Fatah's seventh congress, convened Tuesday in Ramallah by P.A. Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, may turn out to be the 81-year-old leader's "swan song."
Overnight Monday, Israeli pilots targeted an abandoned U.N. building near the border with Syria used by the Islamic State as an operations base to attack Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labeled the fires that ravaged Israel last week, driving more than 75,000 people from their homes, "arson-terrorism."
While tens of thousands of Israeli families spent Thursday night in shelters to escape massive fires threatening their neighborhoods, tweets praising the arson spread like wildfire on Arabic-language social media platforms.
The Shin Bet is investigating the multiple fires raging across Israel for the third day, while Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh said "terror is the probable cause."
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president whose term expired nearly seven years ago is under increasing pressure to step down.
Israel's public security minister suspects arson may be behind multiple forest fires in diverse locations around the country.
Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds will be honored posthumously for saving the lives of 200 American Jewish prisoners of war during World War II.
Before the end of 2016, about 700 Brazilian Jews will have immigrated to Israel, tripling the annual average since the 1970s, when similar levels were recorded.
Donald Trump's election has fueled speculation about future relations with the Middle East and particularly in Israel. Some see this as a good time to overhaul the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.