Palestinian Authority

A Palestinian girl peeks out from a door of a metal building with a cat sitting at her feet.

Half a year with no welfare payments in Gaza

Rajaa Salah 25 April 2023

Gaza residents finally receive social welfare payments after six months of waiting. Read more about Half a year with no welfare payments in Gaza

A person with their face covered emerges through dark smoke with the Palestinian flag

PA must stop playing Israel's game

Omar Karmi 27 March 2023

Israel broke Sharm al-Sheikh deal before the ink was dry. Read more about PA must stop playing Israel's game

Crowd of men in street carry shrouded body on stretcher

Israeli death squad kills four in Jenin

Maureen Clare Murphy 16 March 2023

Video shows undercover forces shooting man’s head at close range. Read more about Israeli death squad kills four in Jenin

Two soldiers stand near armored vehicle, one of them pointing a sniper

Israeli army kills three near Nablus

Tamara Nassar 14 March 2023

Teenage boy fatally shot in the chest by soldier of occupation. Read more about Israeli army kills three near Nablus

Bezalel Smotrich grasps a seated Benjamin Netanyahu's hand while they both smirk

US hands lit torch to Israeli arsonists

Maureen Clare Murphy 27 February 2023

Washington’s enabling will hasten the end of Tel Aviv’s impunity. Read more about US hands lit torch to Israeli arsonists

Man looking down and holding mobile phone wraps arm around crying woman as other people stand around them

Israel kills 11 in daytime raid on Nablus

Maureen Clare Murphy 22 February 2023

Escalation in violence comes days after Washington thwarts UN resolution. Read more about Israel kills 11 in daytime raid on Nablus

Hundreds of people carry multiple bodies on stretchers

Israeli bloodbath in Jenin kills 9 Palestinians

Tamara Nassar 26 January 2023

“Deadliest single Israeli operation in the West Bank since at least 2005,” says UN official. Read more about Israeli bloodbath in Jenin kills 9 Palestinians

Two men wearing masks depicting Ismail Haniyeh and Mahmoud Abbas wave from a black car

After Abbas

Omar Karmi 18 January 2023

With Oslo dead and buried, it is time to rebuild the PLO and prepare for the coming perfect storm. Read more about After Abbas

Benjamin Netanyahu smiles while walking and surrounded by other people in suits

Trouble ahead as Israel swears in new government

Omar Karmi 30 December 2022

More of the same, but more loudly and with more pain. Read more about Trouble ahead as Israel swears in new government

Men clash with uniformed security forces

Oslo is long dead. Time to revive the PLO

Kareem Youssef and Mishlin Mekleh 10 November 2022

The Palestinian Authority is an obstacle to Palestinian liberation. Read more about Oslo is long dead. Time to revive the PLO