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NEWS ABOUT: Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas stories: 109 news summaries

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 Israel Releases 198 Palestinians

Freed prisoners intended to shore up Fatah PM Abbas; some in Israel fuming

Aug 25, 08 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel today released 198 Palestinian prisoners in an effort to bolster Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, the AFP reports. The release, on the eve of a visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, included two prisoners held since the late 1970s who were convicted of murdering Israelis. One of them,... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Israeli prisoner release • peace talks

Olmert Proposes New West Bank, Gaza Borders

Abbas rejects plan, which doesn't include contiguous Palestine

Aug 12, 08 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert has presented Mahmoud Abbas with a plan to withdraw from most of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip once the Palestinian Authority retakes Gaza from Hamas. The centerpiece of the proposal is a new permanent border that would keep 7% of the West Bank in... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • border dispute • Palestinian statehood

In Blow to Bush, Olmert Rules Out Deal in 2008

Israeli PM calls timeline for Palestinian pact 'unrealistic'

Jul 28, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert said today it is "unrealistic" to expect a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement by the end of the year. The Israeli PM and Palestian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas pledged last year to make a deal by the end of 2008, and their inability to do so is a... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Jerusalem • Israel and Palestinians • East Jerusalem • Palestinian statehood

 Obama Visits
 Sderot, Meets Olmert, Abbas 

Candidate's Israel visit continues in meetings with Abbas, Olmert

Jul 23, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(AP) - Barack Obama waded into the thicket of Mideast politics today, siting down with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and visiting Sderot, an Israeli city near the Gaza border that's a frequent target of rocket attacks. If Iran were to obtain nuclear weapons, Obama said at a press conference, it would mark... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • nuclear • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Next, Thicket of Arab-Israeli Conflict Awaits Obama

Dem to meet key Jordanian, Palestinian, Israeli figures; street expects little change

Jul 22, 08 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the war leg of his foreign tour behind him, Barack Obama must next navigate the Middle East peace process. He’ll meet with top Israeli and Palestinian leaders tomorrow, the New York Times reports, and will visit the rocket-bombarded town of Sderot. US Jewish voters will be particularly attentive... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Jerusalem

 Obama Camp Spills Some 
 Details on Foreign Trip 

Israel, in particular, presents tricky schedule for Democrat

Jul 18, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s team released a few details about their candidate's trip abroad today, but the time frame remains tightly under wraps. Israel in particular presents a maze of meetings for the Democrat, who’ll see not only president Shimon Peres, but scandal-plagued prime minister Ehud Olmert and three potential... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Israel • John McCain • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Brandenburg Gate

Obama to Meet With Abbas
During Mideast Swing

Dem to meet Palestinian president in Ramallah

Jul 14, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will visit Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank next week, a top Palestinian official said today. The Ramallah meeting with the president of the Palestinian Authority will happen on July 23, CNN reports. Details on the international trip have been guarded, but the Times of London says Obama... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Israel • Jordan • Chuck Hagel • London • Germany • Mahmoud Abbas • France • West Bank • Jack Reed

New Israeli Settlements Have 'Negative Effect': Rice

She warns against building 1,300 new units in Jerusalem

Jun 15, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice said today that Israeli settlement building is having a “negative effect” on Mideast peace talks, the AP reports. “It’s important to have an atmosphere of confidence and trust,” she said at a news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. She warned against Israel’s... More »

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Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • Condoleezza Rice • housing • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • peace

Abbas Calls for Renewed Talks With Hamas

About-face signals frustration with Bush-led peace talks

Jun 5, 08 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered an unexpected olive branch to Hamas yesterday, reports the New York Times. Abbas, in control of only the West Bank since the Islamic militant group seized Gaza last year, said it was time for national unity talks aimed at forming a new government. The move... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • Palestinians • peace talks • Mideast peace talks

OPINION

Radical Steps Needed to Break Israel Impasse

Involving Jordan would be key move in new pragmatism: Friedman

Jun 4, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The distance to a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians grows longer by the day, Thomas Friedman laments in the New York Times, and involving Jordan is the best bet. He calls for “radical pragmatism” as “energetic as the extremism that it hopes to nullify.” Giving... More »

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Jordan • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • West Bank • Thomas Friedman • Arab Israeli conflict

Police Probe of Olmert Plagues Rice Peace Trip

Investigation could trip up peace deal Rice calls 'achievable'

May 5, 08 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's talks in Jerusalem yesterday to bolster the Mideast peace process were overshadowed by an intensifying police investigation into activities by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, reports the New York Times. A court gag order is keeping investigation details under wraps, but observers indicate the probe... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Condoleezza Rice • Arab Israeli conflict • peace talks

Hamas Would Accept
Peace With Israel: Carter

Militant faction would follow Abbas-led deal if put to vote

Apr 21, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas would accept a peace deal brokered by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas if  Palestinian voters favored the agreement, Jimmy Carter said after talks with a Hamas leader in Damascus. "There's no doubt that both the Arab world and the Palestinians, including Hamas, will accept Israel's right to live in... More »

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Israel • Jimmy Carter • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Khaled Meshaal • Palestinians • peace deal

 Gaza Fighting Kills at Least 23 

Reuters journalist among the dead in Israeli offensive

Apr 16, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three Israeli soldiers and at least 20 Palestinians were killed today as Israeli attacks rocked the Gaza Strip, the AP reports. Fadel Shana, a Reuters cameraman, was among the dead in fighting that undermined an Egyptian-negotiated peace effort and saw the highest death toll in a month. More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Reuters • Fatah • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • airstrike

 Israeli Hostage Alive: Hamas 

Offer to avoid civilian targets

Mar 31, 08 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is alive, Hamas leader Khalid Meshaal tells Britain's Sky News. "Gilad is alive and we are treating him well but Israel is treating the Palestinian prisoners they hold very badly,"  he said in an interview in Damascus, offering the first word in almost... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • West Bank • Gilad Shalit • Khaled Meshaal • hostage

Israel Pledges to Pull 50
West Bank Roadblocks

Rice hails deal, but Palestine officials are skeptical

Mar 30, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pressured by Condoleezza Rice to kickstart flagging peace talks, Israel pledged to remove about 50 roadblocks from the West Bank—the first in a series of “concrete steps” to finalize a deal, Al Jazeera reports. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad hailed the news despite skepticism from other officials. “... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Condoleezza Rice • Ehud Barak • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Palestinians • roadblocks • Mideast peace talks

Islamic Groups Reject Truce in Egypt Peace Talks

Islamic Jihad, Hamas want more concessions before truce with Israel

Mar 27, 08 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Egypt’s talks with Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, aimed at establishing a truce with Israel, ended unsuccessfully today, Reuters reports. The militant groups demanded Israel stop Gaza and West Bank raids, end its Gaza blockade, and reopen border-crossings. Hamas and Israel already appear to have instituted a... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Egypt • Islamic Jihad • peace talks • Gaza blockade

 The West Warms
 to Hamas, But
 Israel Stays Cold 

Even the US promotes contact with the radial Islamist party

Mar 24, 08 9:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The West may be warming to talks with Palestine's radical Hamas party, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The EU is promoting them, and Washington has nudged Egypt to spark Israel-Hamas dialogue, although Jerusalem remains staunchly opposed. "Whoever invites us to negotiate with Hamas is actually inviting us to negotiate... More »

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Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Egypt • Ismail Haniyeh • negotiation • Arab Israeli conflict

US 'Will Never Pressure Israel' on Security: VP

Hamas calls Cheney 'biased' during Jerusalem visit

Mar 22, 08 7:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US supports recent Israeli strikes on Palestine and "will never pressure Israel to take steps that threaten its security," Dick Cheney said in Jerusalem today. On a trip to spur stalled peace talks, Cheney is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leaders this weekend. A... More »

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Israel • Dick Cheney • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Fawzi Barhoum

German Press Criticizes Merkel's Palestinian Snub

Papers praise leader's Holocaust treatment, but level accusations of bias

Mar 19, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The German press is praising Chancellor Angela Merkel’s historic visit to Israel and her diplomatic handling of the two countries' shared history, Der Spiegel reports. But Merkel has also been chastised by commentators who feel her focus on German-Israeli unity in remarks yesterday to Israel's parliament gives the impression... More »

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Iran • Israel • Angela Merkel • Germany • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Israel and Palestinians • George W. Bush

 Egypt Works for Gaza Ceasefire 

Progress toward ceasefire after behind-the-scenes talks

Mar 12, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Egypt is quietly working to broker a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with its intelligence chief meeting with both Hamas and Israeli officials, allowing the two sides to formally deny that they are talking to each other, the Guardian reports. Israel is calling for a trial 30 days of calm... More »

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Israel • diplomacy • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • rocket attacks • Egypt • ceasefire • Gaza Egypt border

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