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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)
EU launches $1 billion aid initiative for Gaza, urges disarmament of Hamas
By Agencies
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
Demonstrators gather with placards bearing portraits of Palestinians currently detained by Israel, during a protest in solidarity with them in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 7, 2026. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
PA says external audit proves payments incentivizing attacks on Israelis have ended
By Jacob Magid
In this handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO), Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas votes during the elections for the new central committee of the Fatah movement during their Eighth General Conference in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank on May 16, 2026. (Thaer Ghanaim/PPO/AFP)
July 9, 2026, 6:40 pm
Abbas declares first Palestinian legislative elections since 2006 to be held Nov. 28
PA president signs decree days before EU donor conference, hoping Brussels will see it as fulfillment of reform pledges, provide funds badly needed following Israeli sanctions
By AFP and Jacob Magid
FILE: Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy attends the ministerial meeting of the EU and the League of Arab states in Athens on June 11, 2014. (LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP)
July 9, 2026, 3:32 pm
New Arab League chief says he was blocked by Israel from visiting West Bank
Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy says PA informed him of Israeli refusal; UN says 5,900 West Bank residents displaced by settler violence over past 3 years
By AFP and Nurit Yohanan
Illustrative: A man transports boxes of medication from Nablus's Rafidiya hospital to an ambulance vehicle waiting behind a barrier at the entrance to the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the West Bank, on May 6, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
June 29, 2026, 5:50 am
Short of funds for drugs or doctors, West Bank health system falters under Israeli sanctions
A yearlong freeze on transfers of tax revenues has resulted in the debt-ridden PA Health Ministry being unable to provide many services, with physicians striking over inability to help patients
By Nurit Yohanan
A Palestinian visitor takes a photo at the Roman archeological site in the West Bank town of Sebastia, November. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
June 25, 2026, 2:01 pm
Palestinians warn West Bank antiquities bill designed to expand Israeli control
PA minster says law would bring Israeli civil authority ‘deep inside Palestinian territories,’ as Israeli groups, a Knesset legal adviser, and the IDF warn against consequences
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (left) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a summit to support ending the two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (YouTube screenshot)
June 17, 2026, 3:18 am
US weighs boosting ties with PA as it seeks to advance Gaza plan and Abraham Accords
Officials tell ToI that sides have been holding talks with aim of signing an MOU, which PA hopes will lead to reopening of DC diplomatic office shuttered in Trump’s first term, but US enthusiasm waning
By Jacob Magid
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new settlement of Doran in the Mount Hebron region of the West Bank, June 16, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 16, 2026, 4:55 pm
Smotrich says he’s ‘abolished Hebron agreement,’ given Israel more power in flashpoint city
Minister says he’s undoing accord with PA on zoning authority over Hebron Jewish settlement, Tomb of the Patriarchs, as part of effort to extend control throughout West Bank; US in response warns against annexation
By Jeremy Sharon and Jacob Magid
Palestinians shop at a market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 26, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
June 15, 2026, 12:54 pm
Report warns Israeli restrictions pushing Palestinian economy in West Bank to collapse
Deprived of tax revenues and work permits, ‘economic conditions necessary for any Palestinian future other than permanent subjugation’ being lost, warns International Crisis Group
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 8:23 am
PA’s Abbas says oft-canceled presidential elections to be held in 2027
Palestinian Authority’s leader has now remained in power for 20 years, 15 years beyond the original date on which he was due to seek re-election
By Nurit Yohanan
IDF troops operate in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, May 7, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)
June 11, 2026, 6:09 pm
As IDF prepares to build post in Jenin, 2 soldiers hurt, 1 seriously, in blast
Troops wounded during scan of area where the IDF seeks to establish what would be its first permanent post in Area A, which is meant to be fully controlled by Palestinian Authority
By Emanuel Fabian
Demonstrators hold placards bearing portraits of Palestinians detained by Israel during a solidarity protest in Ramallah on April 7, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
June 11, 2026, 4:14 am
External audit finds PA no longer rewarding security prisoners — diplomats
Western officials tell ToI that global consulting firm’s initial review shows Ramallah reformed welfare program to be needs-based instead of based on time served, contradicting US report
By Jacob Magid
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
Rabbi Michael Melchior in his apartment in Jerusalem on May 14, 2026. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
June 2, 2026, 5:54 am
‘God’s wish’: Religious Zionist rabbi still crusading for peace with the Palestinians
20 years ago, Michael Melchior served as Knesset member and government minister when he chaired religious party Meimad; today, he believes faith-based values can yet shape a better future for Israel
By Rossella Tercatin
Zakaria Zubeidi, a former commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, poses with a supporter in Ramallah on May 18, 2026, as initial results emerged from the Palestinian movement's first congress in a decade. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
June 1, 2026, 8:05 am
In shift, Fatah opens leadership vote to terror convicts freed in hostage deals
May conference confirms influence of hundreds released in deals for Gaza hostages — including many who were serving life sentences for deadly attacks — allowing them to cast ballots and win seats on bodies that guide the PA
By Nurit Yohanan
Palestinians shop for sheep and goats ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha at a livestock market in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
May 28, 2026, 2:18 pm
Amid economic crisis in the West Bank, Eid al-Adha is more observed than celebrated
Israel’s withholding of PA tax revenues for the past year left public sector employees without salaries ahead of the holiday; merchants say markets are largely empty
By Nurit Yohanan
(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
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