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Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he plans to stay on his post until the next election is held, but repeated he will not run for reelection. Full Article at Reuters
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SANTIAGO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he plans to stay on his post until the next election is held, but repeated he will not run for reelection. Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) speaks during a press conference with chief Palestinian negotaitor Saeb Erakat (R) after he met with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Amman on November 17, 2009. View Photo »
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The US can do more than what it is doing to renew negotiations. We cannot ignore the part that the US plays, and the fact that it can influence Israel to return to the point where negotiations stopped
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They're not smiling and laughing together anymore, but you would have to have been blind not to see this one coming: 'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen complained on Tuesday from Argentina that the President who made the... Full Article at Israel Matsav
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said from Argentina that his US counterpart Barack Obama is doing nothing currently in order to revive Israeli Palestinian Peace negotiations. Full Article at Al Sumaria TV Iraq
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday accused US President Barack Obama of doing "nothing" to achieve peace in the Middle East. Full Article at Jerusalem Post
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) meets with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Amman on November 17, 2009. View Photo »
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Few countries have the primacy to greet in 15 days President Shimon Peres, President Mahmoud Abbas and President Ahmadinejad. They are three countries in conflict and have great responsibility for peace in the Middle East
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In October, when Israel released 20 female prisoners in exchange for a video of Gilad Schalit, defense officials at the time said that Hamas was not interested in an immediate deal and preferred to wait for a date closer to elections in the Palestinian... Full Article at Jerusalem Post
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BRAZIL-IRAN: Analysis by Beatriz Bissio RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 24 (IPS) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial visit to Brazil further underscored the independence of this country's diplomacy, and gave Tehran a chance to... Full Article at Inter Press Service
About Mahmoud Abbas
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Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: محمود عباس Maḥmūd ʾAbbās) (born March 26, 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: ابو مازن), has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) since November 11, 2004 and became President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on January 15, 2005 on the Fatah (فتح Fataḥ) ticket. Full Article
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) meets with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas (L) in Cairo on November 17, 2009. The leaders centered their talk on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the Arab peace initiative after last week�s Arab League meeting.
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Palestinian men perform a traditional dance on November 15, 2009 under a banner bearing pictures of their late leader Yasser Arafat (R) and his successor, the current Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas, in the West Bank village of Beit Furik, near Nablus, during celebrations o...
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank.
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank.
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank.
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank.
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank.
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The US can do more than what it is doing to renew negotiations. We cannot ignore the part that the US plays, and the fact that it can influence Israel to return to the point where negotiations stopped
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Few countries have the primacy to greet in 15 days President Shimon Peres, President Mahmoud Abbas and President Ahmadinejad. They are three countries in conflict and have great responsibility for peace in the Middle East
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Brazil, as an important country, and President Lula, as a respected leader, can play an important role
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As soon as Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, declared that Hamas was holding secret negotiations with Israel on establishing a provisional Palestinian state, Mahmoud al Zahar, a member of the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip, denied such a claim
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Now for a realistic reason, due to certain conditions -- because of the rejection of Hamas and its threat to prevent (voting) by force, naturally they will be delayed, or the time of the elections will come later
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Hamas would take over and Mahmoud Abbas would be lynched.
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We believe that Brazil should play a role in the peace process, and we will ask it to take the opportunity to take on the role. I know [Brazil] is respected by the Israelis and the Arabs, and by the Palestinians in particular
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Mahmoud Abbas is very, very unique leader. He hates power. He's very sincere, he really believes in peace
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We believe that Brazil should play a role in the peace process, and we will ask it to take the opportunity to take on the role. I know [Brazil] is respected by the Israelis and the Arabs, and by the Palestinians in particular
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My visit today is to extend our support to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. We are determined to continue our efforts to push the peace process forward reaching the establishment of a viable Palestinian state and maintaining Israel's security
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Iran supports Hamas with money. Hamas' decisions are in the hands of Tehran
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The deadlock in which we find ourselves today is extremely worrying. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he will insist on a resumption of talks during his meeting later on Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman and with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem the next day. We have to ...
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Iran supports Hamas with money. Hamas' decisions are in the hands of Tehran
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if history is any guide, the Palestinian leadership of the West Bank — whether it includes Mahmoud Abbas or not — may again look to a violence to improve its sagging domestic popularity. Throughout contemporary Palestinian history, spilling Israeli blood has often been the best way for competing politic...
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The existing political situation and Israel's consistent refusal, particularly with regard to settlements and East Jerusalem, make my direction very clear ... There is nowhere to go.
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Sarkozy first raised the proposal in his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, then with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Syrian President Bashar Assad
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God willing, we will soon have an independent state with its capital in Jerusalem. Palestinian independence has become a tangible reality
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s chances of being reelected are slim, and the likelihood the Palestinian Authority will be able to hold successful presidential elections in January is as low as ever
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We accepted the Egyptian document and we call on Hamas to accept the deal without reservations
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Following the decision of the president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas not to run for a new mandate, the US secretary of state Hilary Clinton said that she would look forward to cooperating with him regardless of his new position
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Israel continues looting our land, building settlements, demolishing our houses, and constantly making Jerusalem Jewish. Then, at the end, we hear demands to resume the negotiations
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We must revisit this with Mahmoud Abbas
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The return to negotiations depends on Israel adhering to the terms of reference of peace and that means halting all settlements
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My goal is to achieve a permanent peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians, and soon ... I say to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Palestinian Authority: Let us seize the moment to reach an historic agreement. Let us begin talks immediately.
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What's new in this demand? Also, we want a full stop to settlements, including natural growth and in Jerusalem
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