Ramallah

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinians appealed to the United States on Thursday to raise pressure on Israel, saying an Israeli plan to halt new construction in the West Bank was insincere. Yasser Abed Rabbo, a top presidential adviser,...

In this article: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, West Bank, Yasser Abed Rabbo, George Mitchell, Jerusalem, Ehud Barak, Mideast, and Hamas

...over policies including its refusal to agree to interim peace deals with Israel. Unlike the rival, secular Fatah movement headed by the Ramallah-based Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas does not support a permanent peace deal with...

In this article: Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Fatah, Eid al-Adha, United Nations, Mahmoud Abbas, and Gaza Strip

...though the rift between his administration in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza means a vote is far from imminent. Additional reporting by Ari Rabinovitch and Sangwon Yoon in Jerusalem and Erika Solomon in Ramallah; editing by Andrew Dobbie)

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, West Bank, Jerusalem, United States, Salam Fayyad, Hamas, and Washington

...now obvious that Abbas's threat not to run in a new election was nothing but a bluff," said a Palestinian political analyst in Ramallah. "He knew in the first place that he would never be able to hold elections without Hamas's consent."

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah, Hamas, US, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem

...Islamist Hamas, which controls Gaza. There has been little sign of progress. Additional reporting by Jeffrey Heller and Allyn Fisher-Ilan in Jerusalem and Erika Solomon in Ramallah; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)

In this article: Shimon Peres, Israel, Hosni Mubarak, Jerusalem, Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, West Bank, Egypt, and Gaza

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Islamic, BBC Arabic, and Jerusalem

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections that had been set for January. The Palestinian Election Commission said Friday it would meet in December to set a...

In this article: Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Fatah, BBC Arabic, Gaza Strip, Gaza, and Jerusalem

...authorized his entry to the West Bank for the Fatah convention, at Washington's behest, although they were warned that the newcomer to Ramallah was a died-in-the wool rejectionist of peace diplomacy. He even opted to stay in Tunis to defy...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, West Bank, European Union, Washington, Binyamin Netanyahu, and Ehud Barak

In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, West Bank, U.N. Security Council, United Nations, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, and Mohammed Dahlan

...we talk about that and international law, of course we are talking about the United Nations," he said at a news conference in Ramallah. Additional reporting by Ali Sawafta in Ramallah and Eli Berlzon in Jerusalem; editing by Robin Pomeroy)

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, United Nations, U.N. Security Council, Mohammed Dahlan, United States, and Gaza Strip