Mahmoud Abbas

An Egyptian journalist has claimed that Palestinian MP Mohamed Dahlan asked "his European friends to mediate between himself and President Mahmoud Abbas". Ibrahim Al-Darrawy, a specialist in Palestinian Affairs...

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has emphasized that the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, "has no right to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinian people, or to...

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef The spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-orthodox Shas party has wished death for all Palestinians, including acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas. Rabbi Ovadia...

The Change and Reform bloc of parliamentarians, which represents Hamas in the Palestinian Legislative Council, is holding the Palestinian Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas responsible for any consequences resulting...

A conference in Beirut has heard that the state of Palestine will be "the fruit of liberation". Hamas Political Bureau head Khaled Meshaal addressed the conference by satellite link...

Israel has threatened to topple the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas if he gets non-member status at the UN and then challenges the Zionist state at the...

The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has confirmed that he will go to the United Nations to seek an upgrade in the level of Palestine's diplomatic representation...

A senior member of the PLO Executive Committee has said that that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is to start an international tour to garner support for the proposal...

The Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has threatened to dissolve the Palestinian Authority (PA) if its president, Mahmoud Abbas, insisted on going ahead with his request for UN recognition...

In the wake of his televised dismissal of the right of return for Palestinian refugees, a former close ally has accused PA President Mahmoud Abbas of compromising on national...

The head of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Israel has called on Palestinians of all factions in the Occupied Territories and in the Diaspora to protest en masse...

Deputy Chief of Hamas' political bureau, Mousa Abu-Marzouq, said on Wednesday that Egypt's stance towards Palestinian political parties has become more balanced. Unlike the previous regime, Abu-Marzouq told the...

Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina has said that the repeated derogatory remarks made by Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, about Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas cannot be accepted any longer....

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Foreign Ministry has requested international protection for the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas following threats made against him by Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman. The Ramallah-based...

In a long TV interview on Thursday, senior Israeli politician Yossi Beilin called on the Palestinian President to get rid of the Oslo agreement because "it destroyed Palestinians". Beilin...

Official sources have reported that the Palestinian Authority embassy in Kuwait, which has been closed for twenty-two years, will be re-opened next month. According to PA Foreign Minister Riad...

The security services in the occupied West Bank have detained more than 60 Palestinians with political backgrounds, including writers, journalists and activists, Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights (DAHR) said...

The Palestinian Fatah movement has called for an international boycott of Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman. His presence in such a role, claims Fatah, is a threat to international...

Recent claims by Palestinian Authority officials that there is a financial crisis contradict data published by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Figures published by the PCBS show that...

Reports from the Middle East claim that Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi is facing "frightening" pressure not to open the border with the Gaza Strip and thus end the siege....

Ambassadors of African countries in Israel have expressed their concern over racial discrimination against African employees and migrants in Israel. According to Israeli media sources, Ghana's ambassador complained to...

The Palestinian Authority has rejected a suggestion by Israel that 50 long-term prisoners could be released in exchange for abandoning the approach to the United Nations for membership. PLO...

The head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has said that his recent meeting with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi covered many issues concerning the Palestinian...

Sources close to the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, claim that he is angry with the failure of Arabic and Islamic states to support his plan to...

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority is acutely embarrassed by the State of Qatar's decision to begin reconstruction projects in the Gaza Strip by the end of August, Palestinian sources said...

After the death of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat seven years ago, many voices called for an official and open investigation into the cause; they were ignored. Palestinian, Arabic...

The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has backed off from a meeting with Shaul Mofaz, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of the Kadima Party, scheduled to be held...

UNESCO's decision to add the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to the list of World heritage sites paves the way for other Palestinian sites to apply for similar...

Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, on Thursday accused Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of not being concerned about a peace deal with 'Israel', preferring instead reconciliation with Hamas. Lieberman claimed...

Diplomatic sources in Egypt have denied Israeli reports promoting a meeting between the President Mohammed Morsi and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that there is "no reason"...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has insisted that the peace process with Israel is "clinically dead", a situation for which he blames the Israelis. "The ball is now in...

The moves towards national reconciliation between the two main Palestinian movements of Fatah and Hamas are deadlocked because of complications arising out of the security portfolio, special sources have...