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Palestinian lawmaker Hanan Ashrawi calls the decision to close the PLO Office in Washington by the Trump administration as vindictive and as an attempt "to pressure and blackmail the Palestinians" (Twitter)

September 17th, 2018 - 12:29 GMT

PLO's Ashrawi Sees U.S. Residency Removal of Palestinian Diplomat as 'Vindictive', 'Spiteful'

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s Executive Committee, slammed a recent decision by the U.S. administration to revoke the residency visas of a Palestinian diplomat and his family.

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August 14th, 2018 - 10:53 GMT

Israel Arrests 16 Palestinians in Occupied West Bank Raids

At Least 12 Palestinian were detained by the Israeli authorities in West Bank raids. (AFP/ File Photo)

July 11th, 2018 - 02:59 GMT

Israeli Army Arrests 12 Palestinians in West Bank Overnight Raids

President Mahmoud Abbas revealed the Palestinians will not allow any country to move their embassy to Jerusalem, adding he will fight the U.S. move to relocate their mission to the holy city. (AFP/ File Photo)

April 22nd, 2018 - 06:34 GMT

Palestine Will Block Country Moving Their Embassy to Jerusalem

Palestinian men burn tyres during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Apr. 6, 2018. Clashes erupted on the Gaza-Israel border Friday, AFP journalists said, a week after similar demonstrations led to violence in which Israeli force killed 19 Palestinians, the bloodiest day since a 2014 war. Palestinians burned tyres and threw stones at Israeli soldiers over the border fence, who responded with tear gas and live fire, the correspondents said. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

April 21st, 2018 - 09:06 GMT

Palestine to Seek UN Protection from Israeli Attacks

The Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s spokesman reveals that the newest US decisions about banning direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority means the declaration of war on Palestinian people. (AFP/ File Photo)1

March 27th, 2018 - 03:27 GMT

Abbas' Spokesman Expresses Fury Over US Decision to Cut Aid to Palestine

Hundreds of Palestinians have been shot, detained, or killed over the past two years in alleged attempted stabbing attacks against mostly uniformed Israeli soldiers or security officials (AFP/File)

February 7th, 2018 - 08:35 GMT

Palestinian Teenager Shot Dead After Alleged Stabbing Attack Against Israeli Guard

The Committee called on the international community to hold an international conference under the auspices of the U.N. (AFP/File)

January 14th, 2018 - 07:40 GMT

PLO Calls for UN-Sponsored Conference on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

While Jewish visitation is permitted to the compound, non-Muslim worship at Al-Aqsa is prohibited according to an agreement signed between Israel and the Jordanian government after Israel’s illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967 (Shutterstock/File)

January 3rd, 2018 - 12:52 GMT

Israelis Perform Marriage Ritual at Al-Aqsa in Violation of Longstanding Agreement

Israeli politicians defend demolishing the homes of Palestinians who carry out attacks as a deterrent against future violence, but critics say it amounts to collective punishment (AFP Photo/ABBAS MOMANI)

December 23rd, 2017 - 07:40 GMT

Palestinian Family Tears Down Own Home To Escape Israeli Demolition Fees

Members of pro-Palestinian groups, the Young Communist League, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, civil society groups and others demonstrate outside the U.S. Consulate General in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Dec.14, 2017, to protest against the recent decision by Donald Trump to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (GULSHAN KHAN / AFP)

December 21st, 2017 - 02:30 GMT

South Africa to Downsize Embassy in Israel in Response to Trump

The Romanian capital of Bucharest is set to erect a statue of the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian embassy in Romania announced on Saturday (Wikimedia)

November 4th, 2017 - 02:12 GMT

Statue of Late Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish to be Erected in Romania

Head of the movement's politburo Khalid Mashaal, his deputy Ismail Haniyeh and President Abbas met in Qatar on Thursday, at the home of Qatar's Minister of Foreign Affairs Muhammad Bin Abed al-Rahman al-Thani. (AFP/File)

October 30th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

Abbas meets Hamas leaders in Qatar to discuss means of reconciliation