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The Third Intifada?
Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas In 2007, the Bush administration, with Israel’s blessing, embarked on a clandestine program to arm and assist the secular Palestinian Fatah movement in its...
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New Status, New Friendships
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he arrives to address the crowds in the West Bank city of Ramallah as Palestinians celebrate his successful bid to win UN statehood recognition. As rain...
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Hamas–Fatah Reconciliation Talks In Doubt
(L-R) Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, Bahraini King Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa, Jordanian King Abdullah II, Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashirm and Egyptian...
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Palestinian PM Set to Resign
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad makes a statement to the press on March 19, 2013 before a signing ceremony at EU headquarters in Brussels. GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images RAMALLAH, Asharq...
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Palestinian Reconciliation Delays Government Formation
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas chairs a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on January 29, 2013. ABBAS...
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Reflections from the Dead Sea
US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) is joined by Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King...
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Palestinians to continue talks despite settlement activity
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) greets German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 12, 2013. (Mohamad Torokman/AFP/Getty...
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Abbas seeks wider UN role as peace talks stumble
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on April 1, 2014. (Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty...
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Abbas opens talks with Hamas on interim government
Hamas has allowed the distribution of the Al-Ayyam newspaper as a step to achieve reconciliation with Fatah. (Mohammed Asad/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinian President...
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Palestine: Little chance of renewed peace talks despite Kerry–Abbas meeting
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) gestures at the start of a bilateral meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on September 24, 2013 in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)...
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