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NEWS ABOUT: Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas stories: 109 news summaries

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Attack Won't Derail Talks: Israel

Deadly seminary attack draws international condemnation

Mar 7, 08 4:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel has vowed that US-backed peace talks with the Palestinians will continue despite an attack on a Jerusalem seminary last night that killed eight students, the BBC reports. A Palestinian gunman fired into a group of 80 Jewish students before he was shot dead. Israel and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Fatah • Jerusalem • religious violence

Egypt Hosts Gaza Truce Talks

Arab bulwark pitches ceasefire to Hamas, Islamic Jihad 

Mar 6, 08 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Egypt has begun talks with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in an attempt to broker an end to rocket attacks on Israel and retaliatory Israeli raids in Gaza, Reuters reports. A ceasefire would make it easier for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks with Israel. Leaders of the groups... More »

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Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Egypt • Islamic Jihad • peace talks • Mahmoud al-Zahar • Khader Habib

Abbas Backs Down, Will Resume Talks

Calls negotiations a 'strategic choice'

Mar 5, 08 9:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Fatah Palestinians will resume peace talks with Israel, Mahmoud Abbas said today, recapitulating on his demands that Israel first halt its bloody campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Abbas characterized the peace process as a “strategic choice.” The Palestinian president halted the talks on Sunday after an Israeli attack,... More »

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Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • Fatah • Israel and Palestinians • peace talks

Abbas Rebuffs Rice on Talks

Rice urges Abbas: don't let extremists win

Mar 5, 08 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas refused to commit to resuming peace talks with Israel yesterday despite entreaties from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the New York Times reports. "I call on the Israeli government to halt its aggression so the necessary environment can be created to make negotiations succeed,"... More »

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

Rice Tries to Salvage Mideast Peace Plan

Blames Hamas
for sabotaging talks with violence

Mar 4, 08 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice made stops in both Cairo and Israel today in her effort to restart stalled peace talks, telling reporters that she understood "Israel's need to defend itself" against Hamas rockets, but was concerned about "the loss of innocent life" in Israel's retaliatory offensive in Gaza. Rice blamed... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • Tzipi Livni • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • Cairo • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict

Abbas Freezes Peace Talks With Israel

Says negotiations won't resume until offensive on Palestinians ends

Mar 2, 08 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas halted peace talks with Israel today “until [Israeli] aggression is stopped,” Reuters reports. Abbas ordered the suspension of the US-brokered talks as Israel’s Gaza offensive continued and the Palestinian death toll topped 100. But Israeli PM Ehud Olmert showed no sign of relenting,... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Condoleezza Rice • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • peace talks • Israeli offensive • Palestinian statehood • George W. Bush

Peace Talks Snag
on Jerusalem

Palestinians want to discuss issue Israelis say isn't on the table

Feb 19, 08 6:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Peace talks between Israel and Palestinians were set to resume today as leaders were already entangled in a first major clash: over whether or not they agreed that Jerusalem would be part of the discussion. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has claimed the Palestinians agreed to put off discussing Jerusalem.... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Jerusalem • West Bank • settlement • road map • East Jerusalem • Har Homa • peace talks • settlers • coalition

Peace Deal Unlikely This Year: Israel

Minister sets sights
on 'declaration'
with Palestine

Feb 11, 08 7:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel and Palestine probably won't sign a peace deal this year but could agree on a "declaration of principles," a top Israeli minister said today. The announcement by Vice Prime Minister Haim Ramon follows weeks of warnings that a peace treaty could topple Israeli's coalition government, and that... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Mideast peace • peace talks • Haim Ramon • declaration of principles

Egypt Cuts Supplies to Gazans

Egypt moves to re-seal border after run on supplies

Jan 28, 08 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of Palestinians streamed back into Gaza yesterday as Egypt cut supplies to the area and attempted again to re-seal the border blasted open by Hamas militants a week ago. Merchants struggled to restock their stores and Palestinians found skyrocketing prices for what supplies were available. Egypt is anxious to... More »

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Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Ahmed Aboul Gheit • border crossing • Rafah • El Arish

Gaza Violence Endangers Peace Talks

Bombs, rockets fly; UN decries
closing of border crossings

Jan 19, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli bombs yesterday flattened a Hamas-run ministry on the Gaza Strip, and Israel also shut down Gaza border crossings.Cranking up pressure on Hamas to exert more control over militants who have stepped up rocket attacks, Israel killed at least 34 Palestinians this week, Reuters reports. The Palestinians cautioned that... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians

Israel: 'This War Will Not Stop'

What peace talks? Olmert vows to press on until Hamas rockets cease to fly

Jan 17, 08 11:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel continued its Gaza offensive unabated today, rejecting ceasefire overtures from Hamas and saying instead that it would fight until rockets stopped flying across its border , the AP reports. “This war will not stop,” said Ehud Olmert. “We will continue to fight the Jihad without concessions.”... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Mahmoud Zahar • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict

Mideast Talks Tackle
'Core Issues'

Two parties threaten
to leave Olmert's governing coalition

Jan 14, 08 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Talks opened today between high-level Israeli and Palestinian negotiators as leaders on both sides faced intensifying criticism from within their own camps. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert was threatened with the withdrawal of two political parties from his governing coalition if sensitive subjects such as a divided Jerusalem are broached, and... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • settlement • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush

Bush Seeks
to Drum Up Arab Support

President wraps up
first Israeli visit and
moves on to Kuwait

Jan 11, 08 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush flew to Kuwait today, the first of five Arab nations he will visit to drum up support for an Israeli/Palestinian peace deal and to find ways to contain Iran. But don’t expect a “blinding flash” of support, given Israel’s pariah status, Condoleezza Rice warned. Bush... More »

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Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • Condoleezza Rice • Arabs • Kuwait • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush

Bush Honors Holocaust Victims

President visits Yad Vashem before leaving Israel for Kuwait

Jan 11, 08 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A yarmulke-wearing George Bush early today visited Israeli Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, which he called "a sobering reminder that evil exists." Bush, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres, rekindled the eternal flame and laid a wreath next to the names of victims of... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Holocaust • Jerusalem • Shimon Peres • Yad Vashem • George W. Bush

Bush Calls for End to Israeli 'Occupation'

Says 'swiss cheese' state won't do for Palestine

Jan 10, 08 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - In a historic visit to the West Bank, President Bush today called on Israel to “end the occupation that began in 1967,” to make way for a Palestinian state. He also said that state would have to be contiguous. “Swiss cheese isn’t going to work,”... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush

Bush Sees Palestinian State
Deal 'Within Year'

But also backs controversial Israeli settlements

Jan 10, 08 6:03 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush announced today after a historic meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he envisions an independent Palestinian state within a year—just hours after he also vowed to back a decision by Israel to create settlements in disputed parts of Jerusalem, over international objections. The president's juggling demonstrates... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestinians • peace process • settlement • Stephen Hadley • George W. Bush

Bush: Iran a 'Threat to
World Peace'

President reiterates threat at beginning
of Mideast visit

Jan 9, 08 3:12 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush called Iran a "threat to world peace," and reaffirmed America's support for Israel today in the first visit to that country of his presidency. Bush's tough talk came in response to the harassment of US ships by Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz last weekend.... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Iran • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Salam Fayyad • Strait of Hormuz • George W. Bush

Bush Visit
Gives Mideast Talks a Nudge

Olmert, Abbas agree
to negotiations on toughest issues

Jan 8, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas today authorized negotiations on the most contentious issues in the way of Israeli-Palestinian peace, Reuters reports. The move comes a day before President Bush's visit to the region begins. The two leaders approved talks on so-called final-status issues such as state borders, the future of... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Israel and Palestinians • Har Homa • George W. Bush

Hamas-Fatah Clashes
Leave 8 Dead in Gaza

Bush plans Middle East trip next week to push for peace

Jan 1, 08 10:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Days before President Bush’s visit to the Middle East, violence between Hamas and Fatah spiked in the Gaza Strip today, the AP reports. Eight people have been killed in the violence over the past 24 hours, the first deaths in Palestinian infighting in 2 months. The renewed clashes prompted... More »

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Middle East • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah

Israel Won't Freeze Settlement Activity

Construction plans stymie peace talks

Dec 27, 07 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel-Palestine negotiations hit a stumbling block today as Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejected Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas' call for an end to all settlement activity, Reuters reports. The impasse has been exacerbated by Israel's announcement of new plans to construct hundreds of houses near East Jerusalem, the proposed site of... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • negotiations • settlement • Annapolis summit

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