Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian leaders met Monday to plan a response to what they see as US President Donald Trump’s attack on their…

In Wednesday’s concluding session at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Istanbul summit, leaders of Muslim countries declared East Jerusalem as…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his case to Europe to ask allies to join the United States in recognizing Jerusalem…

Rival Palestinian political factions have agreed to hold elections by the end of 2018. The announcement came after two days…

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas named as its new deputy chief on Thursday a formerly Turkey-based commander whom Israel has…

The Palestinian prime minister led a delegation from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip on Monday for talks with…

Gaza’s Hamas rulers have said that Israel has begun to cut back already limited electricity supplies — a step that…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump goes through with plans to transfer Washington's…

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party aims to hold its first congress since 2009 by the end of this year,…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shook hands and exchanged brief words at the funeral on…