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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Group of 77

Saeb Erekat, the secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Executive Committee, speaking to Palestine TV, the official Palestinian Authority channel, on February 28, 2019. (Screenshot: Palestine TV)
February 28, 2019, 5:15 pm
PLO’s Erekat calls on Iran to act as a ‘responsible state’
Palestinian official suggests Ramallah opposes Iran’s intervention in Arab world; says Hamas official has told members of large UN bloc Abbas has no legitimacy
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the Group of 77 on January 15, 2019 at the United Nations in New York (Don Emmert/AFP)
January 15, 2019, 7:52 pm
Palestinians assume chairmanship of largest bloc of nations at the UN
Taking charge of Group of 77, which encompasses 134 developing countries, Abbas slams Israel’s ‘occupation of the state of Palestine,’ condemns ‘terrorism in all its forms’
By Adam Rasgon
File: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at UN headquarters, February 20, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)
January 15, 2019, 2:15 am
UN chief backs 2-state solution in talks with Abbas
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said to give strong backing for Palestinian state, offers congratulations on election of the Palestinians to preside over the Group of 77
By Agencies
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York September 27, 2018. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP)
January 15, 2019, 2:10 am
Abbas in New York to take up chairmanship of major UN bloc
PA president will address General Assembly and take leadership of the Group of 77, a bloc made up of 134 member states designed to leverage its members’ negotiating capacity
By Marcy Oster
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York, September 27, 2018. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP)
January 6, 2019, 12:38 am
Abbas to head to UN to assume chairmanship of bloc of 134 nations
Palestinian Authority leader and Egyptian president discuss reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinians wave their national flag during a rally in Ramallah on November 29, 2012, to support Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's bid for UN recognition of statehood. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
December 27, 2018, 1:17 pm
For first time since 2011, Palestine to apply for full UN membership
Though bid is doomed to fail due to expected US veto, Israeli envoy attacks Ramallah for ‘destructive policies that have encouraged recent terror ‎attacks’
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour addresses the UN General Assembly, October 16, 2018 (UN webtv)
October 17, 2018, 12:56 am
Defying US, UN gives ‘Palestine’ extra rights so it can head major bloc in 2019
General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to grant additional powers to Ramallah for 12 months of its presidency of 134-nation Group of 77; Israel, US and Australia opposed
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian protesters wave UN and national flags in front of a fabiricated giant refugee card of their President Mahmud Abbas, during a protest against the US decision earlier this year to cut funds to UN aid to Palestinians, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on September 26, 2018. (AFP/Musa Al SHAER)
September 27, 2018, 7:02 pm
Palestine confirmed to head massive bloc of developing countries at UN
Egypt’s Sissi hands over to Abbas the presidency of G77, a group of 134 nations comprising some 80 percent of the world’s population
By Raphael Ahren
The Palestinian flag is raised outside UN Headquarters in New York during the 70th session of the UN General Assembly on September 30, 2015 (Raphael Ahren)
July 25, 2018, 2:47 pm
In first, ‘Palestine’ to head bloc of 134 nations at UN
Palestinians to preside over the Group of 77, largest’s coalition of developing nations; Israeli envoy laments it will become ‘a platform for spreading lies and incitement’
By Raphael Ahren
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