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Honor killings on the rise in Palestinian territories

More than 13 women have died in "honor killings" since the start of 2010, reports Palestine Think Tank 's Kawther Salam. Says Salam, Abbas and the PA have done little to curb honor killings Palestinian human rights organizations release...

Published 12 Mar 2010 5:42 AM by Editor

Filed under: Ramallah, abbas, palestine, women, honor killing [Edit Tags]
Israeli report: peace talks not a priority for Washington

An Isaraeli Foreign Ministry report claimed that the Obama administration has made statements that side more with Palestinian requests. An American official spoke with Haaretz about the proximity talks; "We told the parties that our goal is to achieve...

Published 7 Mar 2010 8:44 AM by Editor

Filed under: Israel, abbas, Mitchell [Edit Tags]
Abbas lowers demands for resuming talks

Inside Story discusses why Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has suddenly lowered his ceiling of demands for resuming peace talks with Israel.

Published 4 Feb 2010 7:24 AM by Editor

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Abbas: if Israel freezes all settlements, there could be a peace agreement in 6 months

President Mahmoud Abbas gave an in-depth interview to Haaretz. Palestinian Affairs correspondent Avi Issaharoff describes Abbas as 'self-assured,' and 'upbeat.' During the course of the lengthy interview, Abbas dropped his headline-grabbing...

Published 16 Dec 2009 7:54 AM by Editor

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Abbas to stay on for now

The LA Times reports that President Mahmoud Abbas will not resign immediately, as he threatened to do only last month. Instead he will remain in charge of the PLO until elections can be held. Excerpt : Abbas, who was elected Palestinian Authority president...

Published 16 Dec 2009 4:39 AM by Editor

Filed under: abbas, barghouti [Edit Tags]
PLO representative: Israel and Hamas kept us in the dark on Shalit deal

Ambassador Maen Areikat is the PLO's Chief of Mission to the United States. He spoke with Palestine Note in an interview with Fadi Elsalameen. Areikat said that Israel has kept the Palestinian Authority in the dark on the talks with Hamas to free...

Published 9 Dec 2009 12:21 PM by Editor

Filed under: abbas, shalit, fadi elsalameen, Areikat [Edit Tags]
Marwan Barghouti: the political prisoner with the highest value?

Marwan Barghouti, the Fatah activist and intifada leader who is currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison, is by far the best-known Palestinian political prisoner. Equally praised by Hamas and Fatah, his reputation extends beyond political...

Published 6 Dec 2009 5:43 AM by Editor

Filed under: abbas, marwan barghouti, tanzim [Edit Tags]
Abbas ends Latin America tour with a pledge from Chavez

News agencies are reporting that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ended his tour of Latin America with a stop in Venezuela, where he got a pledge from his Venezuelan counterpart to upgrade ties between Caracas and the Palestinians. According to...

Published 29 Nov 2009 12:11 PM by Editor

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Is Marwan Barghouti plotting to take over from Abbas?

Marwan Barghouti , a 50 year-old former Tanzim leader who is currently serving five life sentences in Israeli jail for masterminding several terror attacks, is possibly the best-known Palestinian political prisoner. Some see him as a Palestinian Nelson...

Published 26 Nov 2009 7:06 AM by Editor

Filed under: abbas, marwan barghouti, tanzim [Edit Tags]
As prospects for statehood dim, the Palestinian Authority could collapse

With statehood more elusive than ever, a recalcitrant right-wing government in Israel and an American administration that seems unable to come up with an effective Middle East policy, things are looking a bit grim in Palestine right now. In a sobering...

Published 14 Nov 2009 7:19 AM by Editor

Filed under: West Bank, abbas [Edit Tags]
Fatah's post-Abbas strategy

London's Financial Times reports that Fatah is already debating a new strategy if President Mahmoud Abbas resigns. Excerpt : Shaken by the prospect of losing their veteran leader, senior Palestinian officials have started debating fresh strategies...

Published 13 Nov 2009 9:28 AM by Editor

Filed under: Hamas, abbas, Fatah, elections [Edit Tags]
Palestinian elections postponed: media roundup

Faced with mounting and vociferous opposition from Hamas, Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas has announced a postponment of Palestinian national elections. Below is a media roundup of the story. Updates will be added as new articles are published. From...

Published 13 Nov 2009 6:08 AM by Editor

Filed under: Hamas, abbas, Fatah, elections [Edit Tags]
Jerusalem Post: Fayyad is plotting to replace Abbas

The Jerusalem Post' s Khaled Abu Toameh reports that Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is angling to replace President Mahmoud Abbas. Excerpt: Fatah's Central Committee and Revolutionary Council, the faction's two most significant...

Published 13 Nov 2009 5:31 AM by Editor

Filed under: abbas, Fatah, fayyad [Edit Tags]
Palestinians protest in support of Mahmoud Abbas

Abbas has said he will not seek reelection (AP) Arab News is reporting that Fatah movement has organized massive protest rallies in West Bank cities following Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' announcement that he would not be seeking another term...

Published 7 Nov 2009 5:46 AM by Natasha Tynes

Filed under: abbas, Palestinian Authority [Edit Tags]
Final decision: Abbas will not seek re-election

Close aides to President Abbas confirmed to Palestine Note that President Abbas's decision not to seek re-election is serious and final. Haaretz Onlin e reports: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced today that he will not seek re-election...

Published 5 Nov 2009 11:50 AM by Fadi Elsalameen

Filed under: Hamas, abbas, obama, netanyahu, clinton visit to Israel, hillary clinton, fadi elsalameen, too many chiefs [Edit Tags]
US does a U-turn on settlement policy, dropping call for a freeze

Hours after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Jerusalem, trying to encourage Israel and the Palestinian Authority to return to negotiations, Palestinian officials have accused the US government of undermining progress toward Middle East peace...

Published 1 Nov 2009 3:03 PM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: abbas, negotiations, netanyahu, Clinton [Edit Tags]
Clinton visits Jerusalem in attempt to jump-start peace talks

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited officials in Jerusalem yesterday, in an attempt to re-start peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. While many media outlets covered the story - albeit with a noticeable lack of enthusiasm...

Published 31 Oct 2009 10:25 PM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: abbas, negotiations, netanyahu, Clinton [Edit Tags]
Hamas bans elections in Gaza; Abbas threatens to resign

Mahmoud Abbas/AP PA President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree announcing that presidential and parliamentary polls would take place on January 24, even though no national unity agreement with Hamas was reached, despite the efforts of Egyptian moderators...

Published 29 Oct 2009 9:30 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: Gaza, West Bank, Hamas, abbas, Fatah [Edit Tags]
Abbas calls for elections, infuriating Hamas

Mahmoud Abbas/AP After failing to reach a national unity agreement with Hamas in Cairo, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued a unilateral call for elections. He did not consult with Hamas, which is now furiously calling the elections illegitimate...

Published 26 Oct 2009 8:03 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: Hamas, abbas, Fatah, elections [Edit Tags]
Abbas scolds Hamas for delaying reconcilation pact

Mahmoud Abbas. Muhammed Muheisen/AP Gaining political support from the backlash against Mahmoud Abbas following his flip-flop on the Goldstone Report, Hamas decided that it would not sign the national reconciliation pact after all. As Israeli journalist...

Published 13 Oct 2009 3:22 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: abbas, Fatah, Hamas Gaza Israel, goldstone report, haniyeh [Edit Tags]
Abbas's gov't faces angry uproar over decision on UN report

A Palestinian protester throws a shoe at a poster of PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza. Hatem Moussa/AP Rage on the Palestinian street is mounting over the decision of PA President Mahmoud Abbas's government to defer a vote on the Goldstone Report...

Published 8 Oct 2009 7:22 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: West Bank, Ramallah, abbas, goldstone [Edit Tags]
Abbas insists on settlement freeze to ‘salvage’ peace process

Abbas spoke at the UN General Assembly on Friday (AP) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Israel on Friday to freeze all settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in order to "salvage" the Middle East peace process, Aljazeera...

Published 26 Sep 2009 4:08 AM by Natasha Tynes

Filed under: abbas, Settelments, Fatah [Edit Tags]
Charles Gibson interviews Netanyahu for ABC

Benjamin Netanyahu. Credit: AP In New York for the summit with Presidents Obama and Abbas, Israeli prime minister sat down with ABC's Charles Gibson for a wide-ranging interview. Excerpt: Netanyahu said he is happy to sit down and talk with Palestinian...

Published 23 Sep 2009 1:23 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: abbas, obama, netanyahu [Edit Tags]
Is the New York summit about peace or a photo op?

Dina Kraft, a freelance journalist based in Tel Aviv who contributes regularly to the New York Times, muses about the Obama-Netanyahu-Abbas summit for The Faster Times . Is this an opportunity for peace, or just another photo op to disguise a pervasive...

Published 23 Sep 2009 1:17 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: abbas, obama, netanyahu [Edit Tags]
Netanyahu to FOX news: no peace with Hamas, ever

L to R: Netanyahu, Obama and Abbas at the UN General Assembly. Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Charles Dharapak/AP FOX News interviewed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the occasion of the New York summit with Presidents Obama and Abbas. Excerpt...

Published 22 Sep 2009 11:02 PM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: abbas, obama, netanyahu [Edit Tags]
Low hope for summit – White House

Abbas will meet Netanyahu in New York on Tuesday (EPA) The BBC is reporting that the United States has no "grand expectations" from the summit of Israeli and Palestinian leaders which US President Obama will host on Tuesday. Excerpt: Mr Obama...

Published 22 Sep 2009 4:01 AM by Natasha Tynes

Filed under: abbas, negotiations [Edit Tags]
More opinion and news on the setlements

Children at the West Bank settlement of Bruchnin. Ariel Schalit/AP Settlements are the major sticking issue as President Obama meets today with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Former President...

Published 22 Sep 2009 12:58 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: West Bank, abbas, palestine, settlements, settlers, obama, netanyahu [Edit Tags]
Analysis: why Israel and the Palestinians will meet

L to R: Abbas, Obama, Netanyahu. AP In an analysis piece for Politico, veteran Middle East commentator Laura Rozen explains why Israeli and Palestinians will talk to each other, despite the failure of special envoy George Mitchell to obtain a settlement...

Published 21 Sep 2009 4:14 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: Israel, palestinians, abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority, obama [Edit Tags]
Is Hamas going to spoil the Fatah-Israel-USA party?

Gazan prime minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh leads Eid El Fitr prayers on September 20, 2009. Khalil Hamra/AP As President Obama prepares to host Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, the...

Published 21 Sep 2009 3:39 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: Israel, Hamas, palestinians, abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, negotiations, obama, netanyahu [Edit Tags]
Israeli & Palestinian activists reveal new peace plan

Palestinian women wait to cross a checkpoint to pray during Ramadan. Oded Balilty/AP In Israel-Palestine there are lots of co-existence organizations and pro-peace activists, but not so much peace. The Associated Press reports that a group of local activists...

Published 21 Sep 2009 12:42 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: Israel, abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority [Edit Tags]
Abbas expected to discuss settlements freeze with special envoy

Abbas is undecided about meeting Netanyahu. Omar Rashidi/EPA Haaretz newspaper is reporting that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Tuesday, September 15, with the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell. The meeting...

Published 15 Sep 2009 4:05 AM by Natasha Tynes

Filed under: West Bank, abbas, palestine, Fatah, settlements [Edit Tags]
Abbas fires Hamas mayor of West Bank town, replacing him with a Fatah member

PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo in June 2009. Khaled El Fiqi/EPA Reuters reports that Mahmoud Abbas fired the Hamas mayor of the West Bank town of Qalqilyah, citing fiscal mismanagement. But when Abbas replaced the elected mayor with an appointed...

Published 13 Sep 2009 1:00 AM by Lisa Goldman

Filed under: West Bank, Hamas, abbas [Edit Tags]

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Honor killings on the rise in Palestinian territories

Israeli report: peace talks not a priority for Washington

Abbas lowers demands for resuming talks

Abbas: if Israel freezes all settlements, there could be a peace agreement in 6 months

Abbas to stay on for now

PLO representative: Israel and Hamas kept us in the dark on Shalit deal

Marwan Barghouti: the political prisoner with the highest value?

Abbas ends Latin America tour with a pledge from Chavez

Is Marwan Barghouti plotting to take over from Abbas?

As prospects for statehood dim, the Palestinian Authority could collapse

Fatah's post-Abbas strategy

Palestinian elections postponed: media roundup

Jerusalem Post: Fayyad is plotting to replace Abbas

Palestinians protest in support of Mahmoud Abbas

Final decision: Abbas will not seek re-election

US does a U-turn on settlement policy, dropping call for a freeze

Clinton visits Jerusalem in attempt to jump-start peace talks

Hamas bans elections in Gaza; Abbas threatens to resign

Abbas calls for elections, infuriating Hamas

Abbas scolds Hamas for delaying reconcilation pact

Abbas's gov't faces angry uproar over decision on UN report

Abbas insists on settlement freeze to ‘salvage’ peace process

Charles Gibson interviews Netanyahu for ABC

Is the New York summit about peace or a photo op?

Netanyahu to FOX news: no peace with Hamas, ever

Low hope for summit – White House

More opinion and news on the setlements

Analysis: why Israel and the Palestinians will meet

Is Hamas going to spoil the Fatah-Israel-USA party?

Israeli & Palestinian activists reveal new peace plan

Abbas expected to discuss settlements freeze with special envoy

Abbas fires Hamas mayor of West Bank town, replacing him with a Fatah member

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