Posts Tagged: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinian Authority’s Abbas Offers to Work With Trump to Broker Peace Deal With Israel
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has offered to work with US President Donald Trump to broker a comprehensive peace deal with Israel, praising the American...
Abbas Calls Hamas ‘Sons of Dogs,’ Pushes for Palestinian Authority Control Over Gaza
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called Hamas "sons of dogs," while urging the terrorist group to release the Israeli hostages held in Gaza and bring...
Netanyahu Slams ICC ‘Joke’ Prosecutor for Meeting With Erdogan, Abbas
JNS.org — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday slammed the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for meeting with the president of Turkey and the head...
Palestinian Factions Trade Blame as Hamas-Fatah Unity Talks Postponed
Reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah due to be held in China this month have been delayed and no new date has been set, Palestinian...
US Stops UN From Recognizing a Palestinian State Through Membership
The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny...
US to Oppose Palestinian Bid for Full UN Membership
The United States on Thursday will vote against a Palestinian request for full United Nations membership, a US official told Reuters, blocking the world body...
UN Holds Palestinian ‘Nakba Day’ Ceremony As 45 Countries Refuse to Attend
The United Nations on Monday hosted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for an event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the “Nakba” — the Arabic word...
Jewish Leaders Rebuke Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for Trivializing Holocaust
Jewish community leaders in the US slammed Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas for his remarks Tuesday in which he accused Israel of committing "50...
Israel Won’t Tolerate Calls Supporting Violence in Jerusalem, Lapid Tells Blinken
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Tuesday that Israel will not accept statements encouraging the uptick in violence in Jerusalem in recent days, calling instead for...
Senior PLO Official Ashrawi to Resign, Calls for Palestinian Political Reforms
Veteran Palestinian negotiator Hanan Ashrawi said on Wednesday she would quit her senior post in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) at the end of 2020,...
Palestinian Leader Abbas Calls for UN-Led Peace Conference Early Next Year
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to convene an international conference early next year to launch...
Palestinians Set to Soften Stance on Israel-UAE Normalization: Draft Statement
The Palestinian leadership has watered down its criticism of the normalization deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates before an Arab League meeting in Cairo on...
Abbas Says Palestinians Not Worried About ‘Nonsense’ Israel-UAE Deal
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that Palestinians were not concerned about the normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, referring to the...
Palestinians Snub Tax Handover by Israel Over Annexation Plan
The Palestinians said on Wednesday they were rejecting taxes collected on their behalf by Israel, an escalation of measures in protest of Israel's plan to...
