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Illustrative: A Palestinian man rides his bicycle by the rubble of buildings that were destroyed during the Israel Hamas war, in southern Gaza Strip, July 31, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 10, 2026, 1:28 am
Board of Peace envoy says full execution of Gaza plan only ‘guarantee’ Oct. 7 won’t recur
Nickolay Mladenov tells Channel 12 disarmament plan is ‘not built on trust,’ but complete verification of progress; White House said not worried about Netanyahu’s rejection of plan
By Stav Levaton, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Mideast expert Ksenia Svetlova joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (courtesy/ToI/AP)
August 2, 2026, 1:10 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 2 – Saudis talk Trump down from Iran strike… for now
Mideast expert Ksenia Svetlova on the current chances for Saudi-Israel normalization, why Egypt didn’t enter the conflict with Iran, and Arab world reactions to the Hamas disarmament deal
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Ksenia Svetlova
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestinian Football Association, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 7, 2018. (Thaer Ganaim/APA Images/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News)
June 7, 2026, 2:36 am
In rare critique, senior PA official says Abbas’s exclusion of political rivals is mistaken
Jibril Rajoub tells ToI that those backing exiled ex-security chief Dahlan shouldn’t be forced to sign ‘humiliating’ individual amnesty requests, as demanded by ruling Fatah party
By Jacob Magid
(L) Shin Bet director David Zini at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 21, 2026 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) (R) Mohammed Dahlan in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on January 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
May 26, 2026, 10:47 am
Shin Bet head met exiled PA Gaza security chief Dahlan in UAE — sources
Since falling out with Palestinian Authority president 15 years ago, former Fatah strongman has advocated for reforming PA and bringing democracy to West Bank and Strip
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) chairs the eighth Fatah conference in Ramallah on May 14, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
May 16, 2026, 1:34 am
Backers of Abbas rival excluded from Fatah confab, despite Egypt’s push for inclusivity
After PA president gave non-committal response to visiting Egyptian official, members of Dahlan-led faction left out of major gathering where elections held for party’s top panels
By Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian activist Samer Sinijlawi in Jerusalem, May 27, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
June 6, 2024, 3:03 am
Palestinian activist wants both sides to see the conflict through each other’s eyes
Samer Sinijlawi maintains that the best way to ensure security for Israelis and dignity for Palestinians after the war is for their respective leaders to become best friends
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, chairs a session of the weekly cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, April 29, 2019 (Majdi Mohammed / AP)
February 27, 2024, 1:13 pm
‘Cosmetic’ PA reshuffle seen as bid by Abbas to hold power, avoid demanded reforms
Ramallah’s new prime minister is likely to be another loyalist to the PA president, who appears to be trying to preempt US pressure for structural changes to revitalize the body
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Mohammad Dahlan during a TV interview on March 18, 2021 (video screenshot)
February 14, 2024, 6:33 pm
Exiled Palestinian official: Arab states will support an independent leader in Gaza
Speaking to NY Times, former Gaza strongman Mohammad Dahlan says UAE, Saudi Arabia could send peacekeepers and pay for reconstruction if progress made on Palestinian statehood
By Lazar Berman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in the West Bank city Ramallah, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (Alaa Badarneh/Pool via AP)
November 30, 2023, 8:25 pm
PA’s Abbas a ‘liability’ in planning for post-war Gaza, Arab officials say
PA president can’t be relied on to take over after Hamas, Arab diplomats tell ToI, highlighting Ramallah’s ineffective governance as a factor in its current weakened state
By Jacob Magid
Mohammad Dahlan during a TV interview on March 18, 2021 (video screenshot)
October 31, 2023, 1:19 pm
Ex-Fatah strongman Dahlan calls for postwar democracy in Gaza, including Hamas
Former Palestinian Authority national security adviser proposes a technocratic government for two years to unify factions, then elections for a government to replace the PA
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Palestinian security officer stands next to a truck carrying Sputnik V vaccines, donated by the United Arab Emirates, at a cold storage warehouse in Gaza City on January 26, 2022. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
January 26, 2022, 4:58 pm
Abbas rival Dahlan arranges delivery of 1 million vaccine doses to Gaza
UAE-funded shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V is largest single batch of vaccines to arrive in Hamas-run enclave; cargo arrives via border crossing with Egypt
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announces that the PA legislative elections will be indefinitely delayed, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. (WAFA/Tha'ir Ghanayem)
April 30, 2021, 4:15 am
Hamas slams Abbas’s decision to delay Palestinian vote as a ‘coup’
PA president postpones first Palestinian national elections in 15 years, blaming Israel, but critics say veteran leader afraid of losing
By Aaron Boxerman
Logos of 11 of the 36 Palestinian political lists, ahead of the 2021 legislative elections. (Palestinian Media Watch)
April 16, 2021, 2:41 pm
Party logos of 11 Palestinian election lists feature maps erasing Israel
PA President Abbas’s Fatah movement also uses an image that appears to display the entire region as Palestine; vote slated for May 22
By ToI Staff
FILE: Palestinian supporters of the Fatah movement demonstrate in the West Bank city of Hebron, June 5, 2020. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
April 13, 2021, 7:39 pm
Ahead of Palestinian elections, West Bank homes of 2 candidates hit by gunfire
Separately, Israel arrests Hamas candidate for parliament, angering terror group
By Aaron Boxerman
PA President Mahmoud Abbas attends a leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on September 3, 2020. (Alaa Badarneh/Pool Photo via AP)
April 4, 2021, 8:52 pm
36 Palestinian lists approved to run in May legislative elections
Apart from Fatah and Hamas, notable slates include factions backed by convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti, exiled Abbas rival Dahlan
By AFP and ToI Staff
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