PLO

Fatah skips Cairo talks as Hamas delays Gaza disarmament

France 24’s Arabic service noted that many believe Fatah’s stretches of absence were due to the Democratic Reform Bloc’s participation.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Palestinian gunmen from the Balata Brigade of the Fatah movement carry their weapons during a military parade, in Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank, on November 4, 2022.
Then-defense minister Ariel Sharon (R) meets with IDF soldiers after a battle with Palestinian gunmen at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, June 7, 1982.

On This Day: Palestinian terrorists attempt assassinating Israeli ambassador, prompting Lebanon War

Shlomo Argov survived the London shooting attack but remained paralyzed, while Israel launched a campaign that expelled the PLO and set the stage for Iran's Islamic regime to establish Hezbollah.

|ByJAMES GENN
IDF Soldiers arrive at the Temple Mount during the Six Day War in June of 1967. A few months later, the Arab League met, declaring, ‘No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it.’

May 1964: The day the myth of the ‘occupation’ was born - opinion

The PLO was established three years before the Six Day War, before Israel controlled Judea and Samaria and Gaza. The "occupation" didn't exist yet. So what was the PLO seeking to liberate?

|BySHIMON REFAELI
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas delivers a speech during the eighth Fatah Conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026.

PA partially coordinating with Israel for security while glorifying terror, US State Dept. says

The State Department noted that recent statements and actions taken by senior members of the PLO are incompatible with the recognition of Israel and its right to live free from threats.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

No one has confidence in the Palestinian Authority - veteran PLO official

PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS: Former Yasser Arafat aide Bassam Abu Sharif dissects the problems with the current Palestinian leadership.

FEBRUARY 3, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
BASSAM ABU SHARIF, former senior adviser to the late Yasser Arafat, in 2003: The Palestinian Authority wants to cover up for its blunders, corruption and failed and mistaken policies.

Israel must ensure future talks with Palestinians - Gantz

Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that talking to the Palestinian Authority is in the interest of Israel’s security.

JANUARY 31, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White party speaks at an election campaign event ahead of the coming Israeli elections, in Ramat Gan on Feb 25, 2020.

PA slams Bennett for opposing Palestinian state

Says PM’s remarks to ‘Post’ expose his ‘extremist and anti-peace ideology’

JANUARY 29, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh speaks to The Media Line in his office in Ramallah.

PLO decision-making body to convene next month amid rising criticism of Abbas

Palestinian sources said that the PCC meeting, which was scheduled to take place on January 20, was delayed due to the tensions between Fatah and other PLO factions.

JANUARY 20, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Flags fly over the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office, Washington DC, September 12, 2018

On This Day: 1,500 Palestinians slain in Karantina massacre 46 years ago

The massacre of the Palestinian inhabitants of Karantina by Christian Lebanese militias was part of the Lebanese Civil War and triggered a reprisal at Damour.

JANUARY 18, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian refugees in the district La Quarantaine (Karantina) in Beirut, Lebanon, in January 1976.

Abbas calls off PLO parley to avoid ‘confrontation’ with Israel, US

The meeting was postponed because Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wants to maintain channels of communication with the Israeli government.

JANUARY 15, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C), joins a reading of the Koran prior to a meeting of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 22, 2015.

The consequences of ‘deals’ with antisemitic terror

European governments struck 'deals' with Palestinian terrorists, in exchange for what was deemed 'limited' concessions and collateral damage, but In too many cases that meant expendable Jewish lives.

DECEMBER 15, 2021BySHIMON SAMUELS, ALEX UBERTI
ROME’S GREAT SYNAGOGUE. The 1982 attack was claimed to be a surprise to Italian authorities, though they had been warned of threats to Jewish targets in Italy.

Italy ignored warnings of 1982 Rome synagogue attack, new documents show

According to the documents, Italian intelligence reportedly had precise information about the planned attack. 

DECEMBER 13, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Great Synagogue of Rome

EU & PLO – to what end?

The EU’s failure to accept reality - that the PLO, Hamas, and Islamic jihadist groups seek Israel’s demise - is the result of a culture of Jew-hatred, consciously or unconsciously.

OCTOBER 6, 2021ByMOSHE DANN
EUROPEAN UNION High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell chairs a video conference of EU foreign ministers on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Brussels earlier this year.

Israeli ‘extra-judicial executions' slammed by PA, demanding international protection

The Palestinian Authority responded to the killing of three Palestinians by IDF fire, calling them "extra-judicial executions."

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinians carry the body of Islamic Jihad gunman Alaa Zyoud who was killed by Israeli forces during exchange of fire in a raid, during his funeral near Jenin, September 30, 2021.