Israel-Arab conflict

Palestinian National Council to Elect New Leaders Amid Abbas Health Rumors

TEL AVIV — The Palestinian National Council will hold its first meeting in nearly a decade next month to elect new leaders — possibly paving the way for a successor to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas — and discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, officials said Wednesday.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, speaks during a meeting with the Palestinian

Senior Palestinian Official: World Ruled By U.S. Will End Within Three Years

TEL AVIV – A senior Palestinian official said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is locked in “confrontation” with the Trump administration over its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and that the days when the world is led by the U.S. are numbered, the London-based Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on Wednesday.

In this Sept. 21, 2011 file photo, Palestinian spokesman Nabil Shaath speaks at a press co

WATCH: Palestinian TV Hails Most Lethal Terrorist In Israeli History As Feminist Icon

JERUSALEM – The head of a Fatah women’s committee for Palestinian universities called “Sisters of Dalal” – named after the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi who was behind the death of 38 Israelis – explained on Palestinian Authority’s official TV network that the committee was named as such because Mugrhrabi was a feminist “role model” for Palestinian women.

Dalal Mughrabi

PA Accusation that Israel Killed Teen Terrorist for No Reason Refuted by Confession

TEL AVIV – Following the release on Friday of the body of a 17-year-old Palestinian terrorist, a Palestinian Authority governor accused Israel of executing the youth in cold blood for no reason – despite the fact that prior to his death, the terrorist had left a message urging his family not to mourn his death since “marytrdom beckons me… and I will be a groom in Paradise.”

Israeli security forces gather at the scene of a stabbing attack, where a Palestinian stab

PA Presidential Guard: Water Freedom With Blood Of Palestine’s Sons

JERUSALEM – Following the Temple Mount crisis which Palestinian leadership has warned is the first of many “rounds of battle,” the Palestinian Authority’s Presidential Guard posted a message urging people to “water freedom with the blood of Palestine’s sons,” Israeli monitoring group Palestinian Media Watch reported.

A Palestinian woman joins some 10,000 Palestinians in prayer at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque

Palestinians Re-Erect Terrorist Monument In Jenin

TEL AVIV – Palestinians in the West Bank town of Jenin on Saturday re-erected a monument in honor of a Palestinian terrorist who masterminded the massacre of Israeli schoolchildren in the 1970s, a day after it was bulldozed by the Israeli military.

A monument to 'martyr' Khaled Nazzal in a Jenin square named after him. Nazzal w