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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz meet
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Israeli Minister of Defence Benny Gantz in the West Bank city of Ramallah. During the meeting at the presidential headquarters on Thursday , Gantz extended congratulations…
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Palestinian President confirms taking measures to confront Israeli escalation
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinian leadership would take measures to confront the Israeli escalation against the Palestinians. Abbas made the remarks on Tuesday during a meeting with visiting…
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Palestinian Prez discusses Mideast tension with Jordanian King, Putin
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has discussed the growing tension with Israel in East Jerusalem during two separate phone conversations with King Abdullah II of Jordan and Russian President Vladimir Putin. On…
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Israel undermines chances of establishing Palestinian state: Ishtaye
Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye said that Israeli measures, including settlement expansion, undermine any chances of establishing a Palestinian state. The reality on the ground is gradually deteriorating, and the two-state…
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Palestine President unanimously gains Fatah’s confidence as PLO chairman
Ramallah: Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas was unanimously supported by the Fatah party’s central committee to continue as chairman of Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Fatah Movement.During a meeting held in the West Bank…
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Palestinian president, Israeli ministers discuss ‘peace’ process: Report
Tel Aviv: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday held talks with two Israeli ministers to discuss the peace process between the two sides in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the official…
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Palestinian Prez to go for other choices if Israel rejects 2-state solution
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that Israel’s rejection of the two-state solution will oblige the Palestinians to go for other political choices. The official Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said that Abbas…
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Abbas gives Israel 1 year to end occupation of Palestinian territory
United Nation: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has given Israel one year to end its occupation of Palestinian territory. “Israel, the occupying power, has one year to withdraw from the Palestinian territory it occupied…
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Poll finds nearly 80 per cent of Palestinians want Abbas to resign
Jerusalem: A new poll has found that nearly 80 per cent of Palestinians want President Mahmoud Abbas to resign, reflecting widespread anger over the death of an activist in security forces’ custody…
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Hamas re-elects Haniyeh as politburo chief for new term
Gaza: The Palestinian Islamic Hamas Movement announced that Ismail Haniyeh has been re-elected as its politburo chief for a new four-year term. In a media statement on Monday, the Hamas said that…
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Turkey, Palestine Presidents meet in Istanbul
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul to discuss regional and bilateral issues. During the meeting on Saturday, Erdogan emphasised that as long as Israel’s…
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Palestine slams Arab normalisation deals with Israel
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has slammed the normalization agreements that some Arab countries have reached with Israel in recent times. “The agreements to normalise relations recently signed by Israel with some…
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Egypt’s FM meets Abbas to discuss situation in Palestine
Ramallah: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah and discussed the situation in the Palestinian territories following the Israel-Hamas ceasefire brokered by…
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King Salman assures Palestinian President of Saudi Arabia’s support
Riyadh: The Saudi monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on Friday has affirmed Palestinian President of the Kingdom’s support for the Palestinian cause and people, the Saudi press agency reported. This came during…
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Palestinian President gets coronavirus vaccine shot
Gaza: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been vaccinated against COVID-19, the official WAFA news agency reports. Abbas called on Palestinians to follow health ministry guidelines in all that concerns vaccination and to…
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