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FILE – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Feb. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a new deputy in a major step in naming a successor

April 26, 2025 at 3:38 p.m.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president. It’s a major step by the aging leader to designate a successor.

This combination of images provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Iair Horn, Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov and Sagui Dekel Chen, who all were abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)

Israel and Hamas complete latest hostage exchange amid tense ceasefire

February 15, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.

The ceasefire faces major challenges with its first phase concluding in early March.

Nuns walk along the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Bethlehem marks a second subdued Christmas Eve during the war in Gaza

December 24, 2024 at 3:50 p.m.

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza.

Family members sit next to the grave of Odei, 22, in Jenin, West Bank, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Odei was killed by Israeli forces during a raid inside the Jenin refugee camp. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

As war rages in Gaza, Israel’s crackdown on West Bank insurgency is killing Palestinian youths

September 12, 2024 at 9:16 p.m.

Many Palestinian teens have died in nearly daily raids by the Israeli army that Amnesty International says have used disproportionate and unlawful force.

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