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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Trump-Abbas meeting

Tarek Abbas, son of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, on June 4, 2014. (Shorouk Zaid / Wafa)
August 20, 2018, 11:31 pm
Abbas’s son said to tell US envoy he supports one-state formula
Jason Greenblatt met with Tarek Abbas in September in bid to advance Trump’s plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, Channel 10 reports
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (L) and PA President Mahmoud Abbas leave following a joint press conference at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
May 28, 2017, 10:09 pm
Trump yelled at Abbas: ‘You tricked me in DC,’ Israeli TV reports
President’s outburst in last week’s talks, alleging PA chief is engaged in anti-Israel incitement, was followed by shocked silence, Channel 2 claims; Palestinians insist meeting went fine
By ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, May 11, 2017. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 11, 2017, 8:29 pm
Abbas, in meeting with Putin, says Moscow must be part of peace process
Two leaders participate via video link in inauguration of $40 million Russian-sponsored Putin cultural center in Bethlehem
By Dov Lieber
In this September 2, 2010, photo, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before holding peace talks at the State Department in Washington, DC. (Jason Reed-Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
May 10, 2017, 11:05 pm
Abbas said to agree to summit with Netanyahu and Trump
Palestinian leader also reportedly invited to meeting of Muslim leaders and US president by Saudi King Salman
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem, September 15, 2010. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 12:57 pm
Arabic daily claims Trump to announce Netanyahu-Abbas talks during Israel visit
Al-Hayat says US president gearing up to launch new peace process; PA leader reportedly asked Trump to base negotiations on 2008 Olmert offer
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House on May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP/MANDEL NGAN)
May 9, 2017, 2:38 pm
Abbas told Trump to base peace talks on 2008 Olmert maps – report
At White House meet, PA president said to have shown Trump maps and documents from former PM’s proposed deal, including territorial swaps
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier review the honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah on May 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
May 9, 2017, 1:27 pm
Abbas says he’s ready to meet Netanyahu as part of Trump peace push
PA president tells reporters he looks forward to US president visiting him in Bethlehem, possibly in two weeks’ time
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the state funeral of late president Shimon Peres, held at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
May 4, 2017, 3:48 pm
PM pans Abbas for falsely telling Trump ‘Palestinians teach peace’
Netanyahu: They name their schools after mass-murderers of Israelis
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump (right) giving a joint statement with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, May 3, 2017. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
May 4, 2017, 3:07 pm
Trump-Abbas enthusiasm has press putting on peace goggles
While papers are quick to note that the White House meeting was much ado about nothing, they can’t help broadcasting the rosy assessments that a deal is just around the corner
By Joshua Davidovich
US President Donald Trump and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speak in the Roosevelt Room during a joint statement at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
May 4, 2017, 2:25 pm
Palestinians delight in warm Trump welcome, but they have causes for concern
Refusing the US president’s demand to stop paying salaries to terrorists could impact on he PA’s vital American financial aid
By Avi Issacharoff
US President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania step off a plane upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on January 19, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)
May 4, 2017, 2:08 pm
Trump confirms 2nd Abbas meet in a month during Israel trip
US president will also visit Vatican and Saudi Arabia during first foray abroad; German president to pass on Breaking the Silence meeting but planning to praise its work in speech
By Raoul Wootliff
Nabil Shaath, the commissioner for external relations of the Fatah movement, seen in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 18, 2012 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 4, 2017, 1:22 pm
PA official rejects ‘insane’ demand to stop paying terrorists
Abbas aide says request to ‘resolve’ policy of issuing stipends to attackers’ families akin to ‘asking Israel to stop paying its soldiers’
By Tamar Pileggi and Dov Lieber
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, where he and President Donald Trump spoke. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 4, 2017, 11:57 am
Abbas: I wanted to meet Netanyahu in Moscow, but he ‘didn’t show up’
September 2016 initiative was canceled amid mutual recriminations; PA leader says first-ever meeting with Trump positive, if short on specifics
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Ze'ev Elkin arrives for the weekly government meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem, June 19, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
May 4, 2017, 11:30 am
Minister: Peace talks likely, but ‘cool the excitement’ on deal
Citing PA president’s past refusal to accept Israeli offers, Ze’ev Elkin says Abbas walked away from ‘dream’ concessions
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians protest in solidarity with security prisoners on a hunger strike in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on April 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Musa Al Shaer)
May 4, 2017, 12:49 am
Trump ‘raises concerns’ with Abbas on prisoner payments
White House says the two leaders also discussed ways to improve Palestinian economy
By Jacob Magid
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