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Israeli security forces faced off against Palestinian rioters Friday in multiple locations throughout the West Bank and along the Gaza border, as hundreds took part in the violent demonstrations.

The glorification of Palestinian terrorists like Marwan Barghouti — the jailed Fatah leader who is currently leading a hunger strike — “not only distances us from peace, but dishonors the memories of the innocent victims,” Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon declared on Thursday.

Hamas appealed to Ramallah on Monday to lift an onerous fuel tax which it said would force the Gaza power plant to shut down on Tuesday for the third day in a row.

Israeli forces reportedly used live fire to disperse protests outside the Ofer Prison in the West Bank on Monday wounding at least five people, while seven others were hurt in a series of demonstrations in support of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners.

The leaders of Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority met to coordinate positions on the peace process ahead of separate meetings with US President Donald Trump next month, Ramallah said Thursday.

Terrorism won’t be eradicated until the Palestinian issue is settled, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday, expressing hope that recent meetings with US President Donald Trump’s team would lead to “peace” in the region.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denied reports that US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, presented any offers to renew negotiations with Israel during a meeting on Tuesday in Ramallah, according to an interview published Thursday.

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy met for five hours Monday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the Trump administration’s attempt to jumpstart the moribund peace process with the Palestinians.

Several hundred Palestinians marched in an anti-government protest Monday, calling for the resignation of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and criticizing the PA’s security coordination with Israel.

President Donald Trump will hold his first conversation with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Friday, the White House said late Thursday.

Israeli police say a Palestinian militant has been killed in a shootout with Israeli forces in the West Bank.

Two senior Palestinian officials said Wednesday that CIA chief Mike Pompeo had secretly held talks in the West Bank with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a rare high-level meeting between the Palestinian leader and a Trump administration official.

The Palestinian Authority believes US President Donald Trump has not abandoned long-held policies in Washington regarding the Israel-Palestinian conflict, a senior Palestinian official reportedly slated to be the next envoy to the US said Monday.

TEL AVIV — The Palestinian Authority has arrested 47 Islamic State sympathizers in the West Bank this week, a senior Gaza-based jihadi affiliated with IS ideology told Breitbart Jerusalem.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said there would be “dangerous consequences” following Israel’s announcement on Tuesday approving the construction of 2,500 housing units in settlements in the West Bank, Israel Radio reported Thursday morning.

TEL AVIV – A Palestinian wielding a knife rammed a vehicle into an Israeli bus stop in the West Bank and was shot dead by Israeli forces responding to the attack, the army said.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Tuesday pointed the finger at Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for inciting Palestinian violence, saying attacks on Israelis were the direct result of inflammatory rhetoric ordered by Ramallah.

An Israeli military court sentenced a Palestinian Monday to two life terms for shooting dead Israeli hiker Danny Gonen in the West Bank 19 months ago, the army said.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday told Fatah party officials that 2017 would be “the year of the independent Palestinian state.”

A dozen IDF soldiers briefly abandoned their posts in the central West Bank Saturday to protest the looming evacuation and demolition of the Amona outpost near the settlement of Ofra northeast of Ramallah.

An Egyptian rock band is facing boycott threats from Palestinian university students after it coordinated an upcoming show in the West Bank with the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the Hebrew news site nrg reported.

TEL AVIV — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was re-elected to lead the Fatah party for the next five years at its first congress in seven years on Tuesday.

Israeli security forces have arrested more than 30 people suspected of either arson or encouraging others to commit arson in recent days, as dozens of wildfires have swept through the country, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and forcing tens of thousands to flee, officials said Saturday evening.

A Palestinian official says a gunbattle between Palestinian police and gunmen in the West Bank city of Nablus has killed a woman caught in the crosshairs

Days after the 12th anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leaders descended into new recriminations over who may have been involved in the demise of the former president.

As fans around the world were on Friday coming to terms with the death of Leonard Cohen, Israel was treating the Canadian Jewish poet and singer as one of its own.

A museum dedicated to Yasser Arafat, including the room where the Palestinian leader spent much of his final years, will open on Wednesday ahead of the anniversary of his death.

The niece of a top Palestinian official who recently told Israeli TV that she loves Israel to the point of having tattooed Israeli symbols on her body has been disowned by her Palestinian family.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ movement welcomed a shooting in the West Bank that left three Israeli soldiers wounded.

Hamas “welcomed” an attack by a Palestinian police officer on Monday that injured three Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Ramallah, and called on Palestinian security personnel to carry out more attacks.

JAFFA, Israel – With social media becoming a growing source of political dissent, Arab law enforcement agencies have started targeting high-profile users whose posts have gone viral.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken by phone to US Secretary of State John Kerry in a bid to calm Washington’s anger over new Israeli settlement plans, an official said Sunday.

TEL AVIV – The nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is reported to be the most likely successor to head the Palestinian Authority after an aging Mahmoud Abbas steps down.

A West Bank hospital official says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will undergo a heart test after being hospitalized.

TEL AVIV – A Saudi daily chastised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for rebuffing an invitation by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the Israeli Knesset.

JAFFA, Israel – Mixed-gender parties organized in conservative Gaza for last week’s Eid al Adha has sparked a controversy in the Strip, ruled by the Islamic movement Hamas.