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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 502

Rami Hamdallah

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
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers in defensive positions on an embankment near the Gaza border during a violent Palestinian protest, July 27, 2018 (Israel Defense Forces)
February 28, 2019, 11:28 pm
Hamas calls for Israel to be held accountable for alleged war crimes in Gaza
Terror group, and PA, urge international pressure on Israel after UN panel claims IDF unlawfully fired at violent Gaza border protests; Israel terms the report false and biased
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (C) chairs a reconciliation government cabinet meeting in Gaza City on October 3, 2017. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
February 28, 2019, 10:49 pm
Abbas to appoint PM to lead new government ‘within days,’ Fatah official says
Hussein al-Sheikh says priority will be to put forward ‘a contingency plan to confront’ Israel’s recent move to withhold Palestinian tax funds
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah attend the presentation of the preliminary results of the general census of population, housing and establishments, in Ramallah, in the West Bank on March 28, 2018. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
January 29, 2019, 9:34 pm
Abbas accepts Hamdallah’s resignation, asks government to stay on for transition
PA president reportedly set to begin consultations to name new ministers from PLO, ending unity bid with Hamas
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah attends a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, conference, in Rome, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
January 29, 2019, 1:30 pm
Palestinian Authority PM Rami Hamdallah tenders resignation
All PA ministers join move, two days after Fatah Central Committee recommended forming a new government, apparently to up the pressure on Hamas
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (C) chairs a reconciliation government cabinet meeting in Gaza City on October 3, 2017. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
January 27, 2019, 9:02 pm
PA intends to form new government soon, sans Hamas, Fatah official says
Senior official says Ramallah-based leadership has not discussed candidates for PM yet, though Israeli TV cites several names
By Adam Rasgon
File: Palestinian security forces in Hebron, November 14, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
January 24, 2019, 9:42 am
Israel said pushing US to amend law that threatens security coordination with PA
TV report says Washington shutdown raising obstacles, as White House scrambles to find solution to new anti-terror rules that will effectively strip Ramallah of security funds
By Michael Bachner
PA Local Governance Minister Hussein al-Araj (Screenshot:An-Najah Broadcasting Channel)
January 21, 2019, 6:08 am
PA minister faces probe for claiming social protests are being led by settler
PM Hamdallah orders investigation after former Abbas chief of staff tries to blame Israel for Hebron demonstrations against a new PA social security institution
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah during a joint news conference with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, May 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
January 20, 2019, 9:30 pm
As new anti-terrorism law goes into effect, PA says it’ll stop accepting US aid
Palestinians tell Pompeo that they will not take cash until threat of lawsuits is removed; experts say move is a blow to Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinians protest against a government tax hike in Ramallah, West Bank, December 12, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2019, 9:58 am
Wary of PA ‘corruption,’ Palestinians launch protest of new social security law
‘Blue gloves’ demonstrators, inspired by yellow vests protests, say they do not trust a PA-created institution to handle their money and cannot afford to pay more taxes
By Adam Rasgon and Photos by Luke Tress
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov at a press conference at the UNSCO offices in Gaza City, September 25, 2017. (Adel Hana/AP)
January 3, 2019, 9:44 pm
UN envoy: Stoning of Palestinian PM’s convoy ‘absolutely unacceptable’
Nikolay Mladenov says Christmas Day rock attack targeting Rami Hamdallah, blamed on far-right West Bank settlers, is ‘very worrying’
By Adam Rasgon and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Jewish settlers throw stones near the West Bank village of Hawara, after five people were killed in the nearby Jewish settlement of Itamar Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
January 3, 2019, 6:22 am
Settlers suspected of hurling stones at convoy of PA prime minister
Incident takes place near same West Bank junction where Israelis believed to have thrown rock that killed Palestinian woman; defense official also notes rise in price tag attacks
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas lighting a memorial torch in Ramallah early Tuesday. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 2, 2019, 4:04 pm
Fatah-Hamas resentment flares after alleged Gaza torch-lighting slight
Ramallah leadership will not meet with Gaza counterparts, top official declares; he also defends the PLO’s decision to sign the 1990s Oslo Accords with Israel
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority government meeting in Ramallah, on February 26, 2024. (Wafa)
December 27, 2018, 7:05 pm
In escalating trade fight, PA halts Israeli produce and poultry imports
Move comes 10 days after Israel’s agriculture minister bars Palestinian fruit and vegetable shipments from entering Israel
By Adam Rasgon
Christians celebrate the lighting of a Christmas tree in Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, December 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
December 2, 2018, 7:56 am
Thousands gather in Bethlehem for Christmas tree lighting
PA prime minister tells crowd the Palestinians are resisting Israeli plans ‘to uproot us and strip us from our civilization and history’
By Agencies
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