Palestinian Authority

The Palestinian Authority is the official governing body of the Palestinian territories and is recognized by all countries that recognize a Palestinian state.

Based in Ramallah, it is currently run by President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah Party. 

Most Israelis support temporary military occupation of Gaza, JCFA survey finds

64% of Jewish Israelis and 52% of all Israelis prefer the option of a temporary occupation of the Gaza Strip after the war, according to a survey that asked 700 participants.

 Palestinians at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, March 18, 2025
 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY head Mahmoud Abbas waves as he meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in Beirut, in May. It’s not clear if the PA is capable of surviving beyond Abbas’s lifetime, says the writer.

The Palestinian Authority has failed: Local autonomy is the only viable future - opinion

 Palestinian police officers seen during a military parade in the West Bank city of Nablus, July 1, 2025

Palestinian Authority police officers conducted terror attack in West Bank, PA to probe attack

 Mahmoud Abbas, PA President in front of a map of Gaza (illustrative).

Mahmoud Abbas insists US includes PA in Gaza ceasefire negotiations - report


Why ‘Shylock’ matters: No excuse for this antisemitic slur - opinion

William Shakespeare helped solidify the stereotype in the public imagination in his play 'The Merchant of Venice,' with his notorious depiction of the Jewish moneylender Shylock.

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump attends an America250 event in Des Moines, Iowa last week. Trump says he didn’t know the term ‘Shylock’ has antisemitic connotations, when he used it speaking of unscrupulous bankers, the writer notes.

Dangerous, self-destructive anarchy: Why hilltop youth violence must end - opinion

The assumption that elements within the “hilltop youth” are engaged in a most important project does not give them the right to act in spheres that must be left to the state and its agencies.

 Screenshot of the incident of settler violence in Qusra from 21 June 2024.

Local sheikhs aren’t the answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion

That route will not bring peace, but likely violence. It will pit clans against clans and Palestinians against one another. In the fog of violence, Jews will be killed.

 BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer greets PA Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa at 10 Downing Street in April. The PA remains the least bad option in a region where that is often the best you can hope for, says the writer.

Preventing the 'Hezbollah model' in Gaza: The 'day after' plans that Israel, US hope for - analysis

As Netanyahu flies to Washington to meet Trump, the center of the discussion will be who should control Gaza after the war ends, and what options are favorable to Israel and the US.

 Palestinians from clans hold guns and melee weapons to secure aid trucks in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 25, 2025.

Paying for the 'day after': Who will fund Gaza’s reconstruction? - opinion

The donors likely to finance Egypt’s plan include a mix of international and regional actors.

 A general view shows destruction in North Gaza, as seen from Israel, May 27, 2025.

Reporter's Notebook: 'Post' meets with top Hebron sheikh who wants to pull out of PA

Joining the Abraham Accords could be a game changer, but it has opposition from both the Israeli and Palestinian sides and may be torpedoed globally.

 Sheikh Wadee' al-Jaabari.

Is the Palestinian Authority on the edge of economic collapse, Abbas succession? - analysis

Amid economic crisis and Abbas's aging leadership, the Palestinian Authority faces instability and potential succession battles.

 Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beirut, Lebanon, May 22, 2025.

Health professionals issue appeal: Palestinians, Israelis can work together on public health

In response to a polio outbreak in Gaza in the late 1970s, Palestinian and Israeli health workers collaborated on a groundbreaking immunization strategy.

 Prof. Tulchinsky at the 2019 conference on micronutrient conditions in the population and sponsored by Israel’s Health Ministry of Health, the Association of Public Health Physicians of the Israel Medical Association, and Ashkelon Academic College.

Palestinian Authority can be sued by American terror victims, US Supreme Court rules

The family of Ari Fuld, who was killed in a stabbing attack in 2018 in a shopping center parking lot by a 17-year-old Palestinian terrorist, filed such the suit in 2021.

United States Supreme Court

End of cooperation with Israeli banks may harm Palestinian economy, Palestinians say

On Wednesday, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich cancelled a waiver on cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian banks.

 Jenin streets following IDF operations in the city, January 27, 2025.

Smotrich orders cancellation of waiver on cooperation with Palestinian banks

This move could effect the collapse of the PA.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025