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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Mahmoud Abbas

Photographs of the victims killed and held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since the October 7 massacre, on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, December 12, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
Israeli officials: Report Hamas gave list of hostages to be freed under deal is incorrect
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Government pointman dismisses Arabic paper’s claim that would indicate advanced stage of talks; FM Sa’ar says he is more optimistic than before, ‘but we are not there yet’
Photographs of the victims killed and held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since the October 7 massacre, on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, December 12, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 9, 2024, 5:15 pm
Israeli officials: Report Hamas gave list of hostages to be freed under deal is incorrect
Government pointman dismisses Arabic paper’s claim that would indicate advanced stage of talks; FM Sa’ar says he is more optimistic than before, ‘but we are not there yet’
By ToI Staff and Reuters
A large poster reading A year NOW, referring to Israeli hostages held in Gaza since October 2023, is seen in Tel Aviv. December 5, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 9, 2024, 10:06 am
Israel and Hamas exchange lists of names for release as talks advance – report
Four US citizens said to be among those who would be set free in initial stages, along with elderly and sick; Israeli delegation said heading to Cairo for mediated talks
By ToI Staff
Rawhi Fattouh, the designated temporary replacement for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (Youtube screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the copyright law)
November 27, 2024, 11:43 pm
Abbas declares Rawhi Fattouh will be interim PA head if presidency becomes vacant
Speaker of Palestinian National Council briefly served as interim PA president after Yasser Arafat’s death
By ToI Staff
An IDF soldier passes by a sign that displays a photo of US President-elect Donald Trump that reads "Congratulations! Trump, make Israel great!" two days after the US election, in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
November 12, 2024, 1:50 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 12: Day 403 – Trump administration begins to take shape
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the diplomacy behind Qatar leaving the hostage negotiations, Trump’s call with Abbas, his aides on annexation, and possible members of Trump cabinet
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, left, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas pose for a photograph during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
November 9, 2024, 5:20 am
PA says Trump, in phone call with Abbas, vowed he ‘will work to stop the war’
National chair of Arab Americans for Trump tells ToI that he spoke with Palestinian Authority leader shortly after the call, was told the conversation was ‘excellent’
By Jacob Magid
Gunmen attend the funeral of five Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tubas, September 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
October 25, 2024, 7:19 pm
Abbas treads tightrope as PA cracks down on terror groups in the West Bank
Campaign in Tubas shows authority’s resolve to disprove its many skeptics, but represents ‘low-hanging fruit’ unlikely to loosen Hamas, PIJ grip on West Bank’s north, says analyst
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas leads a prayer in memory of those killed in Gaza at the start of a Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee meeting in Ramallah on October 17, 2024. (Wafa)
October 19, 2024, 1:55 am
Abbas’s PLO mourns ‘martyrdom’ of Hamas chief Sinwar, a ‘great national leader’
PA president’s Fatah also offers condolences to terror group; so does Turkish foreign minister as he hosts Hamas representatives
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a press conference during the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Vientiane on October 11, 2024. (TANG CHHIN SOTHY / POOL / AFP)
October 17, 2024, 3:24 pm
Report: Blinken mulling post-war Gaza plan to present after US elections
Axios reports Israel, UAE asked top US diplomat to help bridge differences for joint proposal regarding Palestinian Authority involvement in Gaza
By ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows PA President Mahmoud Abbas (L) meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh on August 27, 2024. (Thaer Ghanaim / PPO / AFP)
October 1, 2024, 10:05 am
Ending embargo, Saudi Arabia to send $60 million to Palestinian Authority – report
In apparent warming of ties, kingdom to give funds to cash-strapped Ramallah in four monthly payments, in arrangement struck during Abbas visit to Riyadh
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
September 26, 2024, 10:04 pm
Abbas, in UN speech, blasts Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza, sets out 12-point ‘day after’ plan
PA leader urges international protection for Palestinians, strong UNRWA, single government in West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, while never mentioning Hamas; wants Israel out of UN
By Jacob Magid
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) meeting with the International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2024 (the Turkish presidency)
September 24, 2024, 12:28 pm
Erdogan tells ICC prosecutor Israel planning ‘new massacres’ in Gaza
Turkish president, PA’s Abbas press Karim Khan on expediting war crimes charge against Netanyahu in meeting on sidelines of UN General Assembly, saying Israel acting with impunity
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman, Jordan, October 17, 2023. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
September 18, 2024, 10:03 am
Palestinian Authority president to thank Spain for support in visit to Madrid
On way to UN General Assembly, Abbas stops in Spain to meet with its PM and king after first Palestinian ambassador presented credentials there on Monday
By AFP and ToI Staff
(L-R) PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister Mouldi Kefi, and Fatah's ex-Secretary General Farouk Kaddumi hold hands shortly after the Abbas's arrival in Tunis, Tunisia, November 10, 2011. (Fethi Belaid/AFP)
August 23, 2024, 3:40 pm
Farouk Kaddumi, Fatah hardliner who opposed Oslo Accords, dies in Amman at 93
Kaddumi was among Fatah’s founders, supported realignment with Hamas; he served as the faction’s head before fallout with Abbas, whom he accused of killing Arafat
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a speech during an extraordinary Parliamentary Meeting on Palestinians, at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP/Ali Unal)
August 19, 2024, 7:37 pm
Abbas said to ask Israel to allow Gaza visit as PA works to line up support for trip
Official request to Tzachi Hanegbi indicates Palestinian leader wants to enter Strip via Israeli crossing and not through Egypt, Walla reports; Netanyahu thought to have final say
By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
A car torched by masked settlers in the Palestinian town of Jit in the West Bank, August 15, 2024. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 16, 2024, 12:10 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 16: Day 315 – Extremist settler riots spark (near total) condemnation
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on deadly rampage in West Bank, Doha hostage release negotiations, former president Trump’s recent statements, and the Biden speech that wasn’t
By ToI Staff
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