Mahmoud Abbas

Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Aziz Duwaik called for the resignation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, following the failure of Palestinian leadership to demand action on...

In a single phone call to his man in Geneva, Mahmoud Abbas has demonstrated his disregard for popular action, and his lack of faith in its accumulative power and...

Israeli police have barred Palestinians protesting in defence of the al-Aqsa mosque compound from gaining access to Jerusalem's Old City. Friday's increased restrictions on the mosque compound in occupied...

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, is facing a growing backlash over the postponement of a vote on a UN report that criticises Israel for the Gaza war. The report...

Quds Press: A Swiss rights association has considered the speech made by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas Sunday, 11 October, to be "at attempt to escape responsibility" for postponing the...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon supports a new Palestinian proposal to reopen debate on the Golstone report on the Gaza war in the Human Rights Council. Ban's spokesperson,...

The Acting Palestinian Authority chief says he will push for a vote on a recently released UN report about Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Abbas had...

The Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" held the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, fully responsible for the consequences of his issuance of a decree setting the election date to early next...

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he will not seek re-election when elections are held in January, Palestinian officials said. "The president insists on not running in the...

Ministers in the Israeli cabinet threatened to take unilateral steps in response to the Palestinian plan to declare a Palestinian state without reaching a political agreement with Tel Aviv. The...

Israeli media outlets have confirmed that a secret meeting took place between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Minister of War, Ehud Barak, in Jordan, at a...

The Islamic Resistance Movement has condemned the delay by the Palestinian Authority's UNESCO ambassador in seeking a resolution on Jerusalem at the UN body's latest Executive Board meeting. Hamas...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The freed Palestinian prisoners were received at the various crossing points into the Palestinian Territories by large crowds of well-wishers from across the political spectrum. Prisoners from...

A senior member of Fatah's Central Committee has said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet the political leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal "to speed up national reconciliation"....

A senior member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council has said that Palestinian reconciliation is now "inevitable". Without it, claimed Nabil Amr, "other achievements make no sense". In exclusive statements to...

Israel's Minister of Finance has called for the elimination of the Palestinian Authority headed by Mahmoud Abbas in response to the bid for full membership of the United Nations...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Wednesday 21, rallies were organised in cities across the West Bank to demonstrate support for Mahmoud Abbas as he heads to the United Nations in New...

The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Aziz Duwaik, has criticized the Palestinian Authority for going to the United Nations in a bid for independent Palestinian statehood without making...

The Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza has met with a high-ranking Fatah delegation to discuss the finalisation of the recent reconciliation agreement. During the meeting, Ismail...

Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Menha Bakhoum, has stated that Egyptian Foreign Minister, Mohamed Al Orabi, has received a verbal message from Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, regarding...

The head of Fatah's delegation to the reconciliation negotiations with Hamas has denied that his organisation is being subjected to American or Israeli pressure blocking a meeting between Mahmoud...

A Saudi newspaper has claimed that the military government in Cairo is communicating with Fatah and Hamas in an effort to save the reconciliation agreement that was signed between...

The Palestinian Authority's Political Adviser has told the Israelis that it is up to the new unity government to recognise Israel, not Hamas. Nimer Hammad made his statement as...

The Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas has announced that Hamas and Fatah have agreed a reconciliation deal. Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk said that it is now...

Hamas' representative in Lebanon, Ali Baraka, confirmed that Cairo has extended an invitation to their movement's political bureau chief, Khaled Meshaal, and the Secretary General of Islamic Jihad, Ramadan...

The release by Al-Jazeera of sensitive documents revealing the Palestinian Authority's apparent willingness to make huge concessions to Israel during 10 years of closed-door peace talks, have put Palestinian...

The Palestinian Authority President has called a halt to an aggressive PR attack that was launched against the State of Qatar three weeks ago. Mahmoud Abbas issued a presidential...

Official sources in Palestine have reported that the Chief Negotiator for the Palestinian Authority has resigned from his post. According to Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary of the executive committee...

Jerusalem MPs threatened with deportation from their home city by Israel have accused the Palestinian Authority and what they call "Arab and international complicity" responsible for the increasing Judaisation...

The Deputy Chairman of Jordan's Council of Representatives, Atef al-Tarawneh al-Naqab, has revealed that a number Palestinian officials and members of the negotiating team have been granted Jordanian nationality...

The head of Hamas' political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, made a phone call to Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday (05.01.20111) to offer his condolences over the death of...

The Shaykh of Al Azhar in Cairo has called on the President of the Palestinian Authority to end the policy of arbitrary detention and torture of Palestinians in the...