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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas (right), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (third from left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the opening of Moscow's Cathedral Mosque on Sept. 23, 2015. Credit: Kremlin Photo/Wikimedia Commons.

Abbas proves once again that he is not a partner for peace

The Palestinians are hoping to keep the United States from presenting its Middle East peace plan. To this end, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has embarked on a tour of Arab states, to try to keep...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general debate of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 20, 2017. Credit: U.N. Photo/Cia Pak.

Abbas pledges security cooperation with Israel

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas pledged to continue security cooperation with Israel, despite the United States cutting all security assistance to the P.A. In front of a gathering of Israeli and Palestinian activists on Wednesday,...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is officially received by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Source: YouTube.

US Mideast envoy denounces Palestinian support for Venezuela’s Maduro

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt condemned the Palestinian Authority’s public show of support on Tuesday for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom the United States would like to see replaced by the country’s...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas lays a wreath on the grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, Nov. 11, 2012. Credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90.

PA claims that Israel, Hamas planning to assassinate Abbas

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s adviser on religious affairs has accused Israel and Hamas of planning “an attack against Abbas.” Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “There is suspicious and dangerous coordination between the statements of the occupation state’s...
The Al-Aqsa mosque in the Temple Mount compound, seen from the Western Wall Plaza. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster).

Israelis/Jews ‘defile’ Muslim and Christian holy sites

Muslim and Christian holy sites in “Palestine” are “defiled” and “desecrated” by the presence of Israelis/Jews. This hateful demonization is often expressed by Palestinians, including Palestinian leaders. In December 2018, the Palestinian Authority “presidential office”...
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (center- left), receives the gavel from Sameh Shoukry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, at the handover ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 from the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Palestinians. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elias.

A desperate Abbas celebrates in New York as Palestinians take helm of major UN...

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is in New York City to witness the Palestinian Mission as it takes over leadership of the G77 bloc. While there, he will likely push the Palestinian agenda and...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on Feb. 13, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Abbas: ‘I may not have the strength to fight, but I won’t die a...

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has warned that the freeze in peace talks and ongoing construction in the settlements will lead to the end of Ramallah’s security and economic cooperation with Israel. At a press...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas (left) speaks with Jordan's King Abdullah II as Israel's President Shimon Peres stands by, at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa 2013, in Amman. May 26, 2013. Photo by Flash90.

Analysis: Meeting between Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah of Jordan

On Dec. 18, Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas met with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman. According to sources in Ramallah, the main reason for the meeting was a request from Abbas to the...
A view of the mainly Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in eastern Jerusalem. Credit: Mendy Hechtman/Flash90.

Abbas spokesperson: PA to increase efforts to punish Arabs selling land to Jews

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Despite an Israeli law banning the Palestinian Authority from engaging in political and diplomatic activities in Jerusalem and other areas of sovereign Israel, a Fatah spokesperson said Thursday that leader Mahmoud Abbas is intensifying...
Members of the Palestinian terror group Hamas' security forces patrol an area along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90

Human Rights Watch: Palestinian Authority and Hamas crush dissidents

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Despite its anti-Israel stance, the nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch accused the Palestinian Authority on Tuesday of violently stopping dissent. “Twenty-five years after Oslo, Palestinian authorities have gained only limited power in the West Bank and...