Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinians mourn inside a mosque during the funeral of baby girl seven-month-old Shahd Okal (far R), he three-year-old sister Mary and their mother Asmaa (L), in Jabalia, the Gaza Strip, 27 July 2006. Twenty-four Palestinians, died as Israel pounded with air strikes and artillery fire the eastern and northern districts of Gaza City yesterday. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas demanded an immediate ceasefire to Israel's offensive, condemning what he called 'unacceptable acts' and charged that 'Israel is clearly violating the Geneva convention' in attacking civilian areas.
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There was a press conference in Oslo, Norway, where I asked President Mahmoud Abbas directly whether he was aware that people were dying in PA and Hamas prisons ... The president replied that he did not know about this. So I told him that he should stop it.
In the past, attempts have been made to erase our national identity and memory. But today we are a people whose presence on the world map cannot be ignored
We wanted to create a new spin on reality TV - reality TV with a purpose ... For decades, Palestine has only had two presidents, Abu Amar (Yasser Arafat) and Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), thus we hope this show drives the Palestinian people to truly have a democratic state. This show in itself models democracy in practice.More quotes »
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Hamas says in final round of leadership vote
Qatar, Turkey and Egypt.His re-election could revive stalled reconciliation efforts between Hamas and political rival Mahmoud Abbas, the Western-backed Palestinian president.Hamas seized the Gaza Strip from Abbas by force in 2007, leaving Abbas with a self-rule Read more »
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Caen cohetes en Israel durante visita de Obama
de expulsar al grupo palestino adversario Fat en combates callejeros sangrientos. Fat y la Autoridad Palestina, encabezada por Abbas, gobiernan ahora slo parte de Cisjordania."Estaremos observando hoy de cerca al presidente palestino Abbas para ver si condena Read more »
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Lapid Unintentionally Helps Right with Bid for ‘Interim PA Pact’
will make peace with Israel only when it is sure that the Jewish state’s future is doomed. That is why PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas refuses to budge on the Arab world’s dream to import several million Arabs to Israel, based on their claim that Israel is their 5/19/13 from The Jewish Press Read more »
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Fatah’s Drive Against ‘Normalization’
and Palestinian soccer players, June, 2007. Photo Credit: Orel Cohen/FLASH90 While Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was meeting in his office in Ramallah with Shelly Yachimovich, chairwoman of Israel’s opposition Labor Party, his Fatah faction from The Jewish Press Read more »
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Hamas, The Arab Spring And The West – OpEd
Barack Obama and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority participate in a bilateral meeting at the Mugata Presidential Compound in Ramallah, the West Bank, March 21, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) The “Arab Spring”, as we now from Eurasia Review Read more »
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No peace deal without Palestinian unity: Turkey
17, 2013 The dual stops mean Erdogan would meet with the Hamas rulers of Gaza as well as with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, likely in Ramallah. "Turkey, I think there is a lot that we can do because we can talk to Hamas, we can talk to Fatah... We want from GulfToday.ae Read more »
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Friday Links Part 1
official in support of the murderer of an Israeli father of five. The letter sent to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday strongly condemned Fatah’s Sultan Abu Al-Einein following his “open support for the murderer of Evyatar Borovsky,” from Elder of Ziyon Read more »
