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In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Newport News, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
by Mohammad Ali Salih | Mar 13, 2013 | Middle East
Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinian Authority (PA) is desperately seeking to ensure some presence, even a symbolic one, when US President Barack Obama visits Jerusalem next week. Obama begins his three-day visit to Israel and the West Back on 20 March. There...
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after he spoke to the United Nations General Assembly before the body votes on a resolution to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember observer state November 29, 2012 at UN headquarters in New York. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 3, 2013 | Opinion
Mahmoud Abbas has threatened the Israelis by saying he plans to hand them the key to the West Bank following the Israeli parliamentary elections, so long as they continue to reject the two-state solution. In doing so, the Israelis would then be left with the true...