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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

Majed Faraj

Palestinian Authority intelligence chief Majed Faraj arrives at the inauguration ceremony of a waste treatment plant in the northern Gaza Strip on March 13, 2018. (Ashraf Amra/APA Images via ZUMA Wire)
April 28, 2025, 2:27 pm
In first since Trump’s return, PA intel chief to meet CIA officials in Washington
Majed Faraj in US for medical procedure, but will use opportunity to meet with American counterparts and bolster his standing amid Abbas plan to replace him
By Jacob Magid
Director of Palestinian General Intelligence in the West Bank Majid Faraj (L) whispers to President Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during a meeting where he requested to join 15 United Nations agencies, abandoning pledges to refrain from doing so during nine months of talks that were to end April 29, at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
March 25, 2025, 3:51 am
Abbas planning to replace longtime spy chief, capping off purge of PA security heads
PA president under growing pressure to make space for new generation of leaders, as world community hopes Ramallah can gear-up to take on larger task of resuming governance in Gaza
By Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
As Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi, third from right, speaks to reporters, United Arab Emirates Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy, left, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, second from left, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki, third from left, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, second from right, and Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit listen after a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
January 29, 2024, 8:55 pm
Report: Arab intel chiefs discuss reforming PA for a postwar return to Gaza
At unpublicized meeting in Riyadh earlier this month, Saudi national security adviser said to tell PA, Egypt, Jordan that Gulf kingdom still interested in normalization with Israel
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) is met by Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) at the airport in Jeddah, April 17, 2023 (Wafa)
April 18, 2023, 10:03 am
Abbas to meet Saudi Arabian leader, with Hamas delegation also said to be in kingdom
Official Palestinian news agency says two will discuss regional developments and strengthening of PA ties with Riyadh, which has been moving away from normalization with Israel
By ToI Staff
Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the PLO Hussein al-Sheikh at his office in Ramallah, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/ Nasser Nasser)
December 27, 2022, 9:44 pm
Top Abbas aide heard bashing Palestinian leader for mismanaging succession
Hussein al-Sheikh, one of the leading candidates to helm PA, calls Abbas ‘son of 66 whores’ for allowing issue to foment internal anarchy, in tapes leaked to Hamas-linked site
By ToI Staff
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks at meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, March 27, 2022, in Ramallah. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
August 22, 2022, 10:16 pm
Shin Bet said to warn Palestinian Authority to stay out of Israel’s elections
Ramallah official Majed Faraj reportedly urged Joint List MKs to join forces with Ra’am to prevent Netanyahu’s return to power, offered PA mediation
By ToI Staff
Joint List MK Sami Abou Shahadeh speaks in the Knesset plenum during a vote on the state budget, November 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 22, 2022, 10:06 am
Balad leader denies meeting with PA intelligence chief in Ramallah
Report says meeting with senior Joint List lawmakers was aimed at returning Ra’am to the fold, after it ran separately in the last elections and joined coalition
By ToI Staff
Joint List members present their party slate to the Central Elections Committee in the Knesset, January 15, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 20, 2022, 5:02 am
Report: PA working to convince Joint List to rejoin with Ra’am ahead of election
Israeli TV network quotes unnamed Palestinian official who confirms that intelligence chief met Arab MKs but insists PA not seeking to interfere in November election
By ToI Staff
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi (left) sits with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on May 31, 2022. (WAFA)
May 31, 2022, 7:00 pm
Abbas says PA planning steps ‘to confront Israeli escalation,’ fumes at ‘US silence’
Status quo ‘cannot be tolerated,’ says PA president; Ramallah has accused Washington of dragging its feet on promises to the Palestinians since Biden entered office last year
By Aaron Boxerman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, L, speaks during a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, on November 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) Palestinian Authority General Intelligence Services chief Majed Faraj speaking in Hebron on June 11, 2018. (Screen capture/Youtube)
January 13, 2022, 12:33 am
Lapid said to have met PA intel chief, but did not discuss diplomatic issues
Foreign Minister and Majed Faraj reportedly held talks last month on economic and security issues, as some coalition members continue building up contacts with PA leadership
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority General Intelligence Services chief Majed Faraj speaking in Hebron on June 11, 2018. (Screenshot: Youtube)
June 19, 2021, 7:09 pm
PA delegation in Washington for first security consultations of Biden era
Team headed by intelligence chief Majed Faraj meets with CIA counterparts to discuss maintaining calm in West Bank amid latest Gaza violence
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian health workers handling a coronavirus test sample of Palestinian workers as they cross back from Israel at a checkpoint in Tarqumiya on March 25, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
March 30, 2020, 9:58 pm
PA intelligence secures 10,000 virus testing kits from China
Official says Palestinians had been down to a few hundred kits to test for COVID-19 before shipment arrived
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority General Intelligence Services chief Majed Faraj speaking in Hebron on June 11, 2018. (Screenshot: Youtube)
January 26, 2020, 11:42 am
Palestinian cell arrested for alleged hit attempt on PA’s intel chief — sources
PA forces in West Bank find explosives, with ringleader said to confess plotting to hurt Maged Faraj; case thought to be linked to internal struggle to succeed Mahmoud Abbas
By Avi Issacharoff
US-based Palestinian billionaire Adnan Mjalli (Courtesy/Facebook)
January 24, 2019, 5:09 am
Bomb reportedly blows up $500,000 Mercedes of billionaire seen as Abbas rival
TV report says N. Carolina-based pharma tycoon Adnan Mjalli was not in the car at the time; move seen as a warning to him not to enter race to succeed elderly Palestinian leader
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman speaks at a conference in Netanya on November 22, 2018. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)
December 4, 2018, 8:15 pm
Liberman quietly met top PA officials two weeks before resigning
Palestinians told then-defense minister they wanted to review economic annex of the Oslo Accords
By Adam Rasgon
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