Issawi Frej indicates defense minister may travel to Ramallah to discuss strengthening PA and curbing wave of Palestinian attacks

The West Bank has yet to see any official diagnoses of the new coronavirus strain; COVID has been receding in Palestinian areas in recent weeks

Palestinian Authority security forces extricate the two Israelis, hands them unharmed to Israel after crowd surrounds them in the city center

City has boiled in recent months, with illegal weapons spreading, says PA governor; Israeli forces entering Jenin have seen repeated gun battles over the past few months

Arab affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman on the pledge to permit long-restricted Palestinian 4G cell service; editor David Horovitz on the rise and fall of Atarot's Jerusalem Airport

Until 2018, Israel kept Palestinian providers from installing 3G networks, and it could be years before 4G tech is rolled out, even as 5G becomes standard among Israeli competitors

'We support Palestinian NGOs’ role monitoring human rights abuses wherever they occur,' Linda Thomas-Greenfield says after visit to region

Interior minister insists no Israeli gestures to Palestinians necessary to broaden normalization deals, says Israel's policy on settlements is to agree to disagree with Washington

PA president denounces Israeli decision to blacklist Palestinian human rights groups, thanks Linda Thomas-Greenfield for US condemnations of Israeli settlement approvals

Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Frej to meet with PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh; Ramallah saw big drop in international assistance in 2021