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The decision marks the second consecutive instance in which the Palestinian leader was prevented from entering the country, while other officials were also barred from the UNGA.

The Ramallah-based think tank predicted Fatah will not secure a parliamentary majority unless opposition forces remain deeply divided.

The plans, ratified in June after being announced by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last year, will expand the use of elections to select PNC members.

Israel was the first Middle Eastern country to recognize Mao Zedong’s Communist China, and briefly came close to establishing full diplomatic relations.

According to a source who spoke with the Palestinian Press Network, Rajoub also met with mukhtars, or clan leaders, from the Gaza Strip in an effort to potentially create his own alliance.

US District Judge Colleen McMahon ultimately ruled that the PA’s public commitment to pay Palestinian prisoners who commit acts of terrorism can constitute assistance under the Antiterrorism Act.

The decision allows efforts to collect the money to continue while the PA and PLO prepare another appeal, but it does not mean the Supreme Court has ruled on that appeal itself.

The Left convinced themselves and others that the gun tucked into Arafat's belt would no longer be used for killing, that he now carried an olive branch, and that he had abandoned his grand vision...

Reporter's Notebook: With the IDF dug in at Beaufort, its next challenge is preventing Hezbollah from returning to the guerrilla tactics that once drove Israel from southern Lebanon.

'We'll do everything to preserve UNRWA,' officials told the Post, describing the Board of Peace's decision as 'driven by the Israeli right wing, which seeks to destroy the Palestinian cause.'