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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (R) shake hands as Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani sits between them during an agreement signing ceremony in Doha February 6, 2012. The leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and Gaza, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. REUTERS/Stringer(QATAR – Tags: POLITICS)

Palestinian Elections Suspended

by Kifah Ziboun | Sep 11, 2016 | Features

Ramallah- The decision of the Palestinian Supreme Court to suspend elections in the West Bank and Gaza, which was set on the 8th of October hasn’t disappointed many people who didn’t believe that it would happen. Those people realize that the depth of the division...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas kisses a Palestinian flag before raising it during United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations in Manhattan, September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Abbas Ready to Meet Netanyahu in Moscow without Conditions

by Kifah Ziboun | Sep 7, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that a proposed meeting in Moscow with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 8 will not be held although Palestinian officials have encouraged such talks to take place without conditions....

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prays for Maysara Abu Hamdeya, a Palestinian inmate who died from cancer in an Israeli hospital, during a Fatah Central Committee meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah in this April 2, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Mohamed Torokman/Files

Palestinian Authority Approves Egypt’s Initiative on Condition it doesn’t Contradict French Proposal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv-The Palestinian Authority has approved the Egyptian initiative to convene a regional and international summit in Cairo to revive the talks between Israel and the Palestinians, according to political sources in Israel. The sources confirmed that Palestinian...

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Secretary of State John Kerry (C) shakes hands with former Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting at the Dead Sea, May 26, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young

Peres: Agreement over 1967 Borders, Only Final Touches Left

by Nazir Majli | Aug 6, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- Israel’s former President Shimon Peres has announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution. Peres, 93, called in Jaffa for the prompt resumption of the negotiations that have...

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Palestinian President Arrives in Khartoum For a Three Day Visit

by Ahmed Younis | Jul 20, 2016 | Middle East

The Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir received the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) who arrived in Sudan for a three day visit. Abbas is heading a delegation of senior Palestinian Authority officials and will hold talks with Sudanese...