Palestinian Authority

Hamas completes Gaza voting for general political bureau head, winner to be announced - report

Hamas’s branches in the West Bank and abroad are expected to complete their voting processes and announce a winner next week, Qatari outlet Al-Alraby stated.

|ByELI LEON
(L-R:) Senior Hamas officials Khaled Mashaal and Khalil al-Hayya
A man wearing a keffiyeh stands next to a poster as he waits to vote during the municipal council election at a polling station in a school in Birzeit, near Ramallah on April 25, 2026.

EU condemns Palestinian Authority textbooks containing 'antisemitism, glorification of jihad'

The EU called for any future funding to the PA to be conditional on the removal of ”antisemitic content, incitement to violence and the glorification of martyrdom and jihad” from textbooks.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.

Palestinian Authority continues to pay terrorists, US State Department report confirms

Under the Taylor Force Act (2018), Washington is unable to offer economic aid to Ramallah until it ends pay-for-slay payments and its statements of public support for terrorism.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Palestinian medical workers receive Pfizer-BioNTecha vaccine against the Coronavirus at the Palestinian Medical center in the West Bank city of Dura on March 21, 2021.

West Bank hospitals in crisis as PA reported pays medical staff only fraction of wage for April

Palestinian medical staff in the West Bank are set to strike over wage cuts, staff shortages, and a mounting healthcare crisis that threatens patient care and medical services.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Fatah says it claimed ‘sweeping victory’ in local elections, despite democratic shortcomings

Fatah said it won most local councils, including Jenin, where the Palestinian Authority was previously accused of losing control to Hamas-linked Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

APRIL 26, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Yousef al-Jaabari (R), candidate of the Palestinian Fatah movement, casts his ballot at a polling station during municipal elections in the West Bank city of Hebron on April 25, 2026.

How media misreporting in Turmus Aiya shaped a false wartime narrative - opinion

Misreporting around Route 60 near Turmus Aiya highlights how quickly unverified claims can shape narratives in a volatile conflict.

APRIL 25, 2026ByNAOMI LINDER KAHN
Israeli soldiers at the entrance to the West Bank village of Turmus Aiya, June 21, 2023

Palestinian municipal elections signal shifting political dynamics - analysis

The elections will be closely watched to see the trends. If things go well, this could boost the plans for change in Gaza.

APRIL 25, 2026BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
People walk past destroyed homes on April 20, 2026 in Gaza City, Gaza.

Palestinian Authority local elections start for first time in years, including voters from Gaza

The elections, the first of their kind since the October 7 massacre in 2023, will be held in the West Bank and the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah.

APRIL 25, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Palestinian man shows his ink-stained finger after voting in a municipal council election, in Al Bireh, in the West Bank, April 25, 2026.

Palestinians in Gaza to vote in municipal elections, offering view into support for Hamas

It will be Gaza's first vote of any kind since 2006, when Hamas won the PA's legislative elections and later seized control of Gaza following a brief civil war with PA President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah.

APRIL 22, 2026ByREUTERS
Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip May 11, 2024.

After a $655M PLO verdict, Oct. 7 victims go after Hamas's money - interview

Gideon Fisher tells the 'Post' about the emerging legal strategy of targeting terrorist financing in civil litigation, offering victims of the October 7 massacre a potential path for compensation.

APRIL 21, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israeli soldiers guard near stickers of victims killed in the October 7 massacre and ongoing Iron Swords War at the Bental water reservoir near Kibbutz Merom Golan, in the Golan Heights, October 7, 2025.

Israel projects strength abroad but struggles to protect its citizens at home - opinion

Israel shows power in wars abroad but struggles to have clarity and consistency in the West Bank, where civilians face ongoing terror.

APRIL 18, 2026ByAVI ABELOW
A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

UK defense official met Ramallah governor who held meetings with released terrorists

The British Ministry of Defense’s Senior Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa, V.-Adm. Edward Ahlgren, met Ramallah Governor Laila Ghannam, a senior Palestinian Authority official.

APRIL 15, 2026ByAMICHAI STEIN
RAMALLAH GOVERNER Laila Ghannam with the British Ministry of Defence’s Senior Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa, General Edward Ahlgren.

PA turns Hitler’s ally into a Palestinian icon - opinion

The PA is sending a clear message: Its ongoing practice of rewarding and glorifying Palestinian terrorist mass murderers is neither new nor superficial.

APRIL 14, 2026ByITAMAR MARCUS
Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, meeting with Adolf Hitler in 1941

A just US ruling, an Israeli absurdity: The Jewish state is complicit in rewarding terror - opinion

No country should tolerate payoffs for crimes against humanity.

APRIL 14, 2026ByMOSHE FEIGLIN
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas is seen at an event in Italy, last year.