Ramallah

WATCH: Border Police rescue Israeli citizen after accidental entry into Area A near Ramallah

Entry to Area A, which is under the Palestinian Authority's civil and security control, is prohibited for Israelis.

Israeli security forces operate during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus on August 20, 2026.
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in May 2026.

Hamas and Dahlan’s factions seek alliance that could reshape Palestinian elections and weaken Abbas

Palestinian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Dabbour (L) stands next to U.N. Under-Secretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf (C) while she holds a gift, an Arabic calligraphy that reads "All the world is Palestine."

Lebanon weighs extraditing former Palestinian envoy accused of corruption

Settler tears an electrical wire at a family's residential compound inside Taiba's closed military zone, August 11, 2026..

WATCH: Two settlers disconnect electricity, destroy property of Palestinian family in West Bank


Crowds protest in Ramallah as Secretary of State Blinken meets with PA President Abbas

Demonstrators called on the Palestinian Authority to cut off contact with the US, saying that rather than demanding a ceasefire, the US has been enabling Israel to continue its offensive in Gaza.

  Palestinians protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit and his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Ramallah in the West Bank, January 10, 2024.

Millions of shekels in cash seized by IDF overnight in West Bank

During the overnight operation, security forces seized safes, financial documents, phones and recordings as evidence, in addition to tens of millions of shekels.  

 Cash seized overnight in the West Bank by Israeli security forces. December 26, 2023.

US: Palestinian Authority right now lacks credibility to govern Gaza

Kirby clarified that the existing PA in Gaza is also problematic. The issue, he explained, was not Palestinian governance of Gaza, but the nature of the current PA.

Buildings lie in ruin as Palestinians carry their belongings following Israeli strikes on residential buildings at the Qatari-funded Hamad City, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip December 2, 2023.

Hamas, Palestinian Authority blame each other for Gaza's turmoil

The mutual accusations came amid growing discontent in the Gaza Strip with Hamas over its failure to improve the living conditions of its residents.

 Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.

Mahmoud Abbas to make rare visit to Jenin

Abbas will meet with local residents and officials and receive a briefing about efforts to "rebuild" the city and its refugee camp.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2022.

PA faces pressure from Israel, US to rein in West Bank terror groups

The Palestinian Authority has come under attack for failing to order its security forces to engage IDF soldiers and settlers. 

  Palestinians including gunmen gather during a protest following the death of senior Palestinian militant Nasser Abu Hmaid who was jailed by Israel and died in an Israeli hospital where he had been moved to after his health deteriorated, in Ramallah in the West Bank December 20, 2022.

Palestinian journalists seriously injured in IDF clashes

IDF, Palestinian reports disagree about alleged second casualty

 Israeli forces entered Ramallah on June 7, 2023 and demolished the home of the terrorist behind the November Jerusalem bus stop bombings.

Israeli forces demolish Ramallah home of Jerusalem bomber

Israeli media, citing Palestinian reports, stated that a Palestinian photojournalist was seriously injured by IDF fire during the night's clashes. 

Israeli forces entered Ramallah on June 7, 2023 and demolished the home of the terrorist behind the November Jerusalem bus stop bombings.

Two Palestinians, including toddler, shot at West Bank military post

One of the victims is a 3-year-old toddler who is currently in critical condition.

 MDA ambulance and medics (illustrative).

Abbas’s Fatah unfazed by Hamas victory in university elections

Hamas, for its part, views the results of the elections as a vote of confidence in its ideology and armed “resistance” against Israel.

 PA HEAD Mahmoud Abbas told Maher Yunis: ‘We are proud of you... You are the beacon of light of this nation.