Palestinian AuthorityAbbas postpones Palestinian elections again, blaming IsraelPA president, whose mandate expired in 2009, delays first parliamentary vote in 20 years as Israeli foreign minister calls him a ‘corrupt dictator’By JC Reporter1 min read
By Gary MasonThe Israel-Palestine fund that could build peace from the ground upModelled on the Irish experience, it can act as a force-multiplier, making stretched aid budgets go further. Labour was right to support it and the UK should now make it a priority3 min read
Labour‘This is Palestine’s South Africa moment’: Palestinian ambassador praises Miliband’s ‘historic’ sanctionsHusam Zomlot said Britain had ‘shifted from words to action’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Palestinian AuthorityTony Blair blasts ‘fabricated’ Middle East Eye allegation that he requested removal of word ‘Palestine’ from Arab school booksFormer PM hit out at the ‘false’ claim to the website by Britain's former ambassador to the UN Sir Jeremy GreenstockBy JC Reporter3 min read
World Cup 2026Palestinian FA chief denied entry to US for World CupThe US State Department has not offered any explanation as to why Jibril Rajoub was not issued a visa to attend the tournamentBy JC Reporter1 min read
Palestinian AuthorityUK sends extra £10 million to Palestinian Authority despite lack of progress on reformsThe money will be used to pay the authority’s salaries and ‘build more effective, more democratic, more accountable governance’ in the West Bank, according to the foreign secretaryBy JC Reporter1 min read
Palestinian AuthorityFatah opens leadership election to former terror convictsThe faction also re-elected Marwan Barghouti despite the fact that he is still serving multiple life sentencesBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israel withholds over $200 million in PA tax revenue‘We will not transfer funds that ultimately reach terrorists who harm Israeli civilians,’ said Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.By JC Reporter1 min read||April 28, 2026 14:05
PA made ‘pay-for-slay’ payments months after pledging scheme would end, State Department claimsThe filing also accused the PA of ‘inciting and glorifying violence’ and ‘supporting terrorism via educational materials and summer camps’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 21, 2026 14:30
PA paid out $200m in pay-for-slay despite pledge to end scheme, US claimsThe State Department reportedly filed evidence to Congress that the programme, which provides funding to the families of convicted terrorists, continued under a different nameBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 30, 2026 10:56
US expands travel ban to Palestinian Authority passport holdersThose travelling from the West Bank will face significant entry restrictions, while other nations like Syria have been hit with a total prohibitionBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||December 17, 2025 13:50
Halt UK funding to Palestinian Authority, say MPs after report shows curricula promote violence‘This cannot be allowed to continue’: PA appears to ignore UK demands for reform of education materialsBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||November 20, 2025 17:26
‘Pay-for-slay’ may still be operational despite PA guaranteesThe EU is reportedly set to investigate whether the ‘Martyrs’ Fund’ is still active through a series of backchannelsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 19, 2025 15:07
Palestinian Authority continues to ‘incite antisemitism’ in UK-funded schools despite reform pledge, claims education watchdogNew report claims West Bank curriculum ‘systematically violates Unesco-derived standards’By Jane Prinsley4 min read||November 19, 2025 14:00
Oxford Union ‘labels Israel greater threat to regional stability’ than IranHillel Neuer, director of UN Watch and one of the speakers in the debate, labelled the motion an 'inversion of reality’By Jamie Shapiro2 min read||November 14, 2025 17:43
Abbas fires finance minister over ‘pay-for-slay’ payments to Palestinian prisonersThe Palestinian Authority announced the reshuffle in a bid to prove it is serious about reformBy Siam Goorwich1 min read||November 12, 2025 11:27
