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Topic: Mahmoud Abbas

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March 15, 2013
6:05 am

Putin and Abbas in Bethlehem last year. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash 90)

Abbas ‘hopes’ for new talks, but pessimistic over prospects

Palestinian leader, in Russia for state visit, says ‘major efforts’ needed to get negotiations underway

By Joshua Davidovich

March 15, 2013
2:02 am

Clergymen in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on December 24, 2012. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Obama visit to stress plight of Mideast Christians

Trip to Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity will ‘underscore the need to protect the rights of minorities,’ White House says

By Haviv Rettig Gur

March 14, 2013
4:05 am

A Palestinian policeman stands next to a poster informing US President Barack Obama, "We have no 3G in Palestine," in the West Bank city of Ramallah (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Politics cloud Obama’s upcoming visit to Israel

US president may skip Ramallah and limit his West Bank visit to four hours in Bethlehem, says Palestinian official

March 12, 2013
8:18 pm

PA to Obama: Coordinate visit to ‘occupied’ Jerusalem with us

Hamas calls for daily ‘confrontation with the Zionists’ ahead of president’s trip, ‘even if this entails martyrs’

By Elhanan Miller

March 11, 2013
8:50 pm

Yossi Beilin meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, August 2008. (photo creditt: Omar Rashidi FLASH90)

Talks with PA snagged on Ariel, not refugees, former official says

Refusal to concede settlement and Olmert’s ‘lame duck’ status were main stumbling blocks blocking peace breakthrough with Abbas in 2008, claims Yossi Beilin

By Elhanan Miller

March 11, 2013
7:30 am

Then prime minister Eud Olmert shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem, in 2008 (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

‘Abbas was ready to compromise on right of return’

PA president showed willingness to sign a deal that would severely limit the number of refugees allowed into Israel, New Republic claims, but talks were cut short by Olmert’s resignation

By Adiv Sterman

March 8, 2013
11:01 pm

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)

Obama’s coming, with or without a government

White House says presidential visit will go forward unimpeded, and doesn’t aim to influence internal Israeli politics

By Ilan Ben Zion

March 2, 2013
1:08 am

Palestinian supporters of Hamas at a rally marking the terrorist organization's 25th anniversary in the West Bank city of Ramallah (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Hamas official predicts third intifada

From the web Al-Monitor: Gaza parliamentarian says rocket attacks on Tel Aviv ‘lifted the spirits of all of the Palestinian factions’

March 1, 2013
9:35 pm

Former White House deputy national security adviser Elliott Abrams (photo credit: Ariel Jerozolimski)

Elliott Abrams: Kerry wrong to push for a permanent accord

Senior official in George W. Bush administration also says Israel should not have opposed Palestinians’ UN gambit, and that Olmert’s claim he was close to a peace deal is a ‘mirage’

By Raphael Ahren

February 28, 2013
11:14 am

Avigdor Liberman, February 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)

Liberman: West ‘stands down’ as Iran ‘races’ toward bomb

Former FM also claims West Bank clashes are directed by the Palestinian leadership in lead-up to Obama’s visit to the region

By Aaron Kalman

February 26, 2013
10:20 pm

Hamas official Moussa Abu-Marzouq (photo credit: Youtube image grab)

‘Hamas agrees to Palestinian state on ’67 lines’

Senior official Moussa Abu-Marzouq says his movement still won’t recognize Israel, wishes to resume attacks in the West Bank

By Elhanan Miller

February 26, 2013
5:01 pm

Mahmoud Abbas speaks in Ramallah on January 24, 2013. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Abbas requests UN probe into prisoner’s death

Palestinians claim Arafat Jaradat was tortured to death, but Israel says he died of heart failure

By Aaron Kalman and Haviv Rettig Gur

February 26, 2013
1:48 am

Thousands of Palestinians attend the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in the West Bank village of Si'ir, near Hebron on Monday, February 25 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

US urges restraint in wake of Palestinian prisoner’s death

‘We expect all parties to consider the results of the autopsy calmly and without inflammatory rhetoric,’ says State Department official

By Ron Friedman

February 24, 2013
1:01 pm

Oops. Tzipi Livni and her smartphone (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Peace deal with Palestinians scuttled by tweet

Tzipi Livni offers Abbas Tel Aviv; agreement falls through after hipsters get wind of it

By Cornelius Burnsides

February 20, 2013
10:09 am

Tzipi Livni (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Livni: Joining Netanyahu not a betrayal of Hatnua voters

PA official optimistic about presumptive justice minister’s prospects as a negotiator; Yishai: Shas not in the coalition yet

By Asher Zeiger

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Mahmoud Abbas

Abbas ‘hopes’ for new talks, but pessimistic over prospects

Palestinian leader, in Russia for state visit, says ‘major efforts’ needed to get negotiations underway

Obama visit to stress plight of Mideast Christians

Trip to Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity will ‘underscore the need to protect the rights of minorities,’ White House says

Politics cloud Obama’s upcoming visit to Israel

US president may skip Ramallah and limit his West Bank visit to four hours in Bethlehem, says Palestinian official

PA to Obama: Coordinate visit to ‘occupied’ Jerusalem with us

Hamas calls for daily ‘confrontation with the Zionists’ ahead of president’s trip, ‘even if this entails martyrs’

Talks with PA snagged on Ariel, not refugees, former official says

Refusal to concede settlement and Olmert’s ‘lame duck’ status were main stumbling blocks blocking peace breakthrough with Abbas in 2008, claims Yossi Beilin

‘Abbas was ready to compromise on right of return’

PA president showed willingness to sign a deal that would severely limit the number of refugees allowed into Israel, New Republic claims, but talks were cut short by Olmert’s resignation

Obama’s coming, with or without a government

White House says presidential visit will go forward unimpeded, and doesn’t aim to influence internal Israeli politics

Hamas official predicts third intifada

From the web Al-Monitor: Gaza parliamentarian says rocket attacks on Tel Aviv ‘lifted the spirits of all of the Palestinian factions’

Elliott Abrams: Kerry wrong to push for a permanent accord

Senior official in George W. Bush administration also says Israel should not have opposed Palestinians’ UN gambit, and that Olmert’s claim he was close to a peace deal is a ‘mirage’

Liberman: West ‘stands down’ as Iran ‘races’ toward bomb

Former FM also claims West Bank clashes are directed by the Palestinian leadership in lead-up to Obama’s visit to the region

‘Hamas agrees to Palestinian state on ’67 lines’

Senior official Moussa Abu-Marzouq says his movement still won’t recognize Israel, wishes to resume attacks in the West Bank

Abbas requests UN probe into prisoner’s death

Palestinians claim Arafat Jaradat was tortured to death, but Israel says he died of heart failure

US urges restraint in wake of Palestinian prisoner’s death

‘We expect all parties to consider the results of the autopsy calmly and without inflammatory rhetoric,’ says State Department official

Peace deal with Palestinians scuttled by tweet

Tzipi Livni offers Abbas Tel Aviv; agreement falls through after hipsters get wind of it

Livni: Joining Netanyahu not a betrayal of Hatnua voters

PA official optimistic about presumptive justice minister’s prospects as a negotiator; Yishai: Shas not in the coalition yet

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