President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday issued instructions to Palestinian embassies around the world to change all references to the Palestinian Authority to State of Palestine after the UN vote in Novembe...
The Central Elections Commission said Sunday that vote-counting had concluded in local elections held a day earlier.
Voting took place in 24 municipalities that did not take part in October elections....
The Palestinian anti-corruption commission is readying to institute legal proceedings against Palestinian officials on suspicion of embezzling millions of dollars, the chief of the commission says.
R...
President Mahmoud Abbas appointed Muhammad Abdul-Ghani al-Oweiwi as the new attorney-general to the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday.
Al-Oweiwi has been standing in for Ahmad al-Mughni, who stood do...
Hamas police officers beat women demonstrating in Gaza City on Tuesday during a protest demanding national reconciliation.
The protest, organized by women's organizations including the general union ...
The first elections held in the West Bank for six years reflect how frustrated Palestinians are with their political system and ruling party Fatah, political observers said Sunday.
The poll was held o...
The Palestinian Authority's anti-corruption commission is working to retrieve PLO-owned land registered to individual PLO leaders, commission chief Rafiq Natsha said Wednesday.
So far in 2012, the com...
Asserting that the ongoing protests against the rising cost of living in the West Bank are legitimate, President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated that Israel and some Arab countries share the blame for the P...
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad announced several measures on Tuesday to alleviate the economic crisis.
VAT will be reduced to 15 percent and diesel, gas and kerosene will revert bac...
Palestinian Authority ministers met on Tuesday to discuss ways of easing economic hardships, which have provoked growing protests across the West Bank, challenging the Western-backed authority.
The d...
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