Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
PLO’s Saeb Erekat dies after contracting COVID-19
Middle East
November 10, 2020
PLO’s Saeb Erekat dies after contracting COVID-19
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Saeb Erekat, 65, one of the most experienced and high-profile spokesmen for the Palestinian cause over decades…
Abbas says PA to no longer abide by accords with Israel, US
Middle East
May 20, 2020
Abbas says PA to no longer abide by accords with Israel, US
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian Authority will no longer be committed to any…
Egypt’s Sisi meets Abbas to discuss developments in Palestinian cause
Egypt
April 21, 2019
Egypt’s Sisi meets Abbas to discuss developments in Palestinian cause
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held a meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo to discuss Egyptian support for…
Israel seizes large tracts of land in occupied West Bank: Army Radio
Middle East
March 16, 2016
Israel seizes large tracts of land in occupied West Bank: Army Radio
Israel has appropriated large tracts of land in the occupied West Bank near the Dead Sea and the Palestinian city…
Hamas, Abbas’s PLO announce reconciliation agreement
World
April 23, 2014
Hamas, Abbas’s PLO announce reconciliation agreement
(Reuters) - The Gaza-based Islamist group Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed on Wednesday to implement…
Israel holds four Palestinians over ‘kidnap plot’
World
August 20, 2012
Israel holds four Palestinians over ‘kidnap plot’
Israel has been holding four Palestinian militants since May on suspicion of plotting to kidnap Israelis for use as bargaining chips for…
Palestinian leader Barghouti ‘punished for remarks’ in Israel court
World
January 26, 2012
Palestinian leader Barghouti ‘punished for remarks’ in Israel court
Israel has placed jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti in solitary confinement over remarks he made to the press during a…
This day in history: Arafat made PLO leader
Archaeology
February 2, 2010
This day in history: Arafat made PLO leader
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) was officially formed at an Arab summit, called for by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser…