Palestinian Authority

Netanyahu hails US bill banning aid to PA

Monday-26-March-2018

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened Sunday's cabinet meeting by praising the Taylor Force Act passed on Friday in the US under which the US government will cut financial aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it transfers money to Palestinian prisoners or their families.

Clothing industry in al-Khalil

Monday-19-March-2018

An awful scene of a two-thousand-square-meter factory filled with dust its fabric machinery destroyed and covered by rust as dust and dirt fill the place at which workers have stopped working for more than ten years.

PA refuses to attend US meeting to discuss situation in Gaza

Saturday-10-March-2018

Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Ahmad Majdalani on Saturday said that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has rejected a US invitation to attend a meeting to discuss the economic situation in Gaza.

Hamas: PA apathy toward Gaza sign of feet-dragging over reconciliation

Tuesday-6-March-2018

The ongoing sanctions imposed by the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on the blockaded Gaza Strip are signs of the PA’s dragging of its feet as regards national reconciliation Hamas said on Monday evening.

Amr: PA still has effective channels of communication with Washington

Friday-2-March-2018

Although the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership already affirmed its decision to boycott the US administration after its declared Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last December senior Fatah official Nabil Amr has revealed the presence of effective channels of communication with Washington.

PA government sends delegation to Gaza

Sunday-25-February-2018

A ministerial delegation from the Palestinian Authority (PA) government is scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to prepare for a joint government session in the presence of an Egyptian security delegation.

Ministry: We have not received a penny from PA since reconciliation

Tuesday-20-February-2018

Gaza's Ministry of Education on Monday said that it has not received any funds from the Palestinian Authority (PA) government since the signing of the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas about four months ago.

Hamdallah meets Israeli Minister of Finance in Ramallah

Tuesday-20-February-2018

The Palestinian Authority (PA) government's premier Rami Hamdallah on Monday met with the Israeli Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlon and the Coordinator of Israeli Government Activities in the Territories Yoav Mordechai in Ramallah.

Abu Rudeineh: Clear positions needed to face threats to national cause

Saturday-17-February-2018

Spokesman for the Palestinian Authority president Nabil Abu Rudeineh has said that the present stage requires crystal clear Palestinian and Arab positions to confront the dangers threatening the Palestinian cause warning that the current battle over Jerusalem will determine the shape of the region in the near and distant future.

PFLP decries PA’s attempts to resume negotiations with Israel

Saturday-17-February-2018

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on Saturday denounced the Palestinian Authority's (PA) desperate attempts to resume negotiations with the Israeli occupation though it had decided to sever relations with it and halt all peace projects.