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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Preventive Security Services

Palestinian Authority intelligence chief Majed Faraj arrives at the inauguration ceremony of a waste treatment plant in the northern Gaza Strip on March 13, 2018. (Ashraf Amra/APA Images via ZUMA Wire)
April 28, 2025, 2:27 pm
In first since Trump’s return, PA intel chief to meet CIA officials in Washington
Majed Faraj in US for medical procedure, but will use opportunity to meet with American counterparts and bolster his standing amid Abbas plan to replace him
By Jacob Magid
Director of Palestinian General Intelligence in the West Bank Majid Faraj (L) whispers to President Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during a meeting where he requested to join 15 United Nations agencies, abandoning pledges to refrain from doing so during nine months of talks that were to end April 29, at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
March 25, 2025, 3:51 am
Abbas planning to replace longtime spy chief, capping off purge of PA security heads
PA president under growing pressure to make space for new generation of leaders, as world community hopes Ramallah can gear-up to take on larger task of resuming governance in Gaza
By Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
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
Bullet holes at the Palestinian Authority security apparatus headquarters in Nablus, a result of an accidental firefight between IDF troops and PA security personnel, June 11, 2019. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
June 11, 2019, 6:43 am
Accidental firefight breaks out between IDF and PA security personnel in Nablus
Israeli troops open fire at Palestinian security forces in overnight operation, apparently mistaking them for suspects, injuring one
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaking during a rally marking the 12th anniversary of the death of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah, November 10, 2016. (Flash90)
September 19, 2017, 6:45 pm
Majority of Palestinians fear loss of liberties in PA, poll shows
Two-thirds of West Bank and Gaza residents want Abbas to resign; jailed Barghouti would win a presidential election against the current leader and Hamas’s Haniyeh
By Dov Lieber
Palestinian activist Issa Amro arrives for a hearing at the Ofer military court on July 9, 2017, in the town of Betunia, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
September 5, 2017, 4:28 pm
Rights groups slam PA for detaining Palestinian activist
Amnesty International official says arrest of Issa Amro is part of Abbas government’s ‘repressive campaign against free speech’
By Mohammed Daraghmeh
A 'Carlo' homemade rifle allegedly used in a shooting attack on April 29, 2017, against IDF troops in the West Bank. (Shin Bet)
May 28, 2017, 3:49 pm
6 Palestinians, including police, suspected of shooting at IDF troops
Shin Bet says men behind 7 attacks on Israeli soldiers; 3 cell members serve in PA security forces
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian police in the West Bank (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
May 11, 2017, 2:55 pm
PA security services seize hundreds of weapons in West Bank
Forces loyal to Mahmoud Abbas continue to thwart attacks against Israelis, often by standing between Palestinian protesters and the IDF
By Avi Issacharoff
Clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters on February 6, 2016, after the IDF blocked off the entrance to Qabatiya outside Jenin, following a terror attack in Jerusalem that left one Border Police officer dead and two injured. (Haytham Shtayeh/Flash90)
October 4, 2016, 9:58 am
While Hebron gets the press, Jenin and Tulkarem are the sleeping giants Israel should be worried about
Maj. Hanan Shwartz of the Menashe Brigade discusses Palestinian security cooperation, olive harvests and the round-the-clock effort to keep two West Bank cities calm
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli forces patrol near the house where Hamas fighter Muhammad al-Fakih, who murdered Rabbi Miki Mark in a terror attack a few weeks ago, was killed by Israeli troops on July 27, 2016. (Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/FLASH90)
July 27, 2016, 2:04 pm
How Israel tracked down terrorist who murdered a rabbi
In joint op with Shin Bet and police, the army deploys ‘pressure cooker’ tactics to flush out Muhammad al-Fakih from his hiding place near Hebron
By Stuart Winer
Undated photo of Palestinian activist Nasser Nawaj’ah (Leif Magne Helgesen, File)
January 25, 2016, 4:55 pm
B’Tselem says jailed activist to be released ‘in coming hours’
Police will not challenge court ruling ordering Nasser Nawaj’ah to be discharged after five days
By Raoul Wootliff
Ezra Nawi (center) seen at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, January 24, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2016, 5:12 pm
Court releases activist held over reporting Palestinian land-sellers
Judge gives police hours to appeal for extending custody of Ezra Nawi; Palestinian held in case remains in jail
By ToI Staff
Israeli security forces and forensics transport the body of Mazen Aribe, who was shot following an attack at the Hizme checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, on December 3, 2015. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
December 6, 2015, 11:30 pm
The collapse of the PA may already be here
It’s a short path from a single member of the security forces carrying out an attack, as occured Thursday, to all-out chaos in which Israel is forced to recapture West Bank cities
By Avi Issacharoff
A still image from a clip posted on Facebook by a man claiming he is named Bara’a Issa, who says he carried out a stabbing attack in the West Bank on Friday, November 6, 2015, in which an Israeli man was seriously wounded. (Screen capture: Ynet)
November 7, 2015, 10:58 am
Palestinian surrenders to PA after confessing on Facebook to Friday stabbing
Fatah activist Bara’a Issa held by PA forces after admitting online that he attacked Israeli man outside West Bank supermarket
By Avi Issacharoff and ToI Staff
An Israeli vehicle hit by gunfire near the West Bank settlement of Shvut Rachel, north of Ramallah, June 29, 2015. (Courtesy: Israel Hatzolah)
July 19, 2015, 10:41 pm
Israel nabs cell behind West Bank terror killing
Hamas gang, which includes prisoner released in Shalit deal, gunned down Malachy Rosenfeld in a drive-by shooting last month
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