The Palestinian Authority is the official governing body of the Palestinian territories and is recognized by all countries that recognize a Palestinian state.
Based in Ramallah, it is currently run by President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah Party.
The financial crisis faced by PA public servants is has reached a critical point. Since August 2022, they haven't received full salaries, leaving them uncertain and unprepared for what lies ahead.
Mahmoud Al-Habbash is chairman of the Supreme Council for Sharia Justice for the PA and Supreme Sharia Judge.
Mossab Hassan Yousef, son of a Hamas co-founder, argues that Palestine’s existence depends on Israel's destruction and criticizes the Palestinian Authority's threat to Israel.
THE MAIN problem with all the above concepts coming out of the Washingtonian and Western European laundromat is that they sideline the most important strategic goal - Israel's victory.
Only slightly more respondents said they supported peaceful political action to establish a political state (44.5%) over violent military resistance (40.8%). A further 14.7% declined to answer.
No plan for a “day after” in Gaza can be properly formulated, planned, and agreed upon without knowing the exact facts on the ground when the battle has ended.
A viable Palestinian state is essential, not only as a response to the Palestinian aspiration for self-determination but as the only possible option to stabilize the region.
Israel must repudiate Netanyahu’s lack of statesmanship, which is leading Western countries to recognize a Palestinian state that could become a real Hamastan.
"This is again hopefully a source of encouragement for these countries to take the necessary courageous step," Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Mohammad Mustafa said.
The World Bank warned that the fiscal situation of the PA has "dramatically worsened in the last three months, significantly raising the risk of a fiscal collapse."