Tag: Fatah
Palestinian leader heads to Germany for medical checkup
JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas flew to Jordan by helicopter on Monday ahead of an official visit to Germany on which he will...
Poll: Fatah, Hamas face headwinds ahead of Palestinian vote
JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party and his militant Hamas rivals would each fall well short of a parliamentary majority if elections...
Palestinian Fatah kicks out senior member ahead of elections
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party has stripped a senior official of his membership after he announced he would run...
Rival of Palestinian president delivers vaccines to Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A shipment of coronavirus vaccines arranged by a rival of President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in the Gaza Strip on...
COVID-19 kills former Lebanese militant Anis Naccache
DAMASCUS, Syria — Anis Naccache, a former pro-Palestinian militant who participated in the 1975 kidnapping of oil ministers in Vienna, died Monday after battling...
Palestinian president’s rival promises vaccines for Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The United Arab Emirates is sending 20,000 doses of the Russian coronavirus vaccine to the Gaza Strip, a rival...
Palestinian leader’s path to elections is fraught with peril
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' call for elections has thrown his political future into peril, forcing him to negotiate competing demands...
Gazans hope for vote after years of Hamas rule, isolation
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian poll workers fanned out across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, where they found voters eager to register ahead...