Tag: Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas adviser: Hanukkah menorah at the Cave of the Patriarchs a ‘desecration’
The Palestinian Authority’s highest Islamic authority, Mahmoud al-Habbash, harshly condemned the placing of a Hanukkah menorah at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, calling it a “crime.”
According to a report published by Palestinian...
Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns
Senior Palestine Liberation Organization official Hanan Ashrawi announced her resignation on Wednesday, saying that Palestinian politics needed a “renewal.”
Ashrawi said she had informed Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas last month of her decision to...
Abbas congratulates Biden as Palestinians celebrate Trump’s defeat
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a statement on Sunday and alluded to the possibility that the P.A. would end its boycott of the administration in Washington when he...
Palestinians press for international peace conference to renew talks with Israel
Top Palestinian diplomat Riad Malki on Monday called for an international peace conference as the only way to renew talks with Israel, AP reported.
According to the report, this comes on the heels of a similar call...
Mahmoud Abbas: Down and out in Ramallah?
Angry, sad and ill, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been stuck at home in Ramallah for a few months now. COVID-19 is forcing him to be extra careful. At his age, 85, with...
The Palestinians’ view of the US elections
Four difficult years have passed for the P.A. and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. Senior Fatah sources say that in recent days the color has returned to the...
World Jewish Congress president meets with Abbas
World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, announced a Palestinian minister.
In a Twitter post, P.A. Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh disclosed the information, though provided...
Report: Qatar, Turkey push for Fatah-Hamas coalition
Qatar, with the encouragement of Turkey, has proposed to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas that he establish a joint partnership with Hamas, Channel 12 reported on Tuesday. According to the proposal, Abbas’s Fatah party is to...
Israel’s UN envoy: Abbas speech to UNGA ‘saturated with lies, incitement’
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan slammed Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s speech on Friday at the 75th United Nations General Assembly, saying that “Abu Mazen understands his time is up.”
“I just...
Will Hamas and Fatah unite in force as Israel develops ties to Arab world?
The recent deals to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and Israel and Bahrain, have led many to conclude that the Arab-Israeli conflict has reached a significant turning point. With the...