Posts Tagged: Palestinian Authority

Israel-Hamas feud heats up but Netanyahu has upper hand

June 24, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Middle East.

An Israeli soldier conducts a search mission during the fifth day into the search of three missing teenagers June 17, 2024 in Hebron, West Bank. Israeli soldiers have so far detained more than 190 suspects in the search for three teenagers who went missing in Jewish settlements in the West Bank late last week. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

Israel has made no secret of its hope to thus weaken the Palestinian movement, and by extension its fledgling alliance with the Palestinian Authority (PA) , which governs the West Bank.

Palestinian unity gov’t showing cracks over paychecks

June 5, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Middle East.

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Relatives and Hamas supporters attend the funeral of two Hamas members Adel and Imad Awadallah on April 30, 2024 in Ramallah, West Bank in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The men were killed in 1998 by Israeli forces and the bodies were returned last night to the Palestinian Authority as sign of goodwill. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

The new administration’s spokesman, Ehab Bessaiso, warns that Israel’s refusal to issue travel permits to officials who need to cross Israeli territory to reach the divided Palestinian regions will continue to hamper the unity government’s operations.

Fatah, Hamas inch towards unity government

May 22, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Middle East.

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Past unity deals have disintegrated over practical issues like the composition of a future unity government or the integration of public services in the West Bank and Gaza, as well as ideological concerns.

Abbas visits Washington with conflicted agenda

March 17, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Middle East.

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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) in the Oval Office of the White House March 17, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Palestinian hostility to perceived pressure from Washington (and Israel) to extend peace negotiations past the April 29 deadline is only the latest stumbling block in the nine-month-old peace process.

Kerry’s relentless peace push

January 3, 2025 by Matt Taylor in Middle East.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas talk before a meeting at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 3, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool

Intent on a quixotic repeat of his predecessor’s efforts, the U.S. secretary of state is struggling to grapple with the domestic politics in Israel and Palestine.

Kerry warns Israel as peace talks sputter

November 7, 2024 by Matt Taylor in Middle East.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meets with Israel's President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem November 6, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed

U.S. prods its ally on a two-state solution as Israel’s internal politics (and Palestine’s) remain less than conducive to real progress.

Fatah, Hamas eye reconciliation — again

May 14, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Middle East.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas President Mahmoud Abbas (R) accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad during a meeting on April 13, 2024 in Ramallah, West Bank.

The results of a lasting reconciliation — i.e., the international legitimacy of the to-be-formed government — are not as clear-cut as the two Palestinian factions would like.