US administration

PA rejects White house remarks on Aqsa Mosque’s western wall

Sunday-17-December-2017

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has expressed its rejection of recent White House remarks describing the Aqsa Mosque’s western wall as part of Israel condemning any attempt to change the historical and religious status of Occupied Jerusalem.

PCHR: US declaration over Jerusalem threatens int’l peace and security

Sunday-10-December-2017

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has warned that the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital threatens international peace and security and gives Israel the green light to use excessive force against Palestinian protesters.

Sheikh Tayeb declines request to meet with US vice president

Saturday-9-December-2017

Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb Grand Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt on Friday said he turned down a request from US vice president Mike Pence to meet him in Cairo on December 20 and called on the Palestinians to rise up against the Israeli occupation.

PNC: Any US step over Jerusalem will be “void and illegal”

Monday-4-December-2017

The Palestinian National Council (PNC) said that any steps taken by the US administration to recognize Occupied Jerusalem as an Israeli capital or to relocate its embassy to it would be “void and illegal measures” and treated as a “wanton attack on the Palestinian people’s rights.”

Erekat: Abbas answered a phone call from White House

Friday-24-November-2017

Saeb Erekat chief negotiator of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has denied news reports claiming that president Mahmoud Abbas refused to take a phone call from a top White House official this week.

Washington: Contacts with the PA not frozen

Wednesday-22-November-2017

The US administration says its contacts with the Palestinian Authority (PA) are still ongoing despite the latter’s decision to suspend them in response to threats to close the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington.

US threatens to close PLO office in Washington

Saturday-18-November-2017

The US administration on Saturday threatened to close down the Washington office of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) unless it enters into "serious peace talks with Israel" Associated Press agency reported.

US administration opposes Greater Jerusalem bill

Sunday-29-October-2017

A US official on Sunday expressed the US administration's opposition to the Israeli government's vote on a controversial bill that entails a de facto annexation of West Bank settlements to Jerusalem.

US delegation in Tel Aviv to explore peace avenues

Thursday-24-August-2017

A high-level US delegation on Wednesday arrived in Tel Aviv to hold meetings with Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah to explore avenues for jumpstarting the peace process.

Israel angry over White House’s map of Israel

Saturday-20-May-2017

Israel expressed its anger after a White House video promoting US president Donald Trump's first foreign trip showed a map of Israel without the Palestinian areas that were occupied in 1967.