Abbas urges elections commission to head...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the elections commission to head to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip soon to start consultations on holding parliamentary elections in the Palestinian territories,
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Abbas urges elections commission to head...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the elections commission to head to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip soon to start consultations on holding parliamentary elections in the Palestinian territories,
Palestinian president reiterates indepen...
RAMALLAH, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said that "a free and independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital is inevitable." Abbas said in a s
PA reaffirms East Jerusalem part of occu...
RAMALLAH, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Authority (PA) reaffirmed on Tuesday that East Jerusalem is part of the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel in 1967 and the eternal capital of th
LAS-EU Summit is new beginning for key E...
Palestinian Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Abdul Rahim al-Farra said that the League of Arab States (LAS)-EU Summit is a new beginning for an effective and more influential European role in t
Palestine summons Hungarian envoy over o...
RAMALLAH, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the Hungarian envoy in protest over the opening of a representative commercial office in East Jerusalem. Amal Jad
Arab summit in Tunisia important for Pal...
RAMALLAH, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of the Palestinian Authority (PA) said on Wednesday that holding the Arab League (AL) summit in Tunisia at the end of March is important amid the curr
Palestinians rally in West Bank to prote...
RAMALLAH, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Palestinians rallied in center of the West Bank's Ramallah city on Monday to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his position against the U.S. "D
Palestinian president visits Iraq over b...
BAGHDAD, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday arrived in Iraq's capital Baghdad on an official visit to the country over bilateral relations and political situation, the
Palestinian FM accuses U.S. of pressurin...
RAMALLAH, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said on Monday that the United States is exerting pressures on Arab states to stop their financial aid to the Palestinian Au
PA seeks alternatives to overcome acute ...
RAMALLAH, March 6 (Xinhua) -- A senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas unveiled on Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is seeking alternatives to deal with its mounting financia
Abbas warns of escalation against Palest...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Wednesday of the ongoing escalation against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. The Palestinian state-run news agency WAFA said in a statement that
Two-state solution fundamental to resolv...
UNITED NATIONS, March 26 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese UN envoy said Tuesday China wishes to stress once again that a two-state solution is the fundamental solution to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflic
1 Palestinian killed, 6 wounded in clash...
RAMALLAH, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces on Saturday killed one Palestinian man and injured six others during clashes in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian Health Ministry said. The body
UN envoy condemns slaying of Israeli wom...
JERUSALEM, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations' Mideast envoy condemned on Monday the slaying of a young Israeli woman allegedly by a Palestinian near Jerusalem last week. "I'm appalled by the hor
PA slams U.S. for dropping "occupation s...
RAMALLAH, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Authority (PA) Presidency slammed on Wednesday the United States for dropping the status of occupation of the Palestinian territories and the Golan Heig
Palestinian diplomat says final statemen...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Abdul Rahim al-Farra said on Monday that the final statement of the ongoing League of Arab States (LAS)-E
Palestinian women rally in Gaza against ...
GAZA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of Palestinian women demonstrated in Gaza City on Wednesday, calling for efforts to end the Israeli occupation and the internal Palestinian division on the eve of the
Palestinian PM slams Israel seeking to s...
RAMALLAH, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye Saturday accused Israel of seeking to take over "the largest geographical area with least possible Palestinian population."
Palestinian FM urges Arab states to keep...
RAMALLAH, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki on Thursday urged the Arab states to keep their financial promises to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to enable its work. Malki t
Israeli forces shot dead Palestinian sus...
Israeli security forces stand guard at the site of an attack which took place outside the settlement of Ariel, in the northern West Bank city of Salfit, March 17, 2019. A Palestinian killed an Israe