... from the PalestinianAuthority ... A 1997 protocol left management of most of the complex in Palestinian hands, an arrangement Palestinian officials say Israel has steadily eroded in recent years.
A crowd gathered outside the Clay CountyJail on Sunday for an interfaith vigil seeking freedom for Salah Sarsour, a Wisconsin community leader and Palestinian activist who is being detained, according to a news release from organizers ... .
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has issued a decree ...Abbas, 90, won the last Palestinian presidential election in 2005 with a mandate of four years, meaning his term should have expired in 2009.