Netanyahu to Macron: Palestinian state would be ‘reward for terror’ The prime minister warns proposed state would become Iranian terror base near Israeli cities; Macron urges P.A. reform as path to two-state solution. Canaan Lidor April 15, 2025
EU unveils $1.8b in aid for Palestinian Authority The funding is conditioned on governance reforms, aims to boost the P.A. role in Gaza following the current Israel-Hamas war. Joshua Marks April 14, 2025
Israel’s FM blames deadly terror attack on PA incitement Mahmoud Abbas says one thing in English and another in Arabic, Gideon Sa’ar tells visiting E.U. foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in Jerusalem. JNS Staff March 24, 2025
Palestinian Authority: Hamas dividing ‘national position’ by direct talks with US In a separate statement, the P.A.'s ruling Fatah Party stressed that the Gaza-based terror group "only represents itself and Iran." March 12, 2025
Palestinian Authority pays February terror salaries as usual Mahmoud Abbas has said Ramallah would not deduct a single penny from the fund, despite a Feb. 10 statement interpreted by some as ending the practice. March 7, 2025
Abbas’s status in the Arab arena has weakened significantly Arab leaders believe Abbas’s rule is ending. Yoni Ben Menachem March 2, 2025
Pay-for-slay to continue, ‘even if we have [only] one penny left,’ Abbas vows The Fatah Revolutionary Council vowed to “double its efforts” to support terrorist prisoners. Akiva Van Koningsveld Feb. 27, 2025
The PA’s ‘pay-to-slay’ reform is a sham Mahmoud Abbas has made it clear that payments to terrorists and their families will continue, despite public statements to the international community promising reforms in how these payments are made Yossi Kuperwasser Feb. 25, 2025
Olmert’s 2008 Palestinian state map revealed for first time Rejected by Abbas, it would have ceded more than 94% of Judea and Samaria. Joshua Marks Feb. 24, 2025