Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Palestinian Authority, the governing body of the Palestinian territories.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Palestinian Authority, the governing body of the Palestinian territories.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Palestinian Authority, the governing body of the Palestinian territories.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Palestinian Authority, the governing body of the Palestinian territories.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan slate of lawmakers in Congress introduced a bill that would invest in businesses in the Palestinian areas — a bid to replace some of the massive cuts in assistance imposed recently by the Trump administration. Under the measure, the United States would contribute $50 million a year to investments in…
(JTA) — A European Parliament committee voted to freeze more than $17 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority over incitement against Israel in its textbooks. The Budgetary Committee’s bill is an amendment to the European Union’s draft budget, which will go to a plenary vote in late October. If the budget passes, the EU will withhold…
Textbooks created as part of the Palestinian Authority’s new K-12 educational curriculum “are teaching Palestinian children that there can be no compromise” and “indoctrinat[e] for death and martyrdom,” according to an analysis by a watchdog group. The report, by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education, analyzed K-12 textbooks that were…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian postal workers are struggling to sort through nearly 10 tons of mail previously blocked by Israel and finally delivered as the result of a one-shot deal. Some of the parcels date back to 2010 and include everything from letters to wheelchairs, according to the French news agency AFP, which visited the sorting…
The White House’s Middle East peace negotiating team is refocusing its efforts on improving conditions in the Gaza Strip after its proposals were met with a cool reception by the Palestinian Authority, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The team of officials, led by presidential advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner, travelled to the region last month but found…
WASHINGTON – Ever since President Trump chose last year to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, his administration has had no official contacts with the Palestinian Authority. In the absence of official communication between the two sides, they have instead elected to argue with each other about their respective policies in the pages of…
The front-page photos and nightly news reports of the killings at the Gaza/Israel border have faded; the issues that fueled the confrontation have not. That the lives of 119 Gazans have been lost and thousands more unalterably changed is horrific. It will be just as tragic if the history of Gaza and the truth is…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ doctor said the Palestinian leader will not leave the hospital despite announcing that he would be discharged. Abbas has been in the hospital since early last week, the third time he was hospitalized since undergoing ear surgery earlier this month. He reportedly had a high fever when…
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