Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has strongly condemned a series of policy changes approved earlier by Israel’s security cabinet, which aim to overhaul land registration and property acquisition in the occupied West Bank,

The terror group does not recognize Israel's right to exist. In addition, it does not regard the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinians and has refused to join it.

Feb 9, (Reuters) - Israel has taken steps to help settlers acquire land in the occupied West Bank and widen its powers in parts of the territory where Palestinians have some self-rule - measures they said aimed to undermine the two-state solution.

Katz and Smotrich announce moves to expand Israeli oversight of areas A and B, let Israelis buy land in West Bank, and boost Israeli authority over Tomb of the Patriarchs compound The post Security cabinet okays deepened Israeli control of West Bank;

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. Vatican Media/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa Pope Leo XIV on Thursday received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in ...

It’s now 20 years since Hamas won a majority of the Palestinian vote on Jan. 25, 2006. Whereas the bulk of the Hamas vote was in Gaza, the Palestinian Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas won the vote on the West Bank. One year later, in 2007, Hamas seized control of Gaza.

CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalized and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling for a say in a postwar ...

Promises to change the curriculum, even when made to donor states, are not technical commitments but political impossibilities. The curriculum reflects ideology, not neutral pedagogy.The post Fallacy