Mahmoud Abbas

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas dismissed an Israeli plan to halt new construction of West Bank settlements as insufficient on Friday, saying it won't be enough to restart peace talks. The Palestinian president...

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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he plans to stay on in his post until the next election is held and that he would be ready to hold the vote as soon as consensus was reached with Islamist group...

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...for Barack Obama. On Wednesday Abbas used the fifth anniversary of the death of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, to insist that he would not resume talks unless Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, backed down. Netanyahu has...

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...in settlement, not the "freeze" he initially spoke of. On Saturday in Jerusalem, Clinton agreed with Netanyahu that it was unprecedented for Abbas to shun talks due to settlements. A spokesman for Abbas, who faces intense domestic pressure...

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...threat TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on Sunday with the U.S. Middle East peace drive in crisis over a threat by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stand down. Though...

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...to Pakistan. Obama held a joint meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Abbas in New York in September, hoping it would persuade them to return to negotiations that had broken off more than a year ago. In her report to...

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...peace deal. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a tripartite meeting with US President Barack Obama in New York in September. In a column published Saturday...

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...he said, to cheers from a crowd of thousands waving a sea of flags. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged Abbas to begin talks without any conditions. That position is now supported by U.S. President Barack Obama, who made a...

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...of anonymity because the phone calls were private. </p><p>One way Clinton could break the impasse would be to wrest concessions from Israel, allowing Abbas to regain credibility. </p><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...

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