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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer (right) meet with top White House adviser Jared Kushner (second from left) and US adviser Aryeh Lightstone (left) in Jerusalem on November 10, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)
August 19, 2026, 3:54 am
PM, Kushner clashed over continued Israeli strikes on Oct. 7 terrorists — officials
Officials tell ToI that Trump aide also took issue with Netanyahu’s refusal to let police recruits leave Gaza for training, as Board of Peace needs them for Hamas weapons handovers
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
Palestinians gather around the site of an Israeli drone strike in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/ Jehad Alshrafi)
July 20, 2026, 8:45 pm
Slowed by Hamas’s grip and Israeli politics, Gaza plan advancing in ‘baby steps,’ officials say
Progress on framework remains slow as meager international forces start to arrive; upcoming election makes Israeli leaders extra-cautious, to frustration of some Arab partners
By Nava Freiberg
US President Donald Trump (R) sits with US Vice President JD Vance as they attend the inaugural meeting of the 'Board of Peace' at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
June 29, 2026, 11:57 pm
Board of Peace finalizing plans for Gaza, but implementation timeline up in the air
With disarmament talks stalled, committee of Palestinian technocrats tasked with replacing Hamas remains outside Strip, attending workshops on how they’ll govern if or when they enter
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump, center, poses with international leaders after the signing of a Gaza Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
June 23, 2026, 7:05 pm
Board of Peace members to ‘recalibrate’ at Cyprus resort after rocky first six months
Representatives from various committees established by US to oversee postwar Gaza reconstruction look to get on same page after limited results for Gazans since January unveiling
By Jacob Magid
Hamas police forces deploy in Gaza City on October 11, 2025. (Ali Hassan/ Flash90)
February 19, 2026, 5:58 pm
Gaza oversight committee seeks ‘qualified’ candidates to join Strip’s police force
National Committee for the Administration of Gaza announces application process is open, amid questions over eligibility for those who previously served under Hamas
By Nava Freiberg and Reuters
Palestinian police march during a training session with members of the European Union, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on March 16, 2014. (Abbas Momani / AFP)
December 2, 2025, 4:30 am
Egypt and EU stepping up preparations to dispatch Palestinian police force to Gaza
Diplomats push back at claim Hamas members to be part of new body, as Cairo trains thousands of recruits and Brussels looks to join effort, possibly influence postwar Strip
By Nava Freiberg
21-year-old Muhammad Odeh, from Jaljulia, an Israeli citizen who has been held in Palestinian Authority detention since September 17, 2024. (Courtesy of Abdallah Odeh)
February 20, 2025, 5:47 pm
Israeli citizen detained for months by Palestinian police, in breach of Oslo Accords
Lawyers for 21-year-old Muhammad Odeh say ongoing detention in Nablus ‘puts his life at risk’ as PA holds him without trial; Israeli authorities unresponsive
By Charlie Summers
The compound of Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus, April 10, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
October 2, 2023, 7:05 pm
PA police extract 5 tourists mobbed after illegally entering Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus
One of five is lightly injured during visit to holy site after being hit by stones
By ToI Staff
Palestinian journalist Akil Awawdeh at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
July 13, 2023, 11:20 pm
Journalist who claimed Palestinian Authority arrests dissidents arrested by PA
An outspoken critic of the PA, Akil Awawdeh was previously beaten by Palestinian police
By AP and ToI Staff
Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh (Social media)
October 6, 2022, 9:02 pm
Gay Palestinian living under asylum in Israel murdered, beheaded in Hebron
Suspect uploaded footage of murder to social media; unclear how the victim ended up in the West Bank, with some claiming he was kidnapped
By Jack Mukand
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers walk though a Hebron market on June 19, 2014. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
June 16, 2022, 7:25 pm
Palestinian security seen ejecting IDF patrol from Hebron market
Army investigating incident in Israeli-controlled area, says commander made a ‘misjudgment’ in allowing Palestinian officer to shoo soldiers away from Old City shops
By ToI Staff
View of the Israeli settlement of Vered Yeriho, in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, on July 1, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 12, 2022, 8:58 am
Report: Palestinian officer attempted shooting attack in West Bank settlement
Kan says PA customs officer sought entry to Vered Yeriho but was turned away by guard, then fired magazine into the air; later confessed to PA security he planned gun attack
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority security forces enter the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab following a triple homicide on January 2, 2021 (video screenshot)
January 4, 2021, 10:12 am
PA arrests suspects in East Jerusalem triple homicide, hands them to Israel
After manhunt, Palestinian security services reportedly arrest two people alleged to have carried out deadly shooting in Kafr Aqab and two others who aided them
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority security forces enter the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab following a triple homicide on January 2, 2021 (video screenshot)
January 2, 2021, 9:52 pm
After triple homicide, Israel lets PA police sweep East Jerusalem for suspects
Israel rarely allows Palestinians to operate in the city, but Ramallah says exception made for dozens of armed PA security forces to enter neighborhood of Kafr Aqab after shooting
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian policemen participate in a training session at their headquarters in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 30, 2019. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
May 22, 2020, 8:23 am
Cutting security ties, Abbas shows he’s serious — even if it risks everything
Ending coordination will hurt and endanger both Israel and the PA, but faced with Israeli annexation, the Palestinians are increasingly willing to employ desperate measures
By Avi Issacharoff
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