Mohammed Daraghmeh

Palestinian Authority President President Mahmoud Abbas 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 22, 2018, 10:52 am

Abbas health scares spark succession talk

Sources say PA president was forced to cancel a visit to Venezuela, and has a heart specialist at presidential compound whenever he is there

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

A Palestinian Fatah member receives greetings, after being released from a Hamas jail in front of the interior ministry, in Gaza City, October 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

October 1, 2017, 9:41 pm

Palestinian reconciliation faces perilous road ahead

PA prime minister, Fatah officials, Egyptian mediators, and Hamas leaders set to meet Monday in coastal enclave to work on deal

By Fares Akram and Mohammed Daraghmeh

Palestinian activist Issa Amro participates in a demonstration in the West Bank city of Hebron, February 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

September 6, 2017, 4:59 am

Palestinian activist arrested by PA begins hunger strike

Human rights groups blast treatment of Issa Amro, arrested for criticizing detention of local journalist who called for Mahmoud Abbas's resignation

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

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

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah, July 25, 2017. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

August 11, 2017, 2:02 pm

PA chief Abbas issues decree curbing free speech online

Ramallah has blocked 30 websites in the past month, most of them belonging to Palestinian leader's main rivals Mohammed Dahlan and Hamas

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

Palestinian women pray near the Lions Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

July 27, 2017, 1:21 am

Jerusalem Palestinians find voice through prayer protests

Through prayers in the streets, Muslims show newfound unity after being sidelined by Israeli and Palestinian leaders

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Karin Laub

Hundreds of supporters of exiled former Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan carry a banner with his picture during a protest against metal detectors Israel erected at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP/Adel Hana)

July 20, 2017, 9:02 pm

Power-sharing deal between former foes taking shape in Gaza

Agreement emerging between Hamas rulers and nemesis Mohammad Dahlan as supporters stage rally for former strongman

By Fares Akram and Mohammed Daraghmeh

Egyptian trucks carrying fuel enter Gaza's power plant in Nusseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

June 22, 2017, 4:20 pm

Gaza power plant back on, with help of alliance of old foes

Egypt, Hamas and Abbas's former ally Mohammad Dahlan reportedly join forces against the Palestinian Authority to restore electricity to Gaza

By Fares Akram and Mohammed Daraghmeh

In this Monday, June 5, 2017 photo, the Mayor of Hebron Tayseer Abu Sneineh greets a shopkeeper at a market in the West Bank city of Hebron. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

June 15, 2017, 4:33 pm

Palestinian mayor in Hebron brushes off his murderous past

Tayseer Abu Sneineh shows no remorse for role as gunman in 1980 attack that killed 6 Israeli settlers, but says he's now committed to peace

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

A section of 21 kings, presidents and top officials from the Arab League summit pose for a group photo, at a gathering near the Dead Sea in Jordan on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

March 30, 2017, 3:18 am

Arab leaders ready to work with Trump on Mideast peace deal

Middle East envoy Greenblatt says Israeli-Palestinian deal 'not only possible,' but would have positive impact for region and globe

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the Arab League summit at the Dead Sea, Jordan, March 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

March 29, 2017, 11:12 pm

Jordan FM says Arab summit ends with ‘message of peace’

Leaders of 21 nations send signal to Donald Trump: No normalization with Israel without Palestinian deal

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh

A section of twenty one kings, presidents and top officials from the Arab League summit pose for a group photo, at a gathering near the Dead Sea in Jordan on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

March 29, 2017, 4:54 pm

Jordan king tells Arab summit no peace in region without Palestinian state

Leaders of 21 nations expected to reaffirm 2002 peace plan offering normalization with Israel after deal with Ramallah

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh

In this March 28, 2015 photo, provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, talks with Saudi King Salman after the king arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (MENA via AP,)

March 27, 2017, 12:11 am

In Jordan, Arab League set to reaffirm Saudi Peace Initiative

Arab leaders to seek consensus on host of issues, including Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at annual meet with eye toward Trump

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh

Palestinians queue in front of the Interior Ministry branch in East Jerusalem, July 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

March 22, 2017, 4:21 pm

More East Jerusalem Palestinians seek Israeli citizenship

Palestinians want rights and freer travel but Interior Ministry takes average of three years to rule on applicants

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh

This undated photo provided on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 shows Palestinian author Abbad Yahya. (Abbad Yahyia via AP)

February 10, 2017, 3:52 pm

Palestinian writer afraid to go home amid uproar over novel

Book uses 'sexual terms,' challenges attitudes toward fanaticism, religious extremism and homosexuality, and critiques PA

By Mohammed Daraghmeh