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An off-duty IDF servicewoman speaks with Israeli security forces after being extracted from the West Bank city of Jericho, July 10, 2026. (Civil Administration)
July 11, 2026, 2:19 pm
Off-duty IDF soldier, two Israeli women extracted from West Bank’s Jericho
Three women brought out in two separate incidents after entering Palestinian Authority-controlled city that is off limits to Israelis
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli woman who was extracted from the West Bank city of Jericho is seen next to an officer from Israel's Civil Administration, December 19, 2025. (Courtesy)
December 22, 2025, 11:10 am
Israeli rescued from Jericho abduction says she was threatened with gun, assaulted
Reports say woman told police she was lured to West Bank by man she met online, who she thought was Jewish; woman was extracted by PA forces, returned to Israel
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
June 6, 2025, 9:31 pm
US slated to reverse planned nix of office tasked with boosting Israel-PA security ties
Office of Security Coordinator in Jerusalem will report to US ambassador to Israel, rather than directly to secretary of state in what could lead to loss of its influence
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian policemen participate in a training session at their headquarters in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 30, 2019. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
April 30, 2025, 3:07 am
US plans to eliminate security post tasked with bolstering Israel-PA security ties
US official says move not final until announcement, but acknowledges office of 3-star general in Jerusalem is currently on chopping block as part of State Department reorganization
By Jacob Magid
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
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks while US President Donald Trump listens before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
April 11, 2025, 8:40 pm
PA invites US to verify that controversial prisoner payment system no longer in place
After US expressed skepticism, top Abbas aide sends letter to Rubio encouraging Trump delegation to come to Ramallah after June 1 and certify new welfare system up and running
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
Palestinian security forces gather at the site of a protest against clashes between Palestinian security forces and terror groups in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on December 21, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
March 19, 2025, 4:05 pm
US sharpens tone against PA, but funds for its security forces continue
After welcoming Abbas decree ending pay-to-slay, State Department demands ‘actions’; CIA still sending money to security forces, US assures Ramallah rest of aid will return after review
By Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian journalist Shatha al-Sabbagh in an undated photo. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 29, 2024, 1:53 pm
Palestinian journalist shot dead in Jenin; family blames PA, which blames ‘outlaws’
Death of Shatha al-Sabbagh comes as PA security services clash with terror operatives in West Bank city; family says shooting happened with no fighting nearby
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Palestinian Authority security officer clutches his gun amid a major raid against members of terror groups in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, December 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
December 25, 2024, 2:38 pm
Why PA security forces are cracking down on Palestinian terror groups in West Bank
Rare raid in Jenin aims to bring law and order to a hotbed of terrorism, while trying to position Ramallah to take over governance in Gaza after the war there ends
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A bomb planted by Palestinian gunmen explodes after being detonated by Israeli soldiers during a military raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
December 25, 2024, 2:16 am
IDF brigade chief lightly hurt in blast during Tulkarem op; Palestinians report 8 killed
Col. Ayub Kayuf taken to hospital for treatment after device detonated against his vehicle; army says it conducted drone strikes on gunmen; Ramallah says 2 women among the dead
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinian security forces deploy to Jenin in the north of the West Bank on December 17, 2024. (Photo by Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
December 24, 2024, 6:05 pm
Two Palestinians killed in West Bank as IDF says it eliminated terrorist
IDF operation in Tulkarem comes after two Palestinian Authority security officers were killed in unprecedented crackdown on terror in West Bank
By ToI Staff and Agencies
PA security forces stand guard at a roadblock in the West Bank city of Jenin on December 6, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
December 14, 2024, 1:32 pm
PA security forces kill Islamic Jihad commander, sparking clashes in Jenin
Amid larger crackdown against terror groups in West Bank, PA general says his forces ‘thwarted a disaster’ by stopping car bombing aimed at Palestinian civilians and PA forces
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen attend the funeral of fellow member in the Jenin refugee camp on October 8, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 6, 2024, 2:38 am
Palestinian security forces battle gunmen in Jenin after PA vehicles stolen
Palestinian Authority deploys troops around camp in northern West Bank, vows to recover the vehicles that armed men waving Islamic Jihad flags paraded through the streets
By AFP and ToI Staff
Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich (right) and Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
September 13, 2023, 11:57 am
Fuming at reported weapons transfer to PA, far-right ministers threaten Netanyahu
Smotrich calls emergency meeting of Religious Zionism party; Ben Gvir calls on PM to publicly disavow reports or ‘face consequences’; defense minister says no arms were transferred
By ToI Staff
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