An organiser of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested by immigration officials as he attended an ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president. It’s a major step by ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the West Bank, April 23, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a close aide as vice president, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said. Hussein al-Sheikh was named “deputy [vice president] of the ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president. It’s a major step by the aging leader to designate a successor.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claimed that ancient temples tying the Jewish people to Jerusalem are actually in Yemen and not Israel, during a Wednesday PLO central council meeting ...

“Sons of Dogs,” is what the Palestinian Authority’s president, Mahmoud Abbas, called Hamas today in a meeting of his politburo. In a raised voice, the 89-year-old, who is nearing his 20th year of a ...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas “sons of dogs,” demanding the release of the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza and the disarmament of the militant group.

While the move does not immediately change the political landscape, it signals that Ramallah is beginning to plan for the day after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who will turn 90 ...

The Fatah veteran, who spent more than 10 years in Israeli jails in the 1970s and 1980s, is seen as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas. Sheikh, 64, is a veteran leader of Abbas's Fatah movement ...