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NEWS ABOUT: Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas stories: 109 news summaries

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Palestinians' Abbas
May Not Seek Reelection 

Move could be a feint to jump-start peace negotiations

Nov 5, 09 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not seek reelection next year, insiders say. Abbas has seen his credibility with Palestinians damaged during peace negotiations with the US and Israel, now stalled. “The president insists on not running in the upcoming election,” an official tells the Guardian, though some... More »

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Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • president • Israel and Palestinians • peace process • negotiations • presidential race

 Clinton's Mideast Push 
 Hits Brick Wall 

Palestinians rebuff Israeli offer to slow but not stop settlements

Oct 31, 09 11:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's day of diplomacy in the Mideast yielded little progress. She met separately with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu but did not secure a deal to restart peace talks. The main sticking point: Abbas rebuffed an offer from Netanyahu—and relayed by Clinton—to slow... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • secretary of State • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • Arab-Israeli conflict

Palestine Says Hope in Obama 'Evaporated'

Abbas' Fatah Party accuses president
of caving to Israel

Oct 14, 09 8:36 AM CDT
(AP) - The Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House of caving to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and backing off a demand to freeze Jewish settlement. Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party also accused the US of failing to set a... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Fatah • Palestinians • Mideast peace • President Obama • Jewish settlers • Arab-Israeli conflict • Mohammed Ghneim

Obama to Israeli, Palestinian Leaders: Get to Work

President meets with Netanyahu, Abbas, calls for progress on negotiations

Sep 22, 09 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to restart peace talks, saying it was “time to move forward” on finding compromises to the contentious final status issues, the New York Times reports. Obama delivered his comments today after separate one-on-one meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas and just... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • Benjamin Netanyahu • George Mitchell • Israel and Palestinians • President Obama

(AP) - President Obama will host a meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to lay the groundwork for renewed negotiations on Mideast peace. The three-way meeting, which will be on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly forum, will take place... More »

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Mahmoud Abbas • Benjamin Netanyahu • George Mitchell • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace • President Obama

Obama to Moderate Abbas-Netanyahu Meeting: Peres 

Israeli prez says settlement issue isn't settled, yet

Aug 31, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will play moderator to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting at the UN before the end of next month, Israeli President Shimon Peres tells Fox News. “I think they will meet by the end of September,” he says. "... More »

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United Nations • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • negotiations • Mideast peace talks • Obama administration • President Obama

US Near Deal
to Restart Mideast Talks

West will get tough
on Iran; Israel will freeze settlements

Aug 25, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In exchange for a tougher US and European line on a nuclear Iran, Israel is prepared to freeze the majority of settlement construction in Palestinian territory, paving the way for renewed Mideast peace talks, the Guardian reports. The groundwork—George Mitchell and Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to hammer out... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Mahmoud Abbas • Benjamin Netanyahu • economic sanctions • nuclear program • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • Obama administration • President Obama • settlements

(AP) - Palestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas stormed a Hamas hideout in the West Bank and set off a fierce gun battle that left six dead today, the worst violence since the factions fought a pitched battle over Gaza 2 years ago. Militants lobbed grenades and fired automatic weapons to... More »

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Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • violence • raid

(AP) - Gingerly trying to advance Mideast peace, President Obama declared today that the US is a "stalwart ally" of Israel but challenged the Israelis to stop settlement construction in the West Bank. Obama delivered his message—which came on the same day Israel refused a demand to freeze all construction—... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • President Obama

Obama Invites Middle East Leaders to DC

Netanyahu, Abbas will meet president—but maybe not each other

Apr 22, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has invited the leaders of Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority for talks in Washington in a new bid for a Middle East peace agreement, reports the BBC. Obama extended the invitations after a meeting yesterday with Jordan’s King Abdullah, at which the president spoke of "... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Mahmoud Abbas • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Benjamin Netanyahu • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • two-state solution

Netanyahu to Push Israel-Palestinean Peace

But incoming PM ducks question of statehood

Mar 25, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu, the next prime minister of Israel, said in a speech today that his incoming government would be a "partner for peace" with the Palestinian people, but he made no mention of the two-state solution backed by the United States. As Reuters reports, Netanyahu focused on the territories'... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israeli Labor Party • Likud • Palestinian statehood • two-state solution

 Palestinian PM Steps Down to Pave Way for Power Share

Move aimed at easing Palestinian reconciliation

Mar 7, 09 7:02 AM CST
(AP) - Palestine’s prime minister submitted his resignation today, a move that could help pave the way for an elusive power-sharing deal between Fatah moderates and Hamas militants. Salam Fayyad's decision was meant to build confidence before Palestinian reconciliation talks resume Tuesday in Cairo. He was appointed by Western-backed Palestinian President... More »

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Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Salam Fayyad • Palestinians • power sharing deal • transition

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton met separately with the Palestinian president and prime minister in the West Bank today, after sitting down with Israeli leaders yesterday, and announcing the appointment of two senior envoys to Syria. Palestinian leaders implored Clinton to push for a freeze on expanding Israeli West Bank settlements, and open... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Israel • Syria • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Fatah • secretary of State • United States • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • Obama administration

Mitchell Calls for Lasting Peace as New Violence Hits Gaza

18 injured in Israeli counterstrike

Jan 29, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Fresh violence in Gaza today threatened the fragile ceasefire as George Mitchell called for a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel, AFP reports. An Israeli air strike wounded 18 Palestinians, including 11 children and a pregnant woman. The Israeli army said it was targeting a Hamas policeman responsible for a... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • George Mitchell • smuggler • weapons • Gaza blockade • Obama administration

 Brown Bags First Euro Call, 
 Visit From New President 

Obama rings Britain's Brown to discuss Afghanistan, economy

Jan 24, 09 7:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Gordon Brown was the proud recipient of Barack Obama's first European phone call as president, the Guardian reports. The two leaders spoke for 15 minutes and discussed the need to make Afghanistan a priority. Obama, whose first overseas calls as president were to Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Mahmoud Abbas • Gordon Brown • Stephen Harper • Obama administration • President Obama

analysis

 Hamas Support 
 Grows in West Bank 

Palestinians call for tougher stance from president

Jan 6, 09 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - As violence continues in Gaza, support for Hamas is growing in the Fatah-controlled West Bank, the New York Times reports. Though demonstrations of solidarity with Hamas have thus far been relatively small, West Bank residents see Gaza as “part of themselves,” writes Steven Erlanger. Still, there’s little... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • Israeli offensive

White House Frets Over
Gaza Fighting

Administration pressuring Israel
to end attacks

Dec 31, 08 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - A deeply worried Bush administration is privately pushing Israel to settle on a Gaza exit strategy, despite the White House's public support of the offensive, insiders tell the Los Angeles Times. Amid rising international pressure to end the fighting, administration officials fear that rather than crushing Hamas, Israel's assault could... More »

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Bush administration • Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • State Department • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush

(Newser) - Egypt called Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip "murder" today as world leaders appealed for peace in the region, the AFP and Jerusalem Post report. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he was "deeply alarmed" by the violence, and, like Russia and the European Union, called for a... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Gordon Brown • Hosni Mubarak • civilian casualties • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • airstrike • Gaza Egypt border

UPDATED

 Israeli Strikes Kill 
 205 in Gaza Strip 

100 more wounded in assault on Hamas targets

Dec 27, 08 11:32 AM CST
(Newser) - A huge Israeli air assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 200 Palestinians and wounded at least 400, the AP reports. Those killed had mostly been inside police headquarters, Hamas said. Israel said the attacks were meant to end rocket and mortar attacks on Israel... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Arab Israeli conflict • airstrike • Israeli offensive • retaliation

 Livni Poised to Be Israeli PM 

Leads in polls to take over from Olmert

Sep 17, 08 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The main party in Israel's coalition government is poised today to choose 50-year-old foreign minister Tzipi Livni as Kadima party leader and new prime minister. She'll have a matter of weeks to construct a new coalition government or risk an election defeat by the right-wing Likud party, reports the New ... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Kadima Party • Tzipi Livni • Israel and Palestinians • prime minister • coalition government • Likud Party • Shaul Mofaz

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