Palestinian leader Abbas offers apology for remarks on Jews
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday offered an apology after he was accused of anti-Semitism for suggesting that historic persecution of European Jews had been…
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Abbas invited to White House
US President Donald Trump has invited Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to visit the White House “very soon”. He extended the offer in a phone call…
“Don’t move the embassy” – Abbas to Trump
Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Friday warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump against moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Moving the…
Abbas offer Palestinian Unity Government with Hamas
West Bank — Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority that operates in the West Bank, proposed on Wednesday the creation of a temporary…
Palestinians to Trump: Work towards our state
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s office on Wednesday called on US president-elect Donald Trump to work towards a Palestinian state, with peace efforts with Israel long…
Palestinian leader Abbas in hospital
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was taken to hospital Thursday after complaining of exhaustion, said a source close to his office, but the president’s spokesperson said…
Elections in Palestine postponed until next year
The Palestinian government decided Tuesday to delay municipal elections for up to four months after the high court ruled they should be held only in…
Abbas and Netanyahu shake hands at Shimon Peres funeral – Video
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, two men positioned on opposite sides of a divide that sometimes seems unbridgeable, shook…
Palestinian president to attend ex-Israeli PM’s funeral
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will attend the funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres on Friday, according to a Palestinian official. “President Abbas will…
Abbas: 2017 should mark end of Israeli occupation
President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas has called on the international community to make efforts to turn 2017 into the final year of Israel’s…