tag Mahmoud Abbas

Abbas Will Ease Up on Settlements to Spur Talks, Aide Says

EghtesadOnline: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will temporarily shelve his long-standing demand for Israel to freeze West Bank settlement construction in order to revive peace talks under the Trump administration, a top adviser said.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 07:51

Palestine opens embassy in Holy Sea

EghtesadOnline: Palestinian embassy to the Holy Sea has reportedly been opened, according to Vatican news resources.
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Publish Date:14/January/2017 | 15:23

Palestinian Top Court Rules Local Election in West Bank Only

EghtesadOnline: The Palestinian Supreme Court ruled that delayed municipal elections seen as a test of President Mahmoud Abbas ’s strength will take place only in the West Bank and not in the Gaza Strip.
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Publish Date:05/October/2016 | 11:38

Separated by One UN Speech, Netanyahu and Abbas Remain Far Apart

EghtesadOnline: Separated by just one speaker at the United Nations podium, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave speeches that showed their differences are as wide as ever.
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Publish Date:24/September/2016 | 13:00

Palestinian Leader Curbs Social Media Expression in Decree

EghtesadOnline: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has clamped down on social media and news websites — the main outlets for debate and dissent in the West Bank — with a vaguely worded decree that critics say allows his government to jail anyone on charges of harming "national unity" or the "social fabric."
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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 08:01

Palestinian President Abbas says U.S. Embassy move would hurt peace

EghtesadOnline: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Middle East with Pope Francis on Saturday and said prospects for peace there will suffer if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump moves Washington's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
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Publish Date:14/January/2017 | 14:54

Palestinians Re-Elect Abbas to New Term as Fatah Party Leader

EghtesadOnline: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was appointed to a new five-year term as head of the ruling Fatah party at the opening of a convention that may provide clues about who will ultimately succeed him as the prospect of peacemaking efforts with Israel fades.
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Publish Date:30/November/2016 | 21:29

Abbas Rival Dahlan Plans Comeback Through Gaza Restoration

EghtesadOnline: Mohammed Dahlan, touted as a possible successor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , is counting on oil-rich Gulf nations to help him unify his people’s rival governments and rehabilitate the war-battered Gaza Strip.
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 18:08

Rivals, regional powers grow uneasy with Palestinian leader

EghtesadOnline: Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Arab states are piling pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resolve divisions in his Fatah party and with the rival Hamas movement, amid growing concerns about whether Palestinian democracy is under threat.
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Publish Date:26/October/2016 | 13:27

Rezaei lashes out at Mahmoud Abbas for meeting with MKO ringleader

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of the Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei on Monday strongly criticized Palestine Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas for a meeting with Maryam Rajavi, the ringleader of terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO).
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Publish Date:02/August/2016 | 09:15