Feb 26 The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister just resigned. What does that mean for the war in Gaza? By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The resignation is seen as the first step in a reform process urged by the United States as part of its latest ambitious plans to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But it will do little to address the authority's longstanding lack… Continue reading
Jan 20 Who is in charge of Gaza and the West Bank? By Kali Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group Hamas, and the state of Israel. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 4:06 Blinken urges Palestinian Authority to show it’s ready to govern Gaza after war By William Brangham, Alexis Cox, Zeba Warsi The Biden administration has spent Wednesday pressing the Palestinian Authority to reform itself and show it's ready to govern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken carried that message to the authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, in the… Continue watching
Nov 20 China hosts Arab and Muslim foreign ministers to discuss ending the Israel-Hamas war By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press China’s top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and the Indonesian one to Beijing on Monday, saying his country would work with “our brothers and sisters" in the Arab and Islamic world to try to end the war in Gaza… Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 8:39 Palestinian Authority not going ‘to Gaza on an Israeli military tank,’ PM says By Leila Molana-Allen The Palestinian Authority is a major player in Palestinian life that has been largely sidelined in this latest and bloodiest conflict. Since being evicted from Gaza by Hamas in 2007, it has governed the parts of the West Bank it… Continue watching
Nov 05 Blinken meets Abbas in the West Bank in latest stop on his diplomacy trip amid Israel-Hamas war By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Biden administration's latest effort to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and start to sketch out… Continue reading
Jan 27 Palestinians bury dead as tensions escalate with Israel By Isabel Debre, Associated Press Palestinians marched in anger Friday as they buried the last of 10 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 8:17 Tensions rise after Israeli forces kill several Palestinians during West Bank raid By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Cai Pigliucci Thursday was the deadliest day in the occupied West Bank in two decades. Israeli forces raided Jenin and killed 9 people. In response, the Palestinian Authority cut security coordination with Israel. There were also reports of rocket fire into Israel… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 6:29 What’s at stake with Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran U.S. and Israeli officials met in Jerusalem Tuesday to discuss what could be one of the most dramatic changes to the Middle East map in decades. Israel says that as of Wednesday, it might unilaterally declare significant parts of the… Continue watching
Jan 22 After Pence visit, can the U.S. get Palestinians back to the table? By Larisa Epatko What Pence's trip means for the future of U.S.-Palestinian relations and prospects for peace in the region. Continue reading