Tag: Palestinian Authority
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Trump Expands U.S. Travel Ban to 20 More Countries and the Palestinian Authority
Overview: A Broadening of Travel Restrictions The Trump administration announced the expansion of its U.S. travel ban on Tuesday, extending sweeping entry restrictions to 20 additional countries and the Palestinian Authority. This move, which doubles the number of nations affected by the policy declared earlier in the year, signals a sustained effort to tighten visa…
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Trump Expands Travel Ban: 20 More Countries Added to Restrictions
Overview of the Expanded Restrictions The Trump administration announced an expansion of the U.S. travel ban on Tuesday, adding 20 more countries to the list and including the Palestinian Authority in the policy’s scope. The expansion doubles the number of nations under the sweeping restrictions initially unveiled earlier in the year, triggering renewed debate about…
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Trump Expands Travel Ban: Seven More Countries Added to U.S. Ban List
Overview: A broadening of the U.S. travel ban President Donald Trump announced an expansion of the United States travel ban, extending restrictions to residents from seven additional countries. The move, already controversial, broadens the scope of the policy and adds Syria to the list of nations affected. In addition to Syria, the ban targets several…
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Trump Expands Travel Ban: Seven More Countries Restricted, Syria Included
Overview of the Expanded Travel Ban In a move that intensified the already contentious debate over U.S. immigration policy, President Donald Trump announced an expansion of the travel ban to bar nationals from seven additional countries from entering the United States. The policy also adds restrictions on Palestinian Authority passport holders, widening the scope of…
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Abbas at 90: The Palestinian Authority Leader’s Quiet Struggle for a Gaza Role
Unpopular, Diffuse Power, and a Search for Relevance As Mahmoud Abbas marks his 90th birthday, the Palestinian Authority (PA) finds itself at a crossroads that could redefine political leadership across the Palestinian territories. Abbas remains the face of the PA in the West Bank, where he maintains a brutal hold on formal authority. Yet his…
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Abbas’s Dwindling Influence: The Palestinian Authority Leader’s Struggle for a Role in Gaza’s Postwar Landscape
Background: A president with shrinking reach Mahmoud Abbas, the longtime president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), marked nearly a lifetime in power as he approached his 90th birthday. Once seen as a negotiator who could at least nominally unify competing Palestinian factions, Abbas now presides over narrow administrative enclaves in the West Bank while watching…
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Abbas Struggles for Gaza Role After War
Introduction: A fading grip on Palestinian politics In a landscape shaped by conflict and fragmentation, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas faces a stark reality: his influence is waning, his popularity at home plummeting, and his ability to shape a postwar Gaza increasingly constrained. As the West Bank remains his bastion of power, Abbas has found…
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Graphic executions in Gaza: Hamas asserts control amid clan rivalries
Graphic executions in Gaza surface amid Hamas consolidation A new, verified video from Gaza City has emerged showing what appears to be Hamas fighters carrying out executions in a public setting. The clip, which ABC NEWS Verify confirm-ed as authentic, shows several men forced to kneel in the Sabra neighbourhood while masked gunmen, some with…
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Gaza Ceasefire Triumph: All Living Israeli Hostages Freed as Trump Attends Egypt Gaza Summit
All Israeli Hostages Freed as Gaza Ceasefire Holds In a landmark development, Hamas handed over the remains of two deceased hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza, as part of a broader exchange that culminated in the release of all 20 remaining living Israeli hostages. After more than two years in…
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Who’s Attending Trump’s Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt—and Who Isn’t
Overview: A high-stakes gathering in Sharm El Sheikh As President Donald Trump heads to Egypt for a landmark Gaza peace summit, the guest list reads like a snapshot of current regional diplomacy. Co-hosted with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Sharm El Sheikh, the summit aims to “end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance…