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Palestinian leader’s son wins role in Abbas’ party, official says

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Palestinian leader’s son wins role in Abbas’ party, official says

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, accompanied by his son Yasser (R). File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The millionaire businessman son of Palestinian ‌President Mahmoud Abbas has won a steering role in his father’s ​political party Fatah, a party official said on Sunday (May 17, 2026), ⁠as a succession fight looms for control of the embattled Palestinian…

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Israeli settlers attack West Bank mosque, local officials and army say

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Israeli settlers attack West Bank mosque, local officials and army say

People stand in front of the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque following, according to Palestinian authorities, an attack by Israeli settlers on the West Bank village of Tell, near Nablus, on February 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli settlers attempted to set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank village of Tell early…

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Hamas says will give up arms to a Palestinian authority ‘if occupation ends’

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Hamas says will give up arms to a Palestinian authority ‘if occupation ends’

Hamas militants escort members of the Red Cross towards an area within the so-called “yellow line” to which Israeli troops withdrew under the ceasefire, as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages seized during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Gaza City November 20, 2025. | Photo Credit:…

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Egypt says Fatah-Hamas talks seek to bring post-war Gaza under Palestinian Authority’s full control

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Egypt says Fatah-Hamas talks seek to bring post-war Gaza under Palestinian Authority’s full control

Displaced Palestinians shelter at a tent camp, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip December 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Delegations from the Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas are meeting in Cairo to “reach a mutual understanding” on the Palestinian Authority’s management of the Gaza Strip after the end…

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Israel War Cabinet to discuss new push for Gaza hostage deal

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Israel War Cabinet to discuss new push for Gaza hostage deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was convening his War Cabinet later on Sunday, a senior official said, amid intense diplomacy to forge a Gaza truce and hostage release deal. In Brussels, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told journalists before meeting the Palestinian Premier that a strong Palestinian Authority (PA) was in Israel’s…

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‘Overwhelming’ number of EU countries want to continue funding Palestinian Authority, says bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell

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‘Overwhelming’ number of EU countries want to continue funding Palestinian Authority, says bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell

This picture taken on October 11, 2023 shows an aerial view of buildings destroyed by Israeli air strikes in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City. | Photo Credit: AFP The “overwhelming majority” of European Union (EU) countries supported continuing aid payments to the Palestinian Authority, according to the bloc’s top diplomat Josep…

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