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Palestinians gather around the site of an Israeli drone strike in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/ Jehad Alshrafi)
July 13, 2026, 8:37 pm
EU launches $1 billion aid initiative for Gaza, urges disarmament of Hamas
European Commissioner ‘reached agreement with the Israeli authorities’ on two major waste and water management projects; meeting attended by Board of Peace reps, PA prime minister
By Agencies
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 27, 2026, 10:09 pm
Smotrich confirms Finance Ministry hasn’t transferred any tax revenues to PA for past year
Palestinian Authority prime minister says Israeli policy is meant to ‘destroy institutions of the State of Palestine,’ has left PA cash-strapped and unable to pay employees
By Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid
Palestinians vote during local elections, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2026. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
April 27, 2026, 1:39 am
PA leader Abbas’s loyalists win local elections, including in Gaza’s Deir al‑Balah
First election of any kind in Strip in over 2 decades is cast by Ramallah as a success and ‘another step on the path to full independence’
By Agencies and Nurit Yohanan
US President Donald Trump gestures during a photo during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, as Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani watch. In back are the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Netherland's Prime Minister Dick Schoof. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)
January 22, 2026, 1:49 am
Arab diplomat: Turkey, Qatar filling vacuum in Gaza created by Israel’s snub of PA
Diplomat says nations like Saudi Arabia and UAE had been open to being involved in Strip, but want PA to have a role there so the enclave and West Bank will have unified Palestinian leadership
By Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his aircraft before his departure from King Hussein International Airport in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
December 5, 2025, 3:27 pm
The day after that never came: How time ran out on Blinken’s plan for postwar Gaza
Top Biden diplomat’s proposal sought to end the war while reviving the Saudi normalization talks derailed on Oct. 7. But he couldn’t get it finalized, and Trump now faces many of the same obstacles
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Palestinian boys walk amid the debris of a building in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood following an Israeli airstrike, November 20, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
November 21, 2025, 2:11 pm
Seeking to help rebuild Gaza, EU bolsters reform-linked financial support for PA
$92 million contributions from PA’s biggest backer seek to ‘create conditions for future effective governance across all territories,’ says EU Mediterranean commissioner
By AFP and ToI Staff
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 at United Nations headquarters, September 25, 2025. (AP/Angelina Katsanis)
October 9, 2025, 8:42 pm
Bucking US blueprint, Palestinian Authority still seeks major role in post-war Gaza
PA officials tout institutional reforms in bid to join post-war reconstruction and governance; PM says Ramallah, Cairo planning new Gaza police force, with 5,500 selected to train
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa (2L), conference co-chair Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud (3L), UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (C), and conference co-chair French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (2R) stand for a group photo with high level ministers during the United Nations conference on a two state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, at UN headquarters on July 28, 2025, in New York City. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
July 29, 2025, 2:42 am
Dozens of countries attend UN confab on two-states boycotted by US and Israel
Conference held after delay due to Israel-Iran war; Luxembourg could join France in recognizing Palestine; US avoids criticizing Riyadh while blasting Paris for organizing event
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
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
Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Albares gives a press conference during the Madrid+ For the Implementation of the Two States Solution meeting of European and Arab nations in Madrid on May 25, 2025. (Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP)
May 26, 2025, 3:21 am
Spain proposes imposing sanctions on Israel to force end to Gaza war
Spanish foreign minister urges allies to impose arms embargo, as well as individual sanctions on people trying to ‘ruin the two-state solution forever’
By AFP and ToI Staff
PA Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa (L) shakes hands with EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (R) ahead of a European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the European Convention Center Luxembourg (ECCL) in Luxembourg City, on April 14, 2025. (JOHN THYS / AFP)
April 14, 2025, 9:54 pm
Top EU diplomat: Israel has right to self-defense but current actions disproportionate
European Union announces $1.8 billion to ‘help stabilize the West Bank and Gaza’; Macron calls Abbas, urges ‘reform’ of Palestinian Authority as part of path to two-state solution
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, talks with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, onboard a C-17 aircraft as he departs Israel for Cairo, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
January 24, 2025, 3:42 pm
‘We averted much worse’: Biden’s top Mideast diplomat looks back on tumultuous term
Barbara Leaf ends diplomatic career hopeful about developments in Syria and Lebanon, regrets she could not convince Netanyahu to advance alternative to Hamas rule in post-war Gaza
By Jacob Magid
Participants attend the International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 30, 2024. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
January 13, 2025, 8:04 pm
Norway to host 3rd meeting of ‘international alliance’ pushing for Palestinian state
‘There is broad support for a two-state solution, but the international community must do more,’ Norwegian FM says ahead of summit; new PA prime minister, UNRWA chief set to attend
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Albares (C) addresses a press conference with (From L) European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borell, Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Mustafa, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and Jordanian Foreign Minster Ayman Safadi at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Madrid on September 13, 2024. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
September 13, 2024, 8:01 pm
Ministers from European, Muslim countries meet in Madrid to talk Palestinian statehood
Spanish FM Albares says two-state solution ‘only way’ to ensure peace in region; claims he’d be ‘delighted’ if Israel took part in such discussions, despite it not being invited
By AFP and ToI Staff
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