Abbas Hopes for Palestinian State in 2013
"Next year will be the year of statehood and independence," PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas says in Ramallah.
"Next year will be the year of statehood and independence," PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas says in Ramallah.

PA Chairman promises that someday the PA flag will fly over “Jerusalem, eternal capital of the state of Palestine.”

"World countries have given Bibi Netanyahu a slap in the face," says Meretz chairwoman Zehava Galon.

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas claimed Saturday the entity's renewed bid for UN membership is the “last chance” for peace with Israel.

A Swiss laboratory team has arrived in Ramallah to prepare for the exhumation of former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.

French officials confirm that criminal investigators will order to exhume former PA Chairman Yasser Arafat's body next month.

French investigators into the death of former Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat will arrive on November 26 in Ramallah.

A group of Israeli lawmakers traveled to the Palestinian Authority capital of Ramallah Sunday to meet with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

Around 200 people demonstrate in Ramallah, demand the resignation of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

Soldier was part of an IDF force that arrested wanted suspects near Ramallah.

A “Palestinian Authority Spring” appears to be limping, but getting off the ground in Ramallah against Fayyad and Abbas. Hamas is waiting.

An Israeli motorist was wounded late Wednesday in a road terror attack while driving near a town in Samaria, north of Ramallah.

Two Ramallah lynch terrorists are among those arrested as part of a Hamas terror cell.

PA police officers trade gunfire with assailants at Fayyad’s compound in Ramallah. No casualties reported.

The PA has cancelled planned meeting of envoys in Ramallah after Israel refused to admit attendees from countries that don't recognize it.

Israel is getting tough with Arab countries that do not recognize Israel and bars them from crossing Jordan to Ramallah.

The Palestinian Authority has appealed to the Arab League for more money, citing the “worst budget crisis” in nearly 20 years.

Dozens of journalists protested the trampling of their rights by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.

Ramallah Arab women, fed up with men-only cafes, have opened one of their own. No males allowed, except for the chef – for the time being.

Israeli lawmakers are calling on the government to rescue from PA execution the broker who sold a building to Jews in Hevron.

The IDF raided two Ramallah pirate television stations Wednesday morning, and Communications Ministry officials confiscated equipment.

Lt. Colonel Muli Cohen was dismissed from command of the 74th Armored Brigade for leaving a soldier behind in Ramallah.

Commander of an IDF mechanized infantry unit suspended for leaving one of his soldiers behind in a village near Ramallah.

The IDF is investigating a 'serious operational failure' that saw a lone soldier left behind in Ramallah; local Arabs helped him to safety.

Killers of 15-year old Helena Rapp and security officer Noam Cohen to be released

Cheered by thousands, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced the start of “Palestinian Spring” in Ramallah Sunday upon his return from the UN.

Palestinian Authority Arabs rioted and hurled rocks at IDF soldiers stationed in an area south of Hevron.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is in Jerusalem to discuss the PA statehood bid.
Germany's foreign minister goes to Ramallah in a last-ditch effort to convince PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to abandon the UN statehood bid.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas denies a split with Jordan on the upcoming UN statehood bid. German official meets in Ramallah.

The United States has announced it will exercise its veto in the U.N. Security Council to block a bid by the PA to gain UN membership.
The Palestinian Authority officially began its bid for statehood at the United Nations Thursday. The PLO raced to deny the campaign launch.

The Palestinian Authority announced Monday it "condemns all attacks on civilians" after a PA Arab stabbed 8 people at a Tel Aviv club.

The Palestinian Authority has slammed Israel's effort to relieve its housing shortage in two towns in Judea and Samaria.

The IDF and Shin Bet have foiled a terrorist plot to kidnap an Israeli soldier and attack other Israeli citizens.

IDF military court finds Wisam Ali Mahmad Raadi innocent of manslaughter charges in the infamous lynch-murder of two IDF soldiers 10 years ago.
A Palestinian Authority government complex is being built on a Ramallah street named after arch-terrorist Yahye Ayash, known as The Engineer.
Fatah leader Muhammad Dahlan skipped his mother’s funeral because it was held in Hamas-controlled Gaza. PA sources: Israel & the US said not to go.

The PA government is defending its right to honor murderers of Israelis by naming public places after terrorists.

Despite their portrayal as impoverished refugees, local Arabs are expected to swarm into several new luxury malls opening in Arab populated areas.
