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FACTBOX-Facts about Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Nov 5 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Thursday he would not run for re-election in January, throwing further doubt on the prospects for peacemaking with Israel. Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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T he retirement of Mahmoud Abbas, the President of Palestinian National Authority, is an expression of frustration at the lack of progress toward a two-state solution, but it may permit the emergence of a new generation of Palestinian leaders. Full Article at Globe and Mail
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RAMALLAH: At a time when Middle East peace appears as distant as ever, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has a new strategy for statehood, one that does not rely on US-backed negotiations. “It’s a construction agenda, not a destruction agenda. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Palestinian negotiators yesterday that they should resume talks with Israeli negotiators without the preconditions that Israel stop all settlement building in the occupied territories. Mrs. Full Article at Wikinews
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THE PALESTINIAN Authority yesterday rejected the Obama administration’s call for unconditional resumption of negotiations with Israel and castigated the US for dropping its demand for a freeze on Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem and... Full Article at Irish Times
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If Obama came here of course it would give him a different view of reality because hearing about it is not like seeing it
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The United States is asking all the parties -- Israelis, Palestinians and the Arab states -- to take responsibility for peace through concrete actions that will help create a positive context for the relaunch of negotiations
