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Palestinians set to delay November’s legislative elections, citing worsening conditions
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the inauguration ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
By Reuters and ToI Staff
20 years since last vote, PA's Vice President Hussein Al Sheikh says 'anticipated political, security and economic conditions have not materialized'
Palestinian children sit in their classroom on the first day of the new academic year at a UN-run school in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, September 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
October 9, 2026, 9:56 am
A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for ‘hateful’ speech
Plan by Gaza Children Village opposed by educators in Gaza, with some fearing surveillance could be intercepted by Israel, while others object to efforts to censor teachers
By SAM MEDNICK
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the foundation stone ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 9, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
October 8, 2026, 11:58 pm
Palestinian factions discuss delaying their first legislative elections in 20 years
Abbas’s Fatah says no final decision made on November 28 vote; needs to consult with other factions and PLO executive committee; Islamic Jihad says elections to be delayed
By ABBY SEWELL, SAM METZ and ToI Staff
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian security officer Ali al-Bazari at Rafidia Hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, after he was killed in a clash in the village of Burqa on October 7, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
October 7, 2026, 8:17 pm
Palestinians say man killed as settlers raid West Bank village accompanied by IDF
Incident follows apparent clash at outpost; army says 44-year-old ran at troops with ‘suspicious object’; settlers torch Israeli activist’s car
By Nurit Yohanan, Stav Levaton, Jeremy Sharon, AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the inauguration ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 9, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
October 7, 2026, 8:17 am
Palestinian Authority claims Israel blocked election officials from Jerusalem, Gaza
PA’s Central Elections Commission says it is moving ahead with preparations for November 28 vote, employees in Gaza already trained and deployed; EU ready to provide observers
By AFP and ToI Staff
This handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (R) meeting with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in Ramallah on March 24, 2025. (Thaer Ghanaim / PPO / AFP) /
October 6, 2026, 7:03 pm
EU ‘ready to deploy’ observers for November Palestinian legislative election, envoy says
Kaja Kallas says vote offers ‘long-overdue opportunity to renew legitimacy’ of PA institutions, but questions remain as to whether it’ll be held amid Israeli restrictions, divisions in Abbas’s Fatah
By AFP and Jacob Magid
Screen capture from video of masked people throwing stones in the West Bank village of Yasuf, October 1, 2026. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 1, 2026, 11:05 pm
Palestinian reportedly shot dead by settlers in West Bank amid olive harvest clashes
Violence hits village of Yasuf; police open probe after Palestinians stone Israeli hikers; PA later says settlers killed resident; elsewhere, settlers attack Israeli rights activists, 5 injured
By Nurit Yohanan, Noam Lehmann and AFP
Then-Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 3, 2011. (AP Photo/ Majdi Mohammed, File)
September 30, 2026, 6:02 pm
Ex-Fatah strongman Dahlan may join with Hamas to challenge PA’s Abbas at ballot box
Talks underway with exiled power broker for creation of unified Palestinian list to run in November election, including members of Islamic Jihad, though unclear if slate will get go-ahead, or vote will even occur
By Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid
Tens of thousands of red-clad protesters marched past the Peace Palace, housing the International Court of Justice, rear, demanding their government do more to halt Israel's campaign in Gaza, during a demonstration in The Hague, Netherlands, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
September 29, 2026, 8:02 pm
The Netherlands is just a symptom of a widening global boycott against Israel
A year after the US forced a Gaza ceasefire, Israel’s international standing continues to plummet. The latest European restrictions threaten to exact a heavy economic toll
By Tal Schneider
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a ceremony marking the establishment of the new Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Arugot in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, September 2, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 27, 2026, 4:17 pm
Smotrich: Israel must ‘go to war’ in West Bank, ‘do there what we did in Gaza’
Finance minister also calls on Israel to annex ‘at least’ up to the ceasefire line in Gaza and the Litani River in Lebanon to make enemies ‘pay a price’ for Oct. 7 and ensuing wars
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks via pre-recorded video during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
September 24, 2026, 8:09 pm
PA’s Abbas at UN: Israel trying to force Palestinians out with ‘genocidal war,’ ‘settler terrorism’
In virtual address, leader rejects US justifications for visa ban extension, insisting that Ramallah rejects terrorism and has ‘completed’ pledged reforms, targeting Israel in ICC is ‘peaceful’
By Jacob Magid
Espen Barth Eide, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway, speaks during a high-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State solution at UN Headquarters on July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
September 24, 2026, 3:54 am
Norway says sanctioning settlements ‘the right thing to do,’ despite potential Israeli retaliation
Israeli reprisals to previous measures have impaired Oslo’s ability to aid Palestinians; Norwegian FM says latest step shows that ‘the world that helped establish Israel now wants to see this [West Bank] problem solved’
By Jacob Magid
Neria Leiter (Courtesy)
September 23, 2026, 7:09 pm
Son of Israel’s US envoy, a soldier, seriously hurt in car-ramming attack in West Bank; assailant shot dead
Separately, commandos arrest PA colonel for allegedly advancing terror activities; 2 Palestinians charged for allegedly planning to assassinate Ben Gvir and carry out terror attacks
By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg, Noam Lehmann and Jeremy Sharon
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 23, 2026, 2:46 pm
Liberman proposes Jordan control parts of West Bank, drawing right-wing rebuke
Yisrael Beytenu party chief says PA cannot remain in control of territory and ‘you can’t have a vacuum’; Netanyahu tells him to ‘retract your statement immediately’
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Fatah Central Committee member Yasser Abbas speaks during a visit to the northern West Bank city of Jenin on September 13, 2026. (Yasser Abbas/Facebook)
September 23, 2026, 12:23 am
PA president’s son unsuccessfully sought to skirt US ban on Palestinian officials
Canadian passport proves insufficient as Yasser Abbas not allowed on flight from Dubai to NYC, where he planned to meet foreign delegations on UN sidelines, sources tell ToI
By Jacob Magid
From left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Palestinian Authority minister Sufian Abu Zaida and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool Photo via AP, Screen capture/Facebook, AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
September 22, 2026, 1:36 am
Ex-PA minister: Israel, Hamas were nearing deal on 4 Israelis held in Gaza before Oct. 7 onslaught
Sufian Abu Zaida says talks sought hostage deal and relief for Gaza; vows to reveal message Sinwar asked him to convey to Israel weeks before attack in upcoming TV interview
By ToI Staff
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