"Resisting the occupation by all means and methods...is a legitimate right of the people under occupation," Hamas official ...

Concerns have been growing within the PLO that Israel might exploit Abbas’s departure and a possible power vacuum. Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim gave al-Sheikh’s appointment a frosty ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hussein al-Sheikh has been named vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the ...

which has limited autonomy in parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He has announced a series of reforms in recent months, and last week his Fatah movement approved the new position of PLO vice ...

“Israel knows and trusts him more than they know ... director of the Al-Marsad Election Monitoring Center, told AFP. The PLO Executive Committee is set to hold another meeting next Saturday ...

Hussein al-Sheikh currently serves as secretary-general of the Executive Committee, the PLO’s senior and most limited body, and is known for his close ties with Israel and the United States.

The Palestinian Authority has agreed on a potential successor for the 89-year-old Palestinian president, Mahmud Abbas. Will ...

Sheikh is veteran of PLO's Fatah faction Reform of PA seen as crucial to peace efforts Graft and Israeli incursions have undermined PA RAMALLAH, April 26 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud ...

Both the PLO and the PA — the latter being the body ... In 2008, Fattouh was caught trying to smuggle 3,000 cell phones into Israel from Jordan, with the help of his Israeli-issued VIP pass.

The PLO oversees the Palestinian Authority, which administers semi-autonomous areas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Al-Sheikh is responsible for civilian affairs, making him the primary contact ...