Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed Saturday a new commander for the National Security Forces and another for the Civil Defense, according to the Palestinian news agency, Wafa.

policy of paying stipends to terrorists who murdered Israelis - also known as “pay-to-slay”, PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas later clarified he has no intentions of ending the policy. Abbas ...

On Feb. 10, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas announced a long-promised ... named in honor of a Texan army veteran who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in 2016.

President Mahmoud Abbas surprised the Palestinian people with his announcement of what he called reform measures taken in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Fatah movement. In the PLO ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Last month, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signed a decree ending Ramallah’s controversial prisoner payment system, which had been a lightning rod for ...

Former prime minister Ehud Omert has for the first time revealed the map for a two-state solution that he showed to Mahmoud Abbas in 2008, and spoke of how he urged the Palestinian Authority ...

Successive US administrations have opposed PA payment scheme Decision weakens already unpopular leader, analyst says Hamas condemns move as abandoning cause of prisoners RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb ...