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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
Then-defense minister Ariel Sharon (R) meets with IDF soldiers after a battle with Palestinian gunmen at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, June 7, 1982.
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
A gaping hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria after a suicide bombing, August 9, 2001

Fight for Second Intifada victims reopens with $655 million judgment against PA - interview

A federal appeals court has reinstated a $655.5 million judgment against the Palestinian Authority and PLO, more than two decades after American families sued over attacks from the Second Intifada.

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE

Palestinian factions urge Abbas to call off meeting with Biden

The call came in response to The Jerusalem US-Israel Strategic Partnership Declaration, which was signed on Thursday between Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Biden.

JULY 14, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, November 2011; Israeli Foreign Minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 14, 2022.

First Lebanon War, 1982: A turning point for Israel

At this moment of birth, fraught as are all such moments, many of the core elements that form the current Israeli landscape, politically, militarily and societally, came into being.

JUNE 24, 2022ByJONATHAN SPYER
IDF TANKS park near houses in Tyre, South Lebanon, July 1982.

Tales from the front of the First Lebanon War

A combat veteran from the First Lebanon War, recalls his treacherous military service in Beirut

JUNE 24, 2022ByARIEH O’SULLIVAN
THE WRITER (L) with fellow Nahal soldier Daniel Zahavi-Assa in Beirut, 1982.

Palestinians warn against pinning hopes on Biden visit

Senior Palestinian officials said that they did not expect the Biden visit to bring about a breakthrough in the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

JUNE 23, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
US President Joe Biden attends the Quad leaders’ summit, in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022.

US must reopen Jerusalem consulate ahead of Biden’s visit - PA

The Palestinian Authority also demanded that the PLO be removed from the US list of terrorist organizations.

JUNE 13, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
AN AMERICAN flag flutters at the premises of the former United States Consulate in Jerusalem.

Palestinian Authority could rescind recognition of Israel, Abbas warns Blinken

The PLO Central Committee agreed in February to rescind its recognition of Israel and halt its security coordination with Israel, but the PA has yet to implement that decision.

MARCH 28, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 25, 2021

Palestinian terror groups say 'no' to Abbas loyalists' appointments

Their promotion is seen by some Palestinians as an attempt by the PA president to determine the identity of the future leaders of the Palestinians.

FEBRUARY 10, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the Palestinian Central Council (PLO) meeting in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 6, 2022.

PLO again 'suspends' ties with Israel

Wednesday’s statement is seen by some Palestinians as an attempt by the Palestinian leadership to placate Palestinians after the killing of three Fatah gunmen in Nablus on Tuesday.

FEBRUARY 9, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
A man enters the headquarters of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), in Ramallah September 10, 2018

Palestinian leadership positions filled by Abbas loyalists

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which are not part of the PLO, did not send representatives to the meeting, saying it would drive a deeper rift among Palestinians.

FEBRUARY 7, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas makes a speech during the Palestinian Central Council (PLO) meeting in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 6, 2022.

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.