Mahmoud Abbas

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Palestinian ties with Israel continue despite Abbas’ rhetoric. Hamas to attack Israel until Cairo lets its leaders return to Gaza

Feb 3, 2020 @ 8:58Mar 2, 2020 @ 16:47 Diane Shalem 2823 Views Egypt, Gina Haspel, Hamas rockets/balloons, Ismail Haniya, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian ties with Israel

The Palestinians are not really breaking off economic and security ties with Israel and the US, according to discreet messages

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Turkish leader and UAE emir face off over the Palestinian succession race

Dec 14, 2019 @ 19:31Dec 24, 2019 @ 10:05 Diane Shalem 3348 Views Mahmoud Abbas, Muhammad Dahlan, Palestinian politics, Qatar, Turkey, UAE

By offering a 10m lira ($1.7) reward for the capture of exiled Palestinian politician Mohammad Dahlan, Turkish President Recep Erdogan

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Abbas countermands his PM’s order to scale down Israel-Palestinian security cooperation

Aug 21, 2019 @ 17:37Aug 25, 2019 @ 19:39 Diane Shalem 2350 Views Mahmoud Abbas, Mohammed Dahlan, Mohammed Stayyeh, Palestinian-Israeli security cooperation

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas has overturned his Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh’s order to slow down the PA’s security cooperation

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Abbas mixes in Israel’s election by ordering massive Palestinian construction in banned West Bank areas

Aug 5, 2019 @ 7:02Aug 17, 2019 @ 18:37 Diane Shalem 3567 Views 1993 Oslo accords, Binyamin Netanyahu, election race, Mahmoud Abbas, unauthorized WEst Bank building

Mahmoud Abbas has directed his Palestinian Authority officials to embark on a massive construction project in all parts of the

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Secret deal with Israel rescues Palestinian Authority from economic collapse

Jul 15, 2019 @ 7:29Jul 21, 2019 @ 13:02 Diane Shalem 3225 Views Mahmoud Abbas, Netanyahu plan for PA, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian economy, Terror

Israel has agreed to drop the taxes levied on the fuel supplied to the Palestinian Authority in a deal that

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Egyptian Gaza truce draft offering Hamas “Calm for Cash” is unacceptable to Israel

Nov 3, 2018 @ 22:02Nov 9, 2018 @ 18:55 Diane Shalem 4916 Views cash for Hamas, Egypt, Gaza truce plan, Hamas, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority

Cairo is going out of its way to push Israel into accepting one of the worst deals it has ever

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US Democrats to Palestinians: We Won’t Fight Your War”

Sep 15, 2018 @ 17:31Sep 20, 2018 @ 9:35 Diane Shalem 7299 Views Donald Trump, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians, US Democrats

A Palestinian bid to harness their case against President Donald Trump to the US Democrats’ midterm election campaign was spurned,

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US ends funding for UN Palestinian refugees, would redirect aid to hosts

Sep 1, 2018 @ 11:12Sep 12, 2018 @ 17:40 Diane Shalem 6377 Views Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, refugees, US aid to UNWRA

The State Department notice confirming the end of US funding for UNWRA as an “irredeemably flawed” organization was greeted with

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Hamas’ extortionate demands derail Gaza truce talks in Cairo

Aug 8, 2018 @ 20:32Aug 27, 2018 @ 17:22 Diane Shalem 9019 Views Egyptian mediation, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, truce

Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority are for once of one mind: They totally reject the exorbitant demands Hamas negotiators

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Abbas to dissolve Palestinian Authority, revoke recognition of Israel – urges Hamas to join harsh new line

Aug 5, 2018 @ 22:48Aug 27, 2018 @ 17:24 Diane Shalem 13733 Views Gaza, Hamas, Israeli security cabinet, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians, UN-Egyptian truce plan

The Israeli security cabinet meeting Sunday, Aug. 5, resolved not to revise its counter-terror policy for Gaza in response to

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