RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 7 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad says he is stepping down and has submitted his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas.
HEBRON, West Bank, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Authority is asking Israel for permission to take military control of the West Bank city of Hebron to thwart moves by Hamas, sources say.
JERUSALEM, June 8 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Authority has delayed paying its workers this month after Israel withheld tax funds, officials said.
JERUSALEM, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Palestinian and Israeli authorities foiled a plot to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, officials revealed Sunday.
JERUSALEM, July 11 (UPI) -- Israeli officials Wednesday said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to meet with the head of the Palestinian Authority Monday in the West Bank. The officials said Olmert will make his first trip to the Palestinian Authority to meet with Chairman Mahmoud Abb
WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' new government has received key backing from the United States, which is lifting its economic and political embargo.
GAZA, June 17 (UPI) -- Sunday marked the first full day for the new emergency government sworn in by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
GAZA, June 15 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is calling for an emergency government to be formed by the former finance minister of the dissolved Hamas-led coalition.
GAZA, April 5 (UPI) -- A senior Palestinian official Tuesday denied reports Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas intends to replace Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia.
GAZA, April 20 (UPI) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas halted contacts on Saturday aimed at forming a new Palestinian cabinet, sources told United Press International. His decision followed sharp disputes with both Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and other Palestinian
