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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during a service for retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, December 18, 2023. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
August 4, 2026, 2:23 am
US Supreme Court won’t halt $656 million judgment against Palestinians over terror attacks
Justice Sonia Sotomayor declines to freeze damages, as sought by cash-strapped PA; civil suit was brought on behalf of Americans killed in Second Intifada in Jerusalem
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Supreme Court is seen July 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Mariam Zuhaib)
July 30, 2026, 10:58 pm
Palestinians ask US Supreme Court to halt $656m payment pending restitution case appeal
PLO, PA argue that paying hefty sum now in long-running lawsuit filed by Americans who blame them for attacks that killed their loved ones in Israel would destabilize West Bank
By AP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov / AFP)
February 3, 2026, 8:11 am
Palestinian Authority’s Abbas calls first-ever direct PLO parliament elections
PA leader sets November 1 date for vote on members of the Palestinian National Council, says ballots will also be cast abroad
By Jacob Magid and AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a rare meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Central Council, on February 6, 2021. (WAFA)
February 9, 2022, 11:15 am
As Abbas packs PLO with loyalists, succession struggle looms in Palestinian politics
The PA president appears to be backing rise of Hussein al-Sheikh, who has good ties with Israel, but critics decry backroom deals, saying next leader must be chosen by elections
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and then Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, left, speak as they head the first cabinet meeting of the new coalition government at Abbas' office in Gaza City, March 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
February 22, 2021, 9:03 am
Hamas says it won’t nominate presidential candidate for Palestinian elections
Remarks by senior official in terror group will likely come as a relief to PA President Abbas, who polls indicate would lose in a head-to-head with Hamas chief Haniyeh
By ToI Staff
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gestures as he makes a stop on April 9, 2018, at the site of violent "March of Return" protests on the Israel-Gaza border east of Gaza City. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
February 21, 2021, 1:23 pm
PA says Hamas has committed to peaceful resistance, two states — report
In letter ahead of scheduled Palestinian elections, senior PA official said to inform US that Hamas also agreed to obey international law and accept a peaceful transfer of power
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State George Shultz, left, greets Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin at the State Department in Washington on January 28, 1985 (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)
February 8, 2021, 5:29 pm
When George Shultz, friend of Israel, opened the door to Palestinian legitimacy
In Moscow, US secretary of state met with Jews denied exit permits, and once arranged a ‘refusenik’ Passover Seder at the US Embassy
By Matthew Lee
PLO official Hanan Ashrawi at her office in Ramallah, January 31, 2012 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 9, 2020, 10:31 pm
Longtime Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns
One of the best-known spokespeople for the Palestinian cause in the Western press, Ashrawi calls for reform in Palestine Liberation Organization in her resignation letter
By Aaron Boxerman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Saeb Erekat in Jerusalem, April 2012. Netanyahu aide Yitzhak Molcho is at left, and PA security chief Majed Faraj is at second left. (Amos Ben Gershom /GPO/Flash90)
November 10, 2020, 2:41 pm
Erekat remembered as a peace-seeker by some, a demonizer of Israel by others
Palestinians declare 3 days of mourning; right-wing MKs denounce sorrowful Israeli reactions; ex-Trump envoy: We were worlds apart but he tried to represent his people
By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff
Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks during at a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, July 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
November 10, 2020, 11:23 am
Saeb Erekat, who led Palestinian negotiations for statehood, dies at 65
PLO secretary-general and Abbas aide succumbs to COVID-19; was an architect of the Oslo Accords, adversary of Israel in global forums, bitter opponent of Trump plan
By Aaron Boxerman
Fatah Central Committee member Muhammad Al-Madani (Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)
February 25, 2020, 1:51 pm
Abbas rejects resignation of senior official tasked with outreach to Israelis
Mohammed al-Madani sought to quit on Saturday after the committee he leads came under fire for meetings it organized between Israelis and Palestinians
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in Cairo, Egypt, in 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
January 1, 2020, 12:43 pm
Erekat likens step toward ICC probe to that of first astronaut on moon
The PLO official also says there’s no peace because Israel has not been held accountable, calls Arab normalization with Jewish state ‘a stab in the Palestinian people’s back’
By Adam Rasgon
Illustrative: Palestinians clash with IDF soldiers in the West Bank city of Jenin, January 18, 2018. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
November 26, 2019, 6:14 am
IDF to boost forces, but aiming to avoid conflict, on Palestinian ‘day of rage’
Palestinians plan mass protests Tuesday across West Bank and Gaza Strip against new US settlements policy
By ToI Staff
Palestinian demonstrators carry banners and national flags during a protest against the US-sponsored Middle East economic conference that opened in Bahrain, in the West Bank city of Nablus on June 25, 2019. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
November 25, 2019, 3:00 pm
Palestinians gear up for ‘day of rage’ Tuesday against US settlements policy
PLO official says demonstrations will include marches through city centers and speeches by leaders of Palestinian factions
By Adam Rasgon
The late Israeli author of Iraqi descent, Yitzhak Bar Moshe. (courtesy, Idit Shemer)
November 18, 2019, 8:00 pm
An Iraqi Jewish story, written in Arabic, finds an unlikely champion in Abbas
Palestinian leader gets permission from Israeli family to reprint and distribute Yitzhak Bar Moshe’s ‘Exodus from Iraq,’ which official says made the PA president cry
By Adam Rasgon
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