Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was released from the hospital after undergoing “routine medical tests” at the Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah, in the West Bank, the PA’s official news agency WAFA reported on Monday. The 90-year-old Abbas, who is in the 21st year of a four-year term, was hospitalized earlier that day. After his … Read more
Palestinian leaders in the Israeli-occupied West Bank met this week for the first gathering of its kind in years. Their mission: to allow Mahmoud Abbas, the aging Palestinian Authority president, to appoint a longtime loyalist to a newly minted senior position. On Saturday night, Mr. Abbas formally named Hussein al-Sheikh, a close confidant, as his … Read more
Russian leader says his country is focused on war in Ukraine but laments ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas he is “concerned” about the high number of Palestinian civilian casualties in Gaza. In a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, Abbas said that Russia was considered … Read more