The Latest Breaking News from Palestinian Authority

WASHINGTON — The intractable conflict between Israelis and Palestinians over land, rights and safety has entered a new phase, one plumbing new depths of hatred and radical intransigence that the U.S. government no longer seems in a position to resolve or even mitigate.

Israel in a battle against extremist Islamic elements led by the Iranian regime & cannot rely on the Palestinian Authority.

The U.S. wants the temporary pause to include Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and Palestinian moves at the UN.

From withholding nearly $40 million in tax revenue from the Palestinian Authority, to pledges to expand West Bank settlements and the Israeli security minister's controversial visit to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the first months of Israel's most far-right government in history presage a bleak outlook for peaceful relations between Israelis…

The Israeli prime minister’s latest power grab should prompt his opponents to turn to an unlikely ally, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

An ivory spoon dating back 2,700 years that was recently repatriated to the Palestinian Authority from the United States has sparked a dispute with Israel's new far-right government over the cultural heritage in the occupied West Bank. The clash brings into focus the political sensitivities surrounding archaeology in the Middle…

Israel’s ultranationalist heritage minister has ordered officials to examine the legality of the U.S. government’s historic repatriation of an artifact to the Palestinian Authority

In today’s newsletter: Attacks on Palestinians and Israelis have risen in recent months, and heightened political tensions – will the crisis escalate yet further?

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the Middle East this week to make yet another push for a negotiated settlement between Israel and the Palestinians following yet another dramatic escalation in violence between the two sides.