yisrael Ganz, Transportation Minister Miri Regev and Likud MK Avichai Boaron at a ceremony marking the establishment of a new settlement in the southern West Bank called Mitzpe Ziv on June 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
June 11, 2025, 2:03 am
Smotrich moves to paralyze Palestinian economy in response to Western sanctions
Finance minister orders cancellation of waiver allowing Israel-PA bank ties, though Palestinian Authority not known to have been involved in UK-led decision to blacklist him and Ben Gvir
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians, Israelis and politicians attend a memorial ceremony for those lost in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2022, as Israel marks its annual Memorial Day. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 1:27 pm
An alternative Memorial Day ceremony marks its 20th year. Participants say it’s the future
Controversial joint Israeli-Palestinian event honoring the slain on both sides continues to grow, even in the shadow of the October 7 massacre and ongoing war in Gaza
By Nurit Yohanan
IDF troops operate in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, February 3, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
March 19, 2025, 11:40 am
Governor of Tulkarem: I could have tackled the armed groups here; Israel wouldn’t let me
PA’s Abdallah Kmeil claims Israel wants to keep the PA weak; he doesn’t condemn Hamas’s October 7 slaughter but says he’s become less extreme and wants peace
By Nurit Yohanan
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, right, and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani at a joint press conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, January 20, 2025. (Shlomi Amsalem, GPO)
January 21, 2025, 1:44 am
Sa’ar says a reformed Palestinian Authority could be involved in governing Gaza
But in a joint press conference with Italian counterpart, foreign minister says ‘pay to slay’ policy needs to end, as must incitement, before cooperation can occur
By Rossella Tercatin
Left image: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. Right image: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, poses with newly appointed PA Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, in Ramallah on March 14, 2024. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP; PPO / AFP)
January 13, 2025, 12:54 am
Israel, PA ink deal to release $500 million in withheld Palestinian tax revenues
Funds will be used to pay off debt to Israel Electric Corporation; both sides declare victory after agreeing to mechanism that US hopes can be used for release of additional money
By Jacob Magid
Ofer Bronchtein in Paris, August 2024. (Hally Pancer)
October 29, 2024, 3:12 am
Macron’s point man on Israel-Palestine says ‘it’s not the right time to think about peace’
French-Israeli Ofer Bronchtein believes that conditions conducive to peace will eventually return, despite a deteriorating relationship between the French and Israeli leaders
By Robert Sarner
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Knesset Finance Committee meeting, in Jerusalem, on September 16, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 22, 2024, 10:19 am
US official: PA has met Israeli requirements for Smotrich to extend banking deal
Far-right minister has until October 31 to approve deal allowing Israeli, Palestinian banks to work together; US warns failure to do so could lead to West Bank economic crisis
By Jacob Magid
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