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Barghouti Emerges as Abbas Succession Favorite as Hamas Support Slips
middle-east2 days ago

Barghouti Emerges as Abbas Succession Favorite as Hamas Support Slips

A PSR poll shows Hamas support dropping to 24%, tying with Fatah, while 44% say neither Hamas nor Fatah should lead. Among likely voters, 32% favor Fatah and 29% Hamas, with significant West Bank declines (Hamas from 32% to 18%; Gaza from 41% to 33%). Imprisoned Fatah figure Marwan Barghouti is the leading successor to Abbas (39%), and in a hypothetical Barghouti-vs-Abbas race, Barghouti leads 54%–14%. Ninety-two percent want Abbas to resign? (Note: 79% want Abbas to resign). The poll also finds growing support for negotiations and a two-state solution based on 1967 borders, signaling room for new parties ahead of November elections, though turnout and outcomes could be shaped by Israel’s upcoming elections.

via The Jerusalem Post|
#abbas#barghouti#hamas
Palestinian groups urge Supreme Court to pause $655M Intifada damages award
politics25 days ago

Palestinian groups urge Supreme Court to pause $655M Intifada damages award

Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a lower-court order requiring them to pay about $655 million to American victims of the Second Intifada. After decades of legal wrangling, a 2026 ruling reinstated the award; the groups argue that ongoing payments would strain government resources and jeopardize security while they challenge whether the lower court could reinstate the award after recent legal changes, including the 2019 law expanding victims' ability to sue and a 2025 Supreme Court ruling allowing suits on U.S. soil.

via USA Today|
#intifada-victims#jurisdiction#palestinian-authority
PA seeks Supreme Court stay on $656 million terrorism-related judgment
world25 days ago

PA seeks Supreme Court stay on $656 million terrorism-related judgment

Palestinian authorities urged the U.S. Supreme Court to halt enforcement of a roughly $656 million verdict against the Palestinian Authority in a terrorism-related case, arguing that a stay is needed during appeal and warning the ruling could set a dangerous precedent for foreign-state liability and impact aid negotiations.

via AP News|
#656-million-judgment#palestinian-authority#stay-of-enforcement
US presses Palestinians to drop UN General Assembly vice-presidency bid
world3 months ago

US presses Palestinians to drop UN General Assembly vice-presidency bid

According to a leaked 19 May State Department cable, Washington pressed the Palestinian Authority to withdraw its bid for a UN General Assembly vice-presidency by 22 May, warning that consequences would follow; the US argued the role could let Palestinians chair high-profile Middle East debates and undermine Trump’s plan, and suggested visa revocation and the withholding of Palestinian tax revenues as leverage. The Palestinians are running on an Asia-Pacific slate, and Riyad Mansour had previously withdrawn a candidacy after US lobbying, underscoring the pressure in play.

via The Guardian|
#middle-east-diplomacy#palestinian-authority#un-general-assembly
Fatah tightens control as Abbas-aligned figures win key seats in Central Committee
world3 months ago

Fatah tightens control as Abbas-aligned figures win key seats in Central Committee

Fatah wrapped up its eighth general conference by electing a new 18-member Central Committee and an accompanying Revolutionary Council, with turnout reported at about 94.6%. The vote consolidates the Ramallah-based establishment, adding Majed Faraj, Yasser Abbas, and Laila Ghannam to top posts, and including Zakaria Zubeidi, a former al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades commander recently released from Israeli custody. The three-day, multi-hub process across Ramallah, Gaza, Beirut, and Cairo underscored the movement’s continued dominance of the Palestinian Authority and the PLO since 1994, while Mahmoud Abbas was re-elected as overall leader.

via Israel National News|
#central-committee#fatah#mahmoud-abbas
middle-east4 months ago

PA Local Elections Open Across West Bank and Gaza, First in Gaza Since 2007

Palestinian Authority local elections opened across the West Bank and Gaza’s Deir al-Balah, with about 1 million eligible voters including roughly 70,000 from Gaza; polls close by 7 p.m. and initial results are due overnight. The ballots operate under a 2025 electoral law with two systems—open‑list proportional representation for municipal councils and a majority system for village councils. Some factions are boycotting to protest PA demands that candidates back its Israel‑recognition framework. Gaza’s vote marks its first since Hamas took control in 2007, though Hamas has not officially fielded candidates; one Deir al-Balah list is widely seen as aligned with it, and Hamas police are slated to secure polling stations in Gaza.

via The Jerusalem Post|
#deir-al-balah#elections#gaza
Gaza Tests Democracy with First Municipal Elections in Two Decades
world4 months ago

Gaza Tests Democracy with First Municipal Elections in Two Decades

Gaza’s Deir el-Balah hosts its first municipal elections in over 20 years, part of a broader push to revive local governance after war damage. About 70,000 eligible voters will choose a council from four independent lists using a closed-list system with gender quotas and candidate preferences. Parties like Hamas and Fatah are not running under official banners; candidates frame their campaigns around service delivery and transparency. Analysts warn the vote may not reflect broader political power and could influence PA legitimacy and potential post-war governance arrangements for Gaza and the West Bank.

via Al Jazeera|
#deir-el-balah#gaza#independent-lists
Hebron Mayor decries Israeli power expansion as West Bank gains civilian sway
middle-east6 months ago

Hebron Mayor decries Israeli power expansion as West Bank gains civilian sway

Israel’s cabinet approved sweeping changes that extend civilian control into Palestinian-run areas of the West Bank, giving Israel authority over municipal services and planning for sites like Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs. Palestinian officials say the move amounts to de facto annexation and signals the end of renewed peace talks, with Hebron’s acting mayor Asma al-Sharabati lamenting that Palestinians are “not protected” as settlers and Israeli authorities tighten control. The development drew international condemnation and underscored concerns that the Oslo framework is eroding as the West Bank’s status shifts.

via BBC|
#annexation#hebron#israeli-settlements
Palestinian draft constitution elevates Sharia, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem
middle-east6 months ago

Palestinian draft constitution elevates Sharia, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas published a draft constitution for a future Palestinian state, establishing Islam as the official religion with Sharia as the primary source of legislation and designating Jerusalem as the capital and religious center while omitting any direct reference to Judaism. The draft reaffirms the PLO as the sole legitimate representative, guarantees the right of return for refugees, and includes provisions to care for families of martyrs, prisoners, and exiles (the pay-for-slay policy). It sets a civil-overseen security framework, bans non-government militias, imposes two five-year presidential terms with nationality/age restrictions, and envisions a Palestinian Monetary Authority. Public comment is invited for 60 days; Macron had offered to help, and Hamas criticized the draft as a rights violation.

via The Jerusalem Post|
#constitution#jerusalem#middle-east
Israel expands West Bank control with land and planning measures
world6 months ago

Israel expands West Bank control with land and planning measures

Israel’s security cabinet approved a package of measures to deepen Israeli control in the West Bank, including lifting a ban on land sales to Jews, declassifying land registry records, shifting planning for sensitive sites in Hebron to Israeli authorities, enforcing environmental/archeological rules in Palestinian areas, and reviving a committee to enable proactive land purchases to secure land for settlements, a move praised by settlers and condemned by Palestinians and neighbors.

via AP News|
#land-confiscation#land-registry#palestinian-authority
Gaza moves into second phase with technocrat-led transition
world7 months ago

Gaza moves into second phase with technocrat-led transition

The US announced the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire, proposing a Palestinian technocrat committee to run daily life during a transition and a push toward demilitarisation and reconstruction; Egypt said the 15-member committee would be deployed, with potential heads named, and Nickolay Mladenov to oversee and report to a Trump-chaired peace board whose membership will be announced soon. The plan follows the October hostage exchange, but key details—especially Hamas disarmament and specific members—remain unclear.

via The Guardian|
#ceasefire#egypt#gaza
Gaza transition plan: Hamas to hand over administration to technocrats under US-brokered Board of Peace
world7 months ago

Gaza transition plan: Hamas to hand over administration to technocrats under US-brokered Board of Peace

Hamas says it will dissolve its Gaza administration once a nonpartisan technocratic panel takes over, under a US-brokered plan supervised by an international 'Board of Peace' to oversee disarmament, deployment of an international security force, Israeli troop pullbacks, and reconstruction; the technocrats and board members are not named, and their clearance by Israel and the US remains unresolved amid ongoing ceasefire tensions and casualties.

via Euronews.com|
#board-of-peace#gaza#hamas