Official estimates as much as $181 million paid in 2020; PA policy of paying salaries to prisoners has won Ramallah international criticism

Timing of legislation leaves gap with no supervision on returnees; hotels to only be used for those who refuse bracelets or can't isolate at home

Jacob Daskal already facing state-level indictment from 2018 over alleged sexual assaults, though those charges likely to be dropped in place of new, more severe ones

Intelligence apparatuses reportedly recruited to investigate matter; Greenpeace says 'outrageous and factually baseless' claim of terrorism minimizes environmental issue

Immunization campaign for some 120,000 Palestinians legally employed in Jewish state or in settlements to begin in earnest on Sunday

Curriculum radicalization began under Erdogan following failed 2016 coup attempt; Israeli-Palestinian conflict described as a religious war against Muslims

New film adaptation of successful coming-of-age memoir by Joanna Rakoff set in storied NY literary agency features sparkling performances by Margaret Qualley and Sigourney Weaver

PA president says court 'defending truth and freedom'; senior PA official claims Ramallah did not seek to exclude 2014 murder of three Israeli teens from investigation