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A Muslim woman wears gloves prays in east Jerusalem's Mount of Olives, overlooking the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa mosque compound, which remains shut to prevent the spread of coronavirus during the holy month of Ramadan, Friday, May 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Muslims in Jerusalem pray outdoors amid virus lockdown

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Israeli court: Palestinians to pay damages to attack victims

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Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa mosque compound is seen deserted as it remains shut to prevent the spread of coronavirus ahead of the Islamic holy month or Ramadan in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 23, 2020. AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

UN envoy: Israeli annexation can destroy Mideast peace hopes

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, listens while former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Palestinian chief and ex-Israeli PM show 2 sides can talk

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019 file photo, Israeli police push a man during a protest outside a hospital in Jerusalem where Samir Arbeed, a Palestinian suspect in a deadly West Bank bombing, is being treated. Israel faces allegations of severely torturing three alleged Palestinian militants rounded up after the rare bombing in the occupied West Bank killed a 17-year-old girl in August. Lawyers and family members say the three top suspects were severely beaten to the point of being hospitalized before being returned to their interrogators. A Supreme Court ruling in 1999 forbids torture, but Israeli and Palestinian rights groups say interrogators routinely exploit a loophole intended for rare, ticking time-bomb scenarios, and act with impunity. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israel accused of torturing Palestinians after fatal bombing

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Israeli border police arrests a Palestinian ahead of a protest against Middle East peace plan announced Tuesday by US President Donald Trump, which strongly favors Israel, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Angry Palestinians face dilemma in responding to Trump plan

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks with Marjorie Costigan, of Elkader, Iowa, during his &quot;No Malarkey&quot; bus tour at Johnson's Reception Hall in Elkader, Iowa, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. (Jessica Reilly/Telegraph Herald via AP)

Biden calls Sanders’ pitch to leverage Israel aid ‘bizarre’

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

Palestinian demonstrators burn tires as they clash with Israeli troops during the protest against the U.S. announcement that it no longer believes Israeli settlements violate international law., at checkpoint Beit El near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Fatah agree on election proposal

By Asma' Jawabreh - Special to The Washington Times

Palestinians agree to accept funds transferred by Israel

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

Palestinian minister returns over $80,000 in secret bonuses

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In this May 1, 2018 photo, Palestinian businessman Ashraf Jabari, left, shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Jabari, who flouts political taboos by working with Israeli settlers in the West Bank, could soon be playing a key role in President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, but he is reviled by fellow Palestinians who view him with suspicion. While Palestinian officials have rejected next month’s planned conference in Bahrain, Jabari says he will be thrilled to attend. (AP Photo/Matanya Ofir)

Rejecting taboos, Palestinian businessman welcomes US plan

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

A man cries as he carries the body of a four-month-old Palestinian girl Maria Al-Ghazali, who was killed along with her parents in a late Sunday night Israeli missile strike on their family home, during her funeral in town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, May. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Qatar to send money for West Bank, Gaza after Israel truce

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Failed Two-State Solution Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Israel is a free and open society that respects civil liberties, the Palestinian Authority is not

By Shoshana Bryen

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Ishtayeh walks during a swearing in of the new government in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, April 13, 2019.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian government sworn in, again, after botched oath

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Rare protests erupt against Hamas’ 12-year rule over Gaza

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Palestinian Authority refuses tax revenues from Israel

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, Israeli forces deploy during a raid in the West Bank City of Ramallah. Israel has been launching raids into the heart of Ramallah, and the U.S. is cutting off aid and taking actions that many fear will obliterate any remaining hope for a two-state solution. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinian forces soldier on amid Israeli raids, US neglect

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Palestinians protest, strike over new social security law

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In this Dec. 22, 2018, file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Western-backed Palestinian Authority is threatening to step up pressure on Hamas amid renewed tensions in Gaza, even as Israel allows a lifeline of Qatari aid to flow directly to the Islamic militants. Abbas wants to reassert his authority over Gaza, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to preserve calm ahead of April's elections. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Mahmoud Abbas pressures Hamas as Israel allows aid

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

In this Dec. 22, 2018, file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Western-backed Palestinian Authority is threatening to step up pressure on Hamas amid renewed tensions in Gaza, even as Israel allows a lifeline of Qatari aid to flow directly to the Islamic militants. Abbas wants to reassert his authority over Gaza, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to preserve calm ahead of April's elections. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

UN chief backs 2-state solution in talks with Palestinians

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