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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the Palestinian Peace and Freedom Forum in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 6, 2019. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
PA fumes over Israeli ‘piracy’ after decision to deduct terror money
By TOI staff
Abbas’s spokesman says attempts to harm livelihood of ‘imprisoned heroes’ won’t be accepted, warns of repercussions against Israel
A post on "The Palestinian National Liberation Movement 'Fatah'/ The Official Page" from October 2015 of a knife stabbing a religious Jew. (Palestinian Media Watch)
Denying incitement, Fatah Facebook page chief claims incendiary posts ‘symbolic’
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the Palestinian Peace and Freedom Forum in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 6, 2019. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
February 17, 2019, 11:54 pm
PA fumes over Israeli ‘piracy’ after decision to deduct terror money
Abbas’s spokesman says attempts to harm livelihood of ‘imprisoned heroes’ won’t be accepted, warns of repercussions against Israel
By TOI staff
Trucks loaded with goods and merchandise make deliveries to the Gaza Strip after the Kerem Shalom crossing was opened on August 15, 2018. (Flash90)
February 17, 2019, 10:18 pm
Hamas takes over Gaza cargo terminal as PA forces decamp
Factions dispute whether departure was an expulsion by terror group or PA employees left of their own will
By TOI staff
An Israeli woman holds a sign reading 'Our blood is not worthless,' during a rally in Tel Aviv on February 9, 2019, following the murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 17, 2019, 8:45 pm
Ministers approve slashing $138 million from Palestinians over terror payments
Amid anger over murder of teen in Jerusalem, security cabinet backs implementation of law to deduct amount equal to PA payments to attackers and families
By TOI staff
Pictures said to show shoes with tracking devices seized by Hamas en route to the Gaza Strip on February 16, 2019 (screen capture: Twitter)
February 17, 2019, 3:14 pm
Hamas said to seize military boots with tracking devices at Gaza crossing
Security source in Gaza tells Turkish news agency Israel attempted to send the boots to the Strip to spy on members of terrorist groups
By Adam Rasgon
A post on "The Palestinian National Liberation Movement 'Fatah'/ The Official Page" from October 2015 of a knife stabbing a religious Jew. (Palestinian Media Watch)
February 15, 2019, 2:27 pm
Denying incitement, Fatah Facebook page chief claims incendiary posts ‘symbolic’
Israeli critics dismiss Munir al-Jaghoub’s arguments as ‘ludicrous’; Fatah officials suggest page does not reflect party’s official positions
By Adam Rasgon
Mahmoud Abu al-Haija, the editor-in-chief of Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, the Palestinian Authority's daily. (Screenshot: Hibr)
February 14, 2019, 2:45 am
Editor of PA daily calls expected Trump peace proposal a ‘Holocaust plan’
Mahmoud Abu al-Haija says no coincidence that ongoing Middle East conference is being held in Warsaw, because US wants the city again turned ‘into an arena of a holocaust genocide’
By TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meeting in Riyadh on February 12, 2019. (Credit: Wafa)
February 13, 2019, 1:40 am
Meeting Abbas, MBS backs Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital
Palestinian leader also holds talks with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh, a day before a US-led conference on the Middle East in Warsaw, which Ramallah has said it is boycotting
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) meets with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh on November 7, 2017. (Thaer Ghanaim/Wafa)
February 11, 2019, 10:33 pm
Abbas travels to Riyadh for meeting with King Salman
Senior PLO official Ahmad Majdalani denies report that Saudis recently shifted positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki addresses the General Assembly prior to a vote on December 21, 2017, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
February 11, 2019, 5:11 pm
PA says it will take legal action against US over ‘financial siege’
Palestinian FM says Ramallah also seeking funding alternatives in face of Washington’s moves aimed at pressuring Palestinians into peace process
By TOI staff and Agencies
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, attends a Christmas midnight mass at Saint Catherine's Church in the Church of the Nativity, traditionally recognized by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)
February 11, 2019, 2:06 pm
US has ordered banks not to send money to PA, official says
Fatah’s Hussein al-Sheikh says American financial pressure aims to bring Palestinians to their knees, force them to accept Trump peace plan
By TOI staff and Agencies
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 32nd African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa on February 10, 2019. (SIMON MAINA / AFP)
February 10, 2019, 7:02 pm
In Addis Ababa, Abbas urges African states to maintain support for Palestinians
PA president tells the African Union his people reject US intervention in Venezuela; speaks to Norwegian PM about Palestinian boycott of US-led conference in Poland
By Adam Rasgon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 9, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
February 10, 2019, 1:58 pm
Netanyahu vows to deduct terror payments from PA starting ‘next week’
Facing public pressure after killing of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher by Palestinian suspect, PM says ‘no one should doubt’ deductions will be implemented
By TOI staff
Ori Ansbacher (Courtesy)
February 9, 2019, 9:32 pm
PM, president laud capture of Israeli teen’s killer; hardliners demand reprisal
As Netanyahu and Rivlin praise security forces for quickly nabbing suspect, ministers Bennett and Shaked call for implementation of law cutting PA funding over terror payments
By Jacob Magid
A picture taken on December 6, 2017 shows Palestinian men watching an address given by US President Donald Trump at a cafe in Jerusalem. AFP PHOTO / Ahmad GHARABLI
February 7, 2019, 11:50 pm
Palestinian Authority brands US-led Middle East meeting an ‘American conspiracy’
PA not invited to Warsaw conference, says it will ignore its conclusions amid breakdown in relations with Washington
By AFP
Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz (C) is greeted by supporters as he arrives to give his first electoral speech in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on January 29, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)
February 6, 2019, 7:22 pm
Palestinians ‘encouraged’ by Gantz’s remarks on possible West Bank pullback
Spokesperson for PA chief stresses there is no info yet on what policies Netanyahu’s rival will actually implement if he becomes prime minister
By TOI staff
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