Chris Murphy says he raised US objection to terror stipends with PA premier, discussed possible path forward on issue; Democratic lawmakers express optimism after Bennett meeting

Defense minister reportedly met with high-ranking official in a third country in leadup to announcement of new subsidies

Sides will channel monthly $100 salaries for 100,000 impoverished Gazan families through UN-backed mechanism; Israel's defense minister praises deal

Dozens of Palestinian journalists rally, demand press freedom following violent clashes with Palestinian Authority police sparked by Nizar Banat's death in custody

Far-right Israeli MK accuses 'weak Jewish government' of allowing Palestinian lawlessness, compares situation to deadly 1936 Arab revolt; More than 100 injured in Old City clashes

Biden quietly ramping up funding to Palestinians; has long said he would reverse freeze put in place by Trump

So far, enough shots have arrived in Ramallah to inoculate about 1% of the West Bank's Palestinian population

Shtayyeh vows to provide 'every detail' to aid probe; Ramallah already submitted dossiers to the court when it petitioned it to investigate 2014 violence

Announcement sparks outrage among Palestinians, who have yet to see a public vaccination campaign; West Bank saw 1,819 new infections on Tuesday, with no vaccine shipment in sight

Health officials had recommended a full two-week lockdown; 24% of tests come back positive Saturday PA PM says major vaccine shipment due in early March