Tag: Ramallah (West Bank)

Blinken Talks About Gaza’s Future in Meeting With Palestinian Authority Leader

Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, met on Wednesday with Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, to discuss Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza and the role that the authority might play there when the conflict ebbs. Mr. Blinken traveled in a convoy from Tel Aviv in Israel to Ramallah, the […]

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First Captives Freed in Tense Gaza Truce Between Israel and Hamas

Hamas freed two dozen hostages held in Gaza and Israel released nearly 40 imprisoned Palestinians on Friday, completing the first exchange in a tense, temporary truce that halted the fighting after seven weeks of war. The cease-fire, reached after weeks of painstaking negotiation with the help of Egypt, Qatar and the United States, had held […]

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In West Bank, Relief Over Prisoners’ Release Is Tempered by Worries About War

Since the war, new checkpoints have been erected and barricades built, making movement between some areas practically impossible. Violence by Israeli settlers has reached record highs, according to the United Nations. And the Israeli military has carried out nightly raids in the West Bank, in what it says are part of a counterterrorism operation. “They […]

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Can the Palestinian Authority Really Govern Gaza After the War?

Lanky and lightly bearded, Jihad Imtoor is the proud son of a fighter killed in the first intifada, or uprising, against Israel. His father was a member of Fatah, the political faction that controls the Palestinian Authority. But he has had enough of its rule in the West Bank. On a recent day, Mr. Imtoor, […]

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