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Palestinian politics

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
Rawhi Fattouh, the designated temporary replacement for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (Youtube screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the copyright law)
November 27, 2024, 11:43 pm
Abbas declares Rawhi Fattouh will be interim PA head if presidency becomes vacant
Speaker of Palestinian National Council briefly served as interim PA president after Yasser Arafat’s death
By ToI Staff
Amin Abed, 35, a Gazan critic of Hamas, is seen on a stretcher after an assault by masked men with knives and batons, July 8, 2024. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 9, 2024, 9:58 am
Gazan anti-Hamas activist critically injured in attack by masked men
Some 20 men with batons and knives, reportedly claiming to be from Hamas internal security, assault Amin Abed, 35, after social media posts criticizing group’s governance
By Agencies and ToI Staff
FILE - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and then-Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Gaza City, March 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
April 30, 2024, 12:00 pm
China: Hamas, Fatah showed ‘political will’ for reconciliation in recent Beijing talks
Chinese Foreign Ministry says rival Palestinian groups made ‘positive progress,’ agreed on further talks to ‘achieve the realization of Palestinian solidarity and unity’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) with Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Mustafa in Ramallah on March 14, 2024. (Wafa)
March 14, 2024, 11:41 pm
Abbas appoints former World Bank economist, longtime ally as next PA prime minister
Mohammad Mustafa will head technocratic government that could potentially administer Gaza after Hamas is removed from power, but some doubt he will create meaningful change
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh speaks during a townhall meeting at the 60th Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 18, 2024. (THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)
February 18, 2024, 2:19 pm
Calling for ‘Palestinian unity,’ PA premier urges Hamas to attend Moscow meet
Shtayyeh says world needs to ‘stop focusing on October 7,’ as Russia invites Palestinian factions to discuss coming together under banner of ‘popular resistance’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Then-US President Bill Clinton looks on as the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands during the signing of the Oslo Accords, September 13, 1993. (GPO)
September 14, 2023, 3:48 am
Why the Oslo peace process failed – and what it means for future negotiators
30 years ago, the Israelis and Palestinians signed an agreement many thought was set in stone. Now, as it lies battered and seemingly done for, here are the lessons we can draw
By Aaron David Miller
Palestinian Authority General Intelligence Services chief Majed Faraj speaking in Hebron on June 11, 2018. (Screenshot: Youtube)
January 26, 2020, 11:42 am
Palestinian cell arrested for alleged hit attempt on PA’s intel chief — sources
PA forces in West Bank find explosives, with ringleader said to confess plotting to hurt Maged Faraj; case thought to be linked to internal struggle to succeed Mahmoud Abbas
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (6th-right) walks away after posing for a group photograph with members of the new Palestinian Authority government in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 13, 2019. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
April 14, 2019, 5:50 pm
Palestinian Authority ministers sworn in a second time after oath foul-up
Officials says typing error caused key phrase to be removed from vow, an omission that would have cast doubt on new government’s legality
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) shakes hands with the prime minister-designate Mohammad Shtayyeh in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on April 13, 2019. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
April 13, 2019, 9:35 pm
Abbas swears in new PA government led by his Fatah ally, Mohammad Shtayyeh
Veteran peace negotiator and ex-minister takes over as PM in move seen as further sidelining Hamas
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Newly-appointed Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, at his office in Ramallah, March 10, 2019. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
March 10, 2019, 9:44 pm
Hamas further sidelined by appointment of new PA premier Shtayyeh
With Abbas calling the shots, new government does not herald significant shifts in Palestinian policy toward Israel or the US
By Joe Dyke
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with representatives of Palestinian groups and movements, who are in Moscow for intra-Palestinian talks, on February 12, 2019. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
February 12, 2019, 9:23 pm
Russia warns Trump peace plan will undo all Israeli-Palestinian progress so far
FM Lavrov says Moscow ‘worried’ by ‘dangerous’ US approach, adds ‘deal of the century’ doesn’t include independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (Flash90, Said Khatib/AFP)
January 8, 2019, 12:39 pm
When Hamas and Fatah fight, the ricochets are likely to end up hitting Israel
Relations between Palestinian factions are again threatening to explode, after the PA abandoned the Rafah crossing, leading to its closure
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (Flash90, Said Khatib/AFP)
December 18, 2018, 10:31 pm
Poll shows Hamas leader would defeat Abbas to win Palestinian elections
Pollster links Ismail Haniyeh’s rising popularity to perceived Hamas win in its recent Gaza confrontation with Israel, dissatisfaction with PA policies
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Exiled former senior Fatah member Mohammed Dahlan attends a Palestinian Legislative Council meeting in Gaza City through video conference from the United Arab Emirates on July 27, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)
February 27, 2018, 2:53 pm
Deposed Fatah strongman slams ‘fascist, corrupt’ PA
Mohammad Dahlan says Palestinians should not blame Israel alone for their ‘disasters,’ criticizes Qatar for ‘politically motivated’ Gaza aid
By Khaled Abu Toameh
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