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Elections are a good thing in certain circumstances, for instance when your country is free, and people that you elect can take decisions on your behalf. But in our case this is fantasy. What have the people that we elected done for us? Nothing. If Abu...
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The terrorist organization is in the midst of returning to a unity government with the rival Fatah faction, headed by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas' “peace” with Hamas has weakened his support from the United States and may cost...
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Middle East envoy Wu Sike (L) meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah February 20, 2012. [Photo/Agencies] RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Monday with Chinese Middle East envoy Wu Sike and they...
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However, the real issue here is the Feb.6 agreement signed by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal calling for Abbas to become prime minister of an interim Palestinian government that will prepare the ground for...
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"Can we affect it?" "No we can't." Regarding the halted low-level talks with the Palestinians in Jordan, Meridor bemoaned the Palestinian Authority's decision to sign a unity agreement with Hamas in Doha. He called on Palestinian Authority President...
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Up until two weeks ago, Netanyahu had discussed a series of goodwill gestures toward the Palestinians with Tony Blair and the Americans, in order to enable the renewal of the talks. However, the meeting between Abbas and Meshal caused the Israelis to...
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However, since taking over last year, Egypt's new rulers have eased Gaza's isolation. The Gaza energy deal, outlined by Palestinian officials on Monday, was struck between Egypt and the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas,...
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“Where is Saeb Erekat?” For over a month, the Quarter envoys attempted to bring the Palestinians to the negotiation room, but only when King Abdullah II began to apply pressure did things begin to move. The king came to Ramallah on a rare trip and...
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"I don't intend to run for the presidency or anything else for that matter," Fayyad said. His was a classic politician's denial. Because it may be that, in a few months, we have to look back and stress that word, "intend". There is, as yet, no firm...
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The source said Israel was optimistic last month that progress could be made in the low-level Jordanian sponsored talks, and began preparing a package of economic steps to be given to the Palestinian Authority to keep it at the table. That all ended,...
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“The next government will remain committed to the obligations and agreements signed by the Palestine Liberation Organization,” Abbas said, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. In 1993 Abbas signed the Oslo Accords with Israel on behalf of the...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said late on Saturday that the next Palestinian government will respect agreements signed by the PLO, a reference to the peace accords with Israel. “The next government will remain committed to the obligations and...
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Both articles exude deep sympathy for such criminal defendants -- a level of solicitude sadly lacking in the papers' coverage or non-coverage of Israelis exposed to far worse Palestinian brutality, or in the abusive treatment, including torture, of...
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The dispute came as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal made preparations to hold another meeting in Cairo later this week to discuss the formation of a unity government and the implementation of the recent...
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Mashal, who historically has been described as the radical, is following the approach that will seem moderate to the naïve while Ismail Haniya, described by the naive as the moderate is leading the ostensibly more radical faction. Mashal signed a deal...
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One of them explains that a-Said is "the crown on our head that brought the redemption to the nation, without a doubt he made us proud," said the neighbor. Apparently, this example is not atypical on official Palestinian TV, even in the age of PA...
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Despite the mutual “blame game,” according to positions presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the topic of borders, it is clear that it is not much different than the positions presented by Tzipi Livni during the Annapolis Conference. The...
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Canada's ongoing commitment to assist Palestinians in building the foundations of a viable, independent, democratic and peaceful Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel," the excised paragraph concluded. Three days before...
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. Elected... Full Article
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 14: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shakes hands with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic during their meeting at Abbas's office on February 14, 2012 in Ramallah, West Bank. Josipovic is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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China's Middle East envoy Wu Sike (C) waves upon his arrival at a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah February 20, 2012.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center left, and Croatia's President Ivo Josipovic, center right, arrive to inspect an honor guard during a welcome ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Josipovic is on a three-day official visit to the Israel and the...
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