Category: Palestinian Politics

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas unified the P.A security devices into three apparatuses in an attempt to control chaos and implement reforms in these devices. P.A security devices will now…

The ‘Jerusalem and Return’ coalition that joined Fatah with the Palestinian People’s Party (former communist) won 16 of the 31 student senate seats in Bethlehem University marking a clean victory…

In a strong coming back, Fatah won Tuesday more seats than Hamas in the students’ council elections at Bir Zeit University, ending ten years of Islamic movement monopoly over one…

More than 200 Palestinian resistance operatives have pledged not to carry out acts of violence, considered an important step towards solving the problem of “wanted” Palestinians, a Palestinian official said…

On Wednesday night, a group of unknown gunmen stopped their car near the headquarters of the PA Preemptive security in the west bank city of Ramallah, and opened fire towards…

Tawfiq Tirawi, head of the General Intelligence in the West Bank stated that he has enough indicting evidence against some officials in the Palestinian Authority in corruption cases, Palestine News…

Palestinian resistance gunmen said Wednesday they will keep their weapons out of sight, but won’t hand them over to the Palestinian Authority, dismissing PA calls to hand guns and join…

About 1,000 Palestinian security officials will be forced into retirement by the end of the week as part of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ security reforms, a senior Palestinian official said…

Israeli media sources said Tuesday that a senior PA official embezzled millions of US $ before moving to live in Jordan. The Jerusalem post newspaper failed to name the official,…

Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousif said Tuesday that he informed Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz that the PA is incapable of playing a real security role in Gaza due to…

Some of the armed resistance groups vowed to challenge the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to disarm resistance men wanted by Israel. While the Islamic Jihad and Hamas completely rejected…

Palestinian West Bank intelligence Chief Tawfiq Tirawi rescinded Monday his resignation upon the request of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, PA official told Reuters. Tirawi resigned on Friday following a Thursday…

The Islamic Jihad Movement said on Monday that it had decided yet on participating in the Palestinian Legislative elections, and that the movement might join the PLO after it is…

Jibreel Rajoub, the strongest candidate for West Bank national security Chief, said Sunday that the process of unifying all security apparatuses into three only will start very soon. Speaking to…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that ‘we will not allow anyone to take the law into his own hands,’, criticizing PA security officials for failing to do their jobs. …

The Palestinian security forces are being slammed for the way the Palestinian Authority handled the latest ‘riots’ in the West Bank city of Ramallah, which led to the resignation of…

Informed Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that the Palestinian Authority is carrying out major changes on the Security forces device. Following the riots by some gunmen in Ramallah, who many…

Head of PA West Bank Intelligence service submitted Thursday his resignation to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, protesting ‘lack of action’ against security chaos in the West Bank and the Gaza…

A group of Palestinian burned down tents used as offices by the Palestinian Authority police force in the West Bank city of Tul-Karim early on Thursday. The angry crowd, mostly…

The PA is considering cracking down on armed groups in the West bank cities of Ramallah and Tul-Karim after such groups has attacked PA bases, including the presidential compound in…

Palestinian sources said Monday evening that one Palestinian was seriously injured, two mildly,  in a car blast in the center of Gaza city.   Apparently the blast targeted the car…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remarked on Sunday, that Fatah, is preparing to hold primaries to choose its candidates for the upcoming general elections next July. The Palestinian National Liberation…

Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousif placed Monday restrictions on possessing weapon and publicly displaying them. The move was welcomed by Israel. A Palestinian security official, speaking on condition of anonymity,…

As election campaign for the Student Council in Hebron university heated, Hundreds of student supporters of Hamas clashed Saturday with supporters of Fatah, one day prior to balloting day. Eyewitnesses…

Farid Al-Jallad, Palestinian Minister of Justice, reported on Friday that the Palestinian Authority will implement the executions against convicted inmates who collaborated with the Israeli security. Al-Jallad defended his stand, saying that…

Armed gunmen stormed into, and forced an end to a meeting of 1200 Fatah movement representatives, representing all the West Bank movement’ regions, signaling that the ‘Young’, ‘old’ guards crisis…

More than 20 Palestinian gunmen burst into a large gathering of the Fatah party on Thursday, ordering people out of the building and firing shots into the air. Roughly 1,200…

Mohammad Al-Hourani, a young Fatah leader said Monday that young gaurds resignations aimed at shaking up the movement.   Al-Hourani stated that young leaders, who submitted their resignations to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,…

Palestinian security sources reported Sunday that unknown gunmen shot dead Sunday a Palestinian taxi driver Ahmed Tarifi, 30, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on suspicious of collaborating with…

Palestinian police force operated Saturday inside the village of Dora near the West bank city of Hebron, searched homes and found and confiscated weapons, including hand grenades. A Palestinian security…

Palestinian sources welcomed on Thursday the new changes in the diplomatic departments and Palestinian representatives, the new Palestinian foreign affairs Nasser Al Kidweh is planning to carry out. Changes in…

In response to the resignation of 32 Fatah young leaders, the movement central committee member Hani Al-Hasan said Friday evening that their move aimed at creating a coalition ahead of…

Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian Interior Minister Gen. Nasser Yousef met on Tuesday with the Aqsa Brigades leader in Jenin area, Zakaria Al-Zubeidi, during which they tackled the shooting incident…

Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a prominent leader of Hamas stated on Friday that the movement has decided to take part in the legislative elections slated for July of this year. ‘Hamas…

The filed candidacy of Fatah’s jailed leader Marwan Barghouthi for PA chairmanship against Fatah’s central committee decision to nominate PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas’s decision to boycott elections, turned…

Jamal Shobaki, local government minister and the head of the Higher Election Committee said on Thursday that the second stage of the local elections will be conducted on May 5,…

Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian security source reported that unknown armed men assassinated a Palestinian security officer in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of the Gaza Strip. The source stated that…

Thursday evening, Palestinian Attorney General, Hussein Abu ‘Assy, announced in a press conference that he temporarily froze the “Egyptian Cement” file, which is a case against some Palestinian companies which…

Around 50 armed men forcefully entered the Gaza Central Prison and killed three prisoners, Palestinain security soruce reported on Thursday. {mosimage}The source described the attack as criminal and said the…

The Palestinian Legislative Council agreed to implement a proportional representation system and to remove of the quota for female legislators. The Council also agreed to increase the number of its…

A Hamas’s political rally turned violent Saturday, as supporters of the Islamic movement and those of Fatah clashed. At least 30 people were hurt. The clash, which took place in…

The Palestinian Central Election Committee announced the final results of the elections that were held in ten local councils in the Gaza Strip, declaring that Hamas candidates won 77 of…

‘Abbas needs to deal with, an ever pressing for more, Sharon, needs to face the Bush’s global war against terrorism fantasies and live with a growing in influence Islamic movement.’…

Semi-official results of local elections for ten Gaza local councils show that Hamas has won overwhelmingly. Hamas won in seven of the ten municipal councils, including the three largest ones: Dir…

Hamas made a strong showing in first-ever municipal elections held on Thursday in the Gaza Strip, an exit poll showed.    The independent Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research…

the 167 voting centers in which Gazans’ voted to elect the members of 10 local councils  closed doors at seven p.m. official results to be anounced on friday morning. PA…

As was anticipated, any newly elected Palestinian leader will face a number of very difficult challenges. As it was predicted, Mr. Abbas won the trust of the people for the…

  Translated by Saed Bannoura In spite of the fatigue which wore out the supervisors of the voting process and the vote counting, some of the ballots found in the…

Participation: Around 41% of all allegeable Palestinian voters voted in the presidential elections, yet they constitute 71% of registered voters. In practice, the Palestinian legislative council decision to allow the…

On Monday, European Union (EU) Foreign Policy Officer Javier Solana criticized Israel for obstructing the Palestinian Presidential elections held on Sunday. Solana told reporters during his visit to the information…

Participation: Around 41% of all eligible Palestinian voters voted in the presidential elections, constituting 71% of registered voters. In practice, the Palestinian legislative council decision to allow those who did…

Only a small fraction of the estimated 160,000 eligible Palestinian voters in East Jerusalem were permitted to cast their ballots in the city. The vast majority of Jerusalem Arabs were…

Israeli security insisted that East Jerusalem ballots boxes should be laid on their side and that boxes should be transported to the central election committee centers in Abu Dis and…

Israeli army continued Saturday with imposing a curfew on the residents of Beta village south of the West Bank city of Nablus for the second day. Local sources reported on…

Israel is considering renewing military operations inside Palestinian populated areas after an Israeli soldier was killed in a military attack in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority was made aware…

Some international observers were touring army roadblocks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Saturday to check whether Israel kept a promise to ease travel for Palestinians during elections.…

Palestinian Presidential candidate Mustafa Barghouti was detained by police Friday as he tried to enter the Old City of Jerusalem to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque; second time during the…

in the Bantustans – the equivalent to today’s walled in Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The thought was that if people elected local officials, even to…

Contrary to 1996 elections, most Palestinian opposition groups decided to take an active role in the planned for January 9, PA presidential elections. Even when it seems that the Islamic…