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Al-Monitor
April 23, 2018
A senior PLO official close to President Mahmoud Abbas spoke to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity about the importance of these days, saying, “Nakba Day always reminds us of our tragic fate, how we lost our land, the Deir Yassin massacre [in 1948, during Israel's independence war] and above all theÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 22, 2018
Palestinians will not allow any country to move their embassies to Jerusalem, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday. According to Palestine's official WAFA news agency, Abbas, during a meeting in West Bank city of Ramallah, said: "The administration of Palestine will not let U.S. President DonaldÃâà...
Al-Monitor
April 13, 2018
Despite the ongoing protests on Gaza's borders, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas does not seem to be backing out on his demand for a full ... Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is moving to increase pressure on the Islamic Hamas movement, demanding the de facto power in Gaza hand overÃâà...
Firstpost
April 8, 2018
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says he is 'not responsible' for violence in Gaza Strip until Hamas cedes control ... Ramallah: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says that unless he gets full control over the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, including the groups weapons, he will "not be responsible forÃâà...
Mosaic
April 4, 2018
While Hamas's long-term goal remains, as always, the destruction of Israel, Ghaith al-Omari and Grant Rumley argue that the organization's ongoing conflict with Mahmoud Abbas is the factor most likely to lead to an escalation in violence in Gaza. Thus, Hamas's massive border protest on Friday was notÃâà...
Al-Monitor
April 2, 2018
According to the official, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' punitive economic measures against the Gaza Strip and Hamas have turned the humanitarian crisis in Gaza into a powder keg ready to explode. To that she added the 70-year anniversary of what the Palestinians call Nakba Day on May 15,Ãâà...
Intermountain Jewish News
March 30, 2018
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas keeps telling the world what he thinks. The curious thing is not that he makes statements in which he delegitimizes Israel's existence as a “colonial project,” as he did in January, or that he called the US ambassador to Israel a “son of a dog,” as he did two weeksÃâà...
Mid-Day
March 28, 2018
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday held both Israel and the US responsible for the deadlock in the Middle East peace process, Palestinian media reported. Abbas' remarks were made in a meeting with Foreign Minister of Morocco Nasser Bourita in the West Bank city of Ramallah, sayingÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 28, 2018
Despite Mahmoud Abbas' peaceful overtures, rhetoric and actions, the second Palestinian president is about to leave the political stage without peace in his lifetime. REUTERS/Yves Herman. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a press statement before a meeting with European Union foreignÃâà...
Mintpress News
March 26, 2018
Its top officials are contending that the “two-state solution” is not even deserving of a conversation. “We are done with that,” said Israel's education minister, in recent remarks to students in New York. “They have a Palestinian state in Gaza.” The Palestinian Authority (PA) of Mahmoud Abbas was, thus, leftÃâà...
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
March 23, 2018
Hamas is worried by Mahmoud Abbas' intention to impose tough sanctions on the Gaza Strip and drag it into a war with Israel. Hamas is preparing to torpedo Abbas' plan with a mass march on Israel's border. The PA chairman's claim that Hamas is responsible for an assassination attempt on Prime MinisterÃâà...
Haaretz
March 20, 2018
Headlines are focusing on the curse Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hurled Monday at senior officials in the Trump administration. According to Abbas, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, is a “son of a dog.” This came after the Palestinian leader once said about U.S. President DonaldÃâà...
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
March 18, 2018
Egypt and Saudi Arabia are putting mounting pressure on the chairman of the Palestinian Authority to accept President Donald Trump's “deal of the century.” Senior Fatah sources reckon that Mahmoud Abbas will not compromise on Palestinian “red lines,” and when he retires from political life he will beÃâà...
Haaretz
March 8, 2018
In recent months there has been a deterioration in the health of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who will be 83 at the end of the month. Information about his health has been submitted to Israeli political and security officials. Although the security cooperation between Israel and the PAÃâà...
http://hamodia.com
March 5, 2018
Amid speculation about the health of 82-year-old Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the Fatah Central Committee has designated a successor, according to Yisrael Hayom. In the event that Pres. Abbas can no longer carry out his duties, his deputy Mahmoud al-Aloul will take his place asÃâà...
+972 Magazine
February 26, 2018
Mahmoud Abbas should send two bouquets of flowers: one to Israeli Police Chief Roni Alsheikh, and one to Shlomo Filber, currently a state's witness in a corruption case that may implicate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Alsheikh and Filber have turned Netanyahu into a lame duck on his shamefulÃâà...
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
February 25, 2018
The battle for the succession of Mahmoud Abbas in the Palestinian Authority is heating up. This was apparent from Fatah Secretary-General Jibril Rajoub's recent attack on Egypt, which supports the candidacy of Palestinian politician Muhammad Dahlan for the position of next PA chairman. The IsraeliÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
December 31, 1999
President Abbas says Hamas orchestrated attack on prime minister's convoy, prompting Hamas to call for elections. 20 Mar 2018. Mahmoud Abbas said that if the "assassination attempt" had succeeded, the attack would have opened the door for a bloody civil war [File: Mohamad Torokman/Reuters]. President of theÃâà...
ABC News
December 31, 1999
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2018 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, speaks during a meeting with the Palestinian Central Council, at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. A series of recent health scares have raised new concerns about octogenarian Abbas, reviving anxietyÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
December 31, 1999
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called the US ambassador to Israel a "son of a dog" because of his support for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Mr Abbas, speaking at a Palestinian leadership gathering, also blamed Hamas for a bomb attack last week on the convoy ofÃâà...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
President Mahmoud Abbas called US ambassador to Israel David Friedman a 'settler', 'son of a dog' to Palestinian leaders in Ramallah on Monday. Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has called the US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, a “sonÃâà...
