EU, UN call on Abbas to set new date for Palestinian elections

The Palestinian Authority should set a new date for the Legislative Council elections – and Israel should allow Palestinians to cast their ballots in Jerusalem, the European Union and the United Nations said on Friday.

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Hamas slams Abbas’s decision to delay Palestinian vote as a ‘coup’

The Palestinian Hamas movement on Thursday slammed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision on Thursday night to delay a long-awaited Palestinian vote, calling his move “a coup.”

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EU condemns UNRWA for ‘hate speech and violence’ taught in PA schools

The European Union on Wednesday passed an unprecedented resolution to condemn the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees for printing, distributing and using textbooks inciting and endorsing violence against Israel and the Jewish people in Pale…

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In J Street speech, Abbas urges Biden to scrap US law deeming PLO a terror group

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday urged the Biden administration to revoke a US law that deems the Palestinian Liberation Organization and its affiliates a terror group.

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In J Street speech, Abbas urges Biden to scrap US law deeming PLO a terror group

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday urged the Biden administration to revoke a US law that deems the Palestinian Liberation Organization and its affiliates a terror group.

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Palestinians ‘optimistic’ about resumption of peace process

The Palestinians are optimistic regarding the prospects of reviving the peace process with Israel in light of the US administration’s renewed commitment to the two-state solution, a senior Palestinian official, said on Saturday.

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