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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas attends the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session on Sept. 24, 2024. Credit: U.N. Photo.

PA no different, Chikli says after Abbas calls Hamas ‘sons of dogs’

"Abu Mazen is one of the world's leading Holocaust deniers, a vile antisemite, and a sworn enemy of the State of Israel," the Israeli Cabinet member said.

Akiva Van Koningsveld and Amelie Botbol

April 25, 2025

The Palestinian Authority is building a city in the HaMasrek nature reserve in the Judean Desert, May 19, 2024. Credit: Gush Etzion Regional Council.

Israeli demolitions put end to PA-backed illegal construction in Judea nature reserve

Two buildings were razed as part of a third wave of demolitions.

JNS Staff

April 24, 2025

Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas (L) speaks as she attends a meeting with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority in Brussels on Jan. 17, 2025. Photo by Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images.

AJC’s EU office urges ‘strict oversight’ of Europe’s $1.8 billion PA budget

"We call on the European Commission to be fully transparent about how EU funds are spent and to issue regular, public updates on the implementation of PA reforms.”

JNS Staff

April 16, 2025

E.U. foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa during a press conference following their meeting in Ramallah on March 24, 2025. Photo by Nasser/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.

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

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting in the Samaria city of Ramallah, March 10, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Brussels preparing multi-year financial boost for Palestinian Authority

According to Sky News, the EU approved a financial aid program for the Palestinian Authority exceeding €1 billion ($1,092 billion) for two years.

JNS Staff

April 8, 2025

U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Sigrid Kaag and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, April 2, 2025. Photo by Mordechai Gordon/Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Sa’ar talks Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria with Kaag in Jerusalem

"The Palestinian Authority's patterns of action do not allow for trust in it", Sa'ar told the U.N. Mideast envoy.

April 2, 2025

An Israeli flag in the Jordan Valley, near the community of Ma'ale Efraim, Jan. 2, 2014. Photo by Uri Lenz/Flash90.

Katz, Smotrich vow to thwart ‘strategic threat’ of PA construction in Judea and Samaria

Israel will not allow the P.A. "to use illegal construction as a tool to create a strategic threat to the communities," said Katz.

Akiva Van Koningsveld

April 1, 2025

National Mission Minister Orit Strook attends a Religious Zionism Party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Nov. 11, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Strook urges Cabinet to amend policies toward Palestinian Authority

Ramallah launched a "public relations campaign" to improve its image and secure funding, said Orit Strook, a member of Israel's Security Cabinet.

JNS Staff

March 28, 2025

Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two daughters were killed in a Palestinian terror attack, calls for the termination of all funding to the Palestinian Authority during a meeting of the Knesset’s Israel Victory Caucus, July 12, 2023. Photo by Michael Katz.

Israeli court freezes over $13 million in Palestinian Authority funds

The ruling is the result of a lawsuit initiated by Rabbi Leo Dee targeting Ramallah's "pay for slay" financial reward system for terrorists and their families.

JNS Staff

March 26, 2025