Now, the program is ending. According to coverage in Maan, a Palestinian news agency, P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas ended the program on Monday while allowing for low-income families of prisoners ...

(JTA) — The Palestinian Authority will no longer pay stipends to the families of convicted terrorists and other prisoners, in a gesture to President Donald Trump. The longstanding program ...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the Turkish parliament during an extraordinary session on August 15, 2024 in Ankara, Turkey. (photo credit: Serdar Ozsoy/Getty Images ...

President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree on Monday “revoking” legal articles relating to the allowances initiative. The order presented the move as a restructure, moving the fund from the ...

WASHINGTON — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signed a decree on Monday canceling legislation that conditioned welfare payments to Palestinian security prisoners on the length of ...

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the cessation of payments to the families of terrorist prisoners and "martyrs" on Monday, aiming to appease the US and Europe over the ...

Israeli police have confiscated books and arrested Palestinian booksellers following a raid on two famous East Jerusalem bookshops. The raid on The Educational Bookshops happened on Sunday and ...

In a significant policy shift, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has revoked the controversial payment system to families of Palestinians imprisoned or killed by Israeli forces. This move aligns ...

Largely cloudy today with only limited bright spells breaking through at times. It will be mostly dry but the odd spot of drizzle cannot be ruled out locally, mainly in the first half of the day ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to Jordan on Wednesday for urgent discussions with King Abdullah II, following a controversial proposal by former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the ...