Mahmoud Abbas
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Abbas says Israeli settlement freeze not enough...in negotiations. The Palestinian leader was to meet later with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has stepped squarely into Middle East politics this week by hosting both Abbas and the president of Iran. Chavez denounced Israel... In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hugo Chavez, Israel, Carlos the Jackal, Venezuela, Shimon Peres, Simon Wiesenthal Center, West Bank, and Organization of American States |
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 17, 2009
US 'dismayed' by Israel's new settlements in Jerusalem
...40,000 Israelis. Mr Netanyahu and Mr Abbas came close to a Washington-brokered deal for talks earlier this year, but Mr Netanyahu insisted on going ahead with building projects already planned in existing settlements. Mr Sarkozy, in...
In this article: Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nicolas Sarkozy, White House, Hamas, Washington, Saudi Arabia, and Fatah
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Israel halts some settlement, urges Abbas to talk
Israel halts some settlement, urges Abbas to talk JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a 10-month freeze on some building in West Bank settlements on Wednesday, pleasing the United States but Palestinians...
In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Jerusalem, West Bank, Salam Fayyad, Hamas, United States, and Washington
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AP Online | 3 days ago
Netanyahu: Prisoner swap not a done deal
...through his government. Winning the freedom of hundreds of prisoners, meanwhile, would significantly buttress Hamas in its rivalry against West Bank-based Palestinian moderates, led by President Mahmoud Abbas. A deal could also include an...
In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Gilad Schalit, Palestinian militants, Israel, West Bank, Gaza, and Jerusalem
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New York Post | November 17, 2009
Mideast Meltdown
...other Arabs. Obama's prestige on the Middle East suffered a further blow last week, when French President Nicolas Sarkozy invited Abbas, Netanyahu and Syria's President Bashar Assad for a Paris summit that would allow France to replace...
In this article: Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, Israel, West Bank, UN, Bashar Assad, and Gaza
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 10, 2009
Obama, Netanyahu meet on Mideast crisis
...House spokesman Robert Gibbs said before the talks. Netanyahu on Monday urged Abbas, who last week announced he would not run for reelection in January, to start immediate negotiations. "I say today to Mahmud Abbas, the leader of the...
In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmud Abbas, Barack Obama, Washington, United States, Middle East, White House, and Hillary Clinton
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Guardian Unlimited | November 17, 2009
US 'dismay' at Israel over Gilo plan
...to succeed," he said. Obama brought together the Israeli leader, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, in New York in September but failed to secure the restart of negotiations. Abbas said he would not...
In this article: Israel, Barack Obama, Jerusalem, Robert Gibbs, White House, West Bank, Middle East, and US State Department
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Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: مَحْمُود عَبَّاس Maḥmūd ʾAbbās) (born 26 March 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: أَبُو مَازِن), has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation since 11 November 2004 and became President of the Palestinian National Authority on 15 January 2005 on the Fatah (فتح Fataḥ) ticket.
Elected to serve until 9 January 2009, he unilaterally extended his term for another year. Rival political party Hamas announced it would not recognise the extension. Abbas was chosen as the President of the "State of Palestine" by the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Central Council on 23 November 2008, a job he had held unofficially since 8 May 2005.
Abbas served as the first Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority from March to October 2003 when he resigned citing lack of support from Israel and the United States as well as "internal incitement" against his government. Before being named prime minister, Abbas led the PLO's Negotiations Affairs Department.
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