US lawmakers pressure Israel to lift measures against Palestinian NGOs
While numerous international bodies and foreign governments denounced the Israeli move, Washington has yet to articulate a clear position on the matter.
Palestinian Authority & Gaza Strip
With eyes on the waves, Gaza surfers keep boards handy
While the tiny Gaza surfing scene is a world away from the famed beaches of California, Australia, or South Africa, it has clung on since 2007, when Israeli surfer Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz brought 15 surfboards into Gaza after seeing a film of two Palestinians practicing on a makeshift board.
Preparations underway to let Palestinians fly to Turkey via Israel
If the initiative indeed comes to fruition, it would be a historic move as Palestinians, for the first time, would be able to fly abroad for vacation through Israel rather than Jordan.
UN Committee Against Torture to review Palestinian Authority, Hamas
UN Watch report says the PA and Hamas routinely torture human-rights activists, women, members of the LGBT community, political opponents, “collaborators” with Israel, and Palestinians who sell land to Jews.
Biden wraps up meeting with Abbas, says 'Palestinian people deserve a state'
After visiting Israel and the Palestinian Authority, US President Joe Biden will set off for Saudi Arabia, where he will attempt to persuade Riyadh to increase oil output.
Palestinians: The Israelis stuck a knife in our back
Palestinian Authority officials say the Jerusalem Declaration and its accompaniments have sullied the mood and atmosphere in Ramallah ahead of Us President Joe Biden's visit Friday.
Bethlehem residents apathetic about Biden visit
Locals appear far more concerned with the financial distress COVID caused to a city whose main industry is tourism than with the arrival of the US president, who they say is coming "for the Israelis, not for us."
'Hamas must open up to Russia, China, and Iran'
Speakers at the conference held at Al-Umma University in Gaza assessed that after the Ukraine war, the US is likely to lose its global hegemony, leading to multipolar world order.
Abbas willing to meet with Lapid, says senior PA adviser
PA foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki's diplomatic adviser tells Israel Hayom that US President Joe Biden's upcoming visit is an opportunity to change the diplomatic situation: "Our hand is extended to peace, Abbas has not given up."
Palestinians to use Abu Akleh case to 'squeeze' US for concessions
The PA is under fire for "making a deal with the Americans that led to Israel's acquittal, essentially betraying the Palestinian cause in exchange for a meeting with Biden for the sake of economic benefits."