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NEWS ABOUT: Mahmoud Abbas

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Olmert, Abbas to Meet to Salvage Talks

Contested settlement threatens to undo Annapolis process

Dec 26, 07 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas will meet tomorrow in hopes of resolving the settlement crisis that is threatening to derail the Annapolis peace process. Haaretz reports that the Israeli PM and the Palestinian leader will discuss a contested tender by the Israeli housing ministry for 307 homes to be constructed... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • settlement • Six Day War • Annapolis summit • Har Homa • Green Line

US to Privately Grade Mideast Peace Plan

Critics question secret oversight; official says
it avoids public blame

Dec 23, 07 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Washington will secretly score Israeli and Palestinian adherence to the "road map" peace plan and hash out results with each side, Reuters reports. US diplomats plan to report to the White House on Israeli settlement growth and Palestinian vows to curb militants, two keys to the peace deal—but... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Condoleezza Rice • United States • Israel and Palestinians • peace process • Arab Israeli conflict • road map

Palestinians Seek $5.6B in Talks

60 nations meet in Paris to bankroll  the Palestinian Authority

Dec 17, 07 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Representatives of more than 60 nations meet in Paris today to discuss providing aid to the Palestinians. Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas, locked in a power struggle with Hamas in Gaza, is hoping to secure $5.6 billion in aid over the next three years. The US has promised $550 million.... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • West Bank

Christmas Opens in Bethlehem

Resumed peace talks give holiday tourism a bump to 65K tourists

Dec 16, 07 5:07 PM CST
(Newser) - The lighting of a four-story tree yesterday in Bethlehem kicked off a joyous season of increased tourism, reports the AP, amid a backdrop of resumed Mideast peace talks. Some 65,000 foreigners are expected to visit the West Bank town this season, the AP reports; only 16,000 visited the... More »

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Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • West Bank • Christmas • Bethlehem • Jesus Christ

In Gaza, 150,000 Cheer Hamas

PM calls for uprisings against Israeli occupation

Dec 15, 07 1:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Crowds filled Gaza City streets today, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hamas in what BBC analysts are calling a critical test of public support. At least 150,000 rallied amid waving flags and banners as Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya preached “resistance and jihad,” blasting his moderate Fatah... More »

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Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Ismail Haniya • Gaza City • Palestinians

Al-Qaeda Rips Annapolis Talks

Bin Laden's No. 2 accuses delegates of 'treachery' toward Palestinians

Dec 14, 07 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Al Qaeda's second-in-command condemned the Arab attendees at last month's Annapolis peace conference in an internet audio file posted today, the BBC reports. In the recording, Ayman Al-Zawahiri says the Arab leaders at the talks, in which most Arab countries took part, "were present as false witnesses to the... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Israel and Palestinians • Ayman al Zawahiri • Arab Israeli conflict • al-Qaeda

Israeli Incursion in Gaza Imperils Peace Talks

Government denies troop movement represents full-scale invasion

Dec 11, 07 4:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel's incursion into Gaza today, on the eve of the first peace talks with the Palestinians in 7 years, ensures the atmosphere tomorrow in Jerusalem will be tense and may even endanger the peace process, the London Times reports. The Palestinian death toll from the largest incursion into Gaza since... More »

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Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Israel and Palestinians

Olmert: No Peace Likely in '08

Israeli PM downplays chances for Annapolis success

Dec 2, 07 3:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Less than a week after promising to seek peace with the Palestinians by the end of 2008, Ehud Olmert says he doesn’t like the odds. “We will make an effort to hold speedy negotiations,” he said, “but certainly there is no firm timetable.” The remarks... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict

US Pulls UN Resolution on Mideast Peace

Israeli uneasiness prompts withdrawal
of draft document

Nov 30, 07 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Reacting to Israeli objections, the US State Department has withdrawn a draft of a UN resolution based on agreements reached at this week's Annapolis conference, Reuters reports. Israeli diplomats apparently were dismayed that the US did not consult them before putting the resolution to the Security Council yesterday, and involving... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • State Department • peace conference • Arab Israeli conflict

Bush Vows Active Peace Role

President pledges to keep up US engaged in Israel-Palestine talks

Nov 28, 07 5:56 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush promised today that the US would remain an active player in the Middle East peace process. Having coordinated yesterday's pledge by the leaders for a treaty by the end of 2008, Bush joined Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a ceremony marking resumption of... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Condoleezza Rice • Annapolis summit • George W. Bush

Olmert and Abbas Aim for Pact by End of 2008

Israel and Palestinians to hold bi-weekly talks, beginning Dec. 12

Nov 27, 07 12:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Standing with President Bush on US soil, the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers pledged today to seek a peace agreement by the end of next year; the two sides will hold bi-weekly talks to that end beginning Dec. 12. The agreement creates a framework, the New York Times cautions, but... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Annapolis summit • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush

Bush Begins Mideast Peace Bid

First international peace gathering since 1991

Nov 27, 07 3:10 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush plunged headlong into the Middle East peace process yesterday, meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as representatives of 49 countries gathered at Annapolis for talks, the New York Times reports. “The United States cannot impose our vision but we can help... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Annapolis • US Naval Academy • Madrid Conference • Arab Israeli conflict • James A. Baker III • Mideast • Mideast peace talks • George W. Bush

Bush Meets With Olmert, Abbas

Bush jump-starts peace talks a day ahead of Annapolis summit

Nov 26, 07 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - On the eve of the Mideast peace summit, which begins tomorrow in Annapolis, President Bush held separate talks with Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas today in the Oval Office, reports the Washington Post. Between meetings, Bush thanked both leaders for participating in the talks and said he was “optimistic”... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Israel and Palestinians • Annapolis • Annapolis summit • George W. Bush

Computer Game Lets Players Try Virtual Peace

Peace center will distribute games to Israelis, Palestinians during US talks

Nov 25, 07 4:12 PM CST
(Newser) - A computer game that promotes peace in the Middle East will be distributed to Palestinians and Israelis this week while their leaders meet in the US to negotiate, the Associated Press reports. “PeaceMaker” players choose roles as Israeli or Palestinian leaders and respond to attacks from the opposing side.... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Condoleezza Rice • Israel and Palestinians • Annapolis • video games

Bush's Palestine Play Doomed

Prez's late peace push faces bigger problems than Clinton's failed effort

Nov 25, 07 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - George Bush, like Bill Clinton before him, is making a last-minute push to broker Arab-Israeli peace, but with much steeper odds, says Reuters' Arshad Mohammed. Bush, Mahmoud Abbas, and Ehud Olmert are all unpopular, especially compared to their 2000 counterparts—Clinton, Yasser Arafat, and Ehud Barak. “When Clinton tried... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Bill Clinton • Israel and Palestinians • Yasir Arafat • Annapolis • George W. Bush

Olmert Releases 441 Palestinian Prisoners

Israeli PM courts Arab support ahead of next week's peace talks

Nov 19, 07 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert today requested the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners and promised to stop building new settlements on the West Bank, in the hope of bolstering Arab enthusiasm for upcoming talks on Palestinian statehood. But the gesture was received coolly: Mahmoud Abbas had asked for 2,000 prisoners, and the... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • Annapolis

'Bring Down' Hamas in Gaza:
Palestinian Prez

Hamas is 'abusing our people,' says Abbas

Nov 16, 07 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called for the overthrow of the Hamas government in Gaza for "abusing" people. "We have to bring down this bunch, which took over Gaza with armed force," he said in his most inflammatory remarks since Hamas took over in June. Abbas' angry... More »

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Middle East • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians

Abbas: Palestinian State Possible by 2009

Palestinian president speculates on statehood before Bush leaves office

Nov 5, 07 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The Palestinians and the Israelis can broker peace before George Bush leaves office in January 2009, Mahmoud Abbas said today in a press conference with Condoleezza Rice. The Palestinian president parroted a statement last night by Israeli PM Ehud Olmert. Putting the leaders on the same page is an achievement... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Condoleezza Rice • Israel and Palestinians • Annapolis

Rice to Proceed, Cautiously, With Mideast Talks

Low expectations for weekend trip, with little concrete progress

Nov 1, 07 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders this weekend in order to create a document of joint principles as a prerequisite to a peace conference expected later this month. For fear of killing the conference before it begins, the document will contain few hard-core specifics, instead... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • Israel and Palestinians

Olmert Has Prostate Cancer

Diagnosis won't interfere with work, Israeli PM promises,
as peace talks loom

Oct 29, 07 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has prostate cancer, he announced today, and will undergo minor surgery to treat it. He said his medical condition is not life-threatening and would not affect his ability to govern. “From what my doctors have told me, this is a microscopic growth that can be... More »

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Israel • prostate cancer • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Ariel Sharon

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