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A Palestinian runs past a poster bearing a portrait of convicted terrorist and prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 3, 2017. (AFP/ ABBAS MOMANI)
April 16, 2018, 1:12 am
Barghouti tells Abbas: Stand firm, Trump and his peace plan will soon be gone
On the 16th anniversary of his arrest for his role in killing 5 Israelis, the jailed Palestinian uprising leader calls for continued resistance against Israel
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he speaks during a press conference on Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 11, 2018. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
April 11, 2018, 11:02 pm
Abbas decries ‘big conspiracy’ facing Palestinian cause
PA president says he doesn't expect anything from Trump due to 'flagrant bias,' says US president's 'sinful' Jerusalem recognition 'defied the belief' of Muslims and Christians
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Paramedics and police at the scene of a Palestinian suicide-bombing that killed 19 and injuring 74 on a bus in Jerusalem, June 18, 2002. (Flash90/File)
April 2, 2018, 8:35 pm
US Supreme Court deals ‘terrible blow’ to families suing Palestinians for terror
Justices decline to consider appeal to overturn decision against holding the PLO responsible for attacks that killed US citizens
By Agencies
Police and paramedics inspect the scene after a suicide bomber blew himself up on a rush-hour bus near the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo during the Second Intifada, on June 18, 2002 (Flash90/File)
April 1, 2018, 4:45 pm
Trump administration backs PLO in terror victims’ Supreme Court appeal
Government urges justices to reject appeal to reinstate $654 million in damages for 2002 and 2004 Palestinian attacks in Israel during intifada
By Mark Sherman
A woman is evacuated for medical treatment after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in the center of Jerusalem, January 27, 2002. (Flash90)
March 16, 2018, 4:32 pm
White House ‘deeply sympathizes’ with PLO terror victims, but opposes lawsuit
Justice Department vows commitment to prosecuting terrorists to 'the fullest extent that the law allows' but says Supreme Court shouldn't take up case
By Ron Kampeas
Police and paramedics inspect the scene after a suicide bomber blew himself up on a rush-hour bus near the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo during the Second Intifada, on June 18, 2002 (Flash90/File)
March 11, 2018, 9:26 pm
Trump administration backs PLO in terror lawsuit, angering conservatives
Lead plaintiff says he didn't expect 'America first' policymakers to follow Obama's line making it difficult to claim against terror groups
By Ron Kampeas
A Palestinian man near the UNRWA relief and social program office in Gaza City on January 8, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)
March 10, 2018, 7:51 pm
PA turns down invitation to White House meeting on Gaza crisis
Amid ongoing freeze in ties with Washington, senior Palestinian official accuses Trump administration of 'liquidating' Palestinian national project
By TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President President Mahmoud Abbas (C-R) attends a meeting with the Revolutionary Council of the ruling Fatah party in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 1, 2018. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
March 7, 2018, 7:45 pm
Palestinian leadership to meet amid Abbas health worries
Expected selection of new members to PLO's top decision-making body next month is further fueling speculation on PA chief's future
By Agencies
Jerome Segal, a Jewish philosopher who inspired the Palestinian declaration of independence, at the AIPAC policy conference, March 4, 2018. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
March 7, 2018, 12:27 am
Jew who inspired PLO declaration of independence now wants to take down AIPAC
Jerome Segal, running for US Senate in Maryland, criticizes incumbent Ben Cardin for aligning with pro-Israel lobby, compares himself to Bernie Sanders
By Ron Kampeas
PLO official Hanan Ashrawi (Ahmad Gharabli/Flash90)
March 5, 2018, 6:07 pm
Palestinians pan Guatemala’s ‘dangerous and provocative’ embassy move
PLO's Hanan Ashrawi says planned relocation to Jerusalem violates international law and undermines the prospects of peace
By TOI staff
Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian envoy to Washington, reviews papers in Washington, Friday, February 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
February 22, 2018, 8:31 am
Estranged from White House, Palestinian envoy looks for way out of ‘box’
Husam Zomlot is still working to shore up ties with America, despite finding himself unable to speak to the Trump administration for months
By Josh Lederman
Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas (C) attends the "Jerusalem Conference as the Capital of the Islamic Youth" in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 6, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
February 6, 2018, 10:59 pm
Abbas: We never said no to resuming peace talks
PA president denies he turned down invitation to negotiate; says US no longer qualified to act as honest broker; won't accept Jerusalem as united Israeli capital
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas reads notes as he chairs a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 3, 2018. (AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)
February 6, 2018, 1:09 am
Abbas sets conditions for fresh peace talks, with diminished US role
PA leader says he will return to table under multilateral effort along lines of Arab Peace Initiative; expected to demand international confab during UN speech on February 20
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Illustrative: A view over Gethsemane and the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem (Sebi Berens/Flash90)
February 5, 2018, 2:16 am
Palestinians slam Jerusalem move to end tax breaks on churches, UN properties
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate says municipality trying to 'empty' city of Christian institutions; PA spokesman calls decision 'a new aggression against our occupied capital'
By Khaled Abu Toameh
A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag portraying Yasser Arafat during a demonstration in front of Rome's Colosseum Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
February 4, 2018, 5:24 am
Secret diaries of Arafat come to light, confirming PLO pact with Italians
Palestinian leader's 19 volumes of notes from 1985 until just before his death also shed light on praise for Shimon Peres and kickback from Berlusconi to lie in fraud case
By TOI staff
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