Tag: Mahmoud Abbas
Five requirements Abbas must meet to demonstrate his commitment to peace
Following the U.S. election, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas phoned President-elect Donald Trump to wish him “success in his upcoming term in office” and to reaffirm “his readiness to work with President Trump in...
Abbas in Russia: Israel is a ‘colonial project’
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas recently claimed that Israel is a "colonial project" that would be defeated if Washington withdrew its support, Kan News reported on Sunday, quoting Russian state media.
The Kan News report cited an interview that aired on Russia-1 with Russia...
Abbas’s PLO eulogizes ‘great national leader’ Sinwar
The Palestine Liberation Organization on Friday mourned the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, eulogizing his “martyrdom” in Gaza.
“The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization expresses its condolences to the Palestinian people and...
Abbas prays for Hamas terrorist leader in address to Turkish parliament
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas opened his address to the Turkish parliament on Thursday by offering a prayer for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an assassination last month that has been...
Erdoğan vows to push international community to pressure Jerusalem
Turkey will continue to support the Palestinians’ “just cause” and push the international community to increase pressure on Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told visiting Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday.
Erdoğan and Abbas met...
Biden’s ‘reformed PA’ marketing strategy
The Biden administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said this week “it is essential that the Palestinian Authority work to reform itself and that it do so as quickly as possible.”
But when...
Does the PA really want to return to Gaza?
While some in Israel and the United States are fixated on the question of who will govern the Gaza Strip after the current war, many Palestinians, including the Palestinian Authority, seem less concerned about...
But when there’s a real genocide, they’re silent
Across the country, angry protesters have been blocking highways, heckling political leaders and setting up tent encampments on college campuses, all to protest a non-existent genocide.
But when a real genocide is unfolding, nobody’s interested.
New...
Blinken heading to Riyadh for talks with Abbas, Arab leaders
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and Arab leaders this week on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum summit in Saudi Arabia, the...
Blinken to Abbas: US ‘looks forward’ to engaging with new PA government
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday conveyed to Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas the Biden administration’s eagerness to begin working with the newly formed government in Ramallah.
During a call with Abbas, Blinken...