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GayandRight (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Gee, they have some of the world's best strategic thinkers, no? Following Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' announcement that he would not run for another term, a senior Fatah official told Ynet that if serious progress was not made soon in peace talks, the organization would consider reverting to popular warfare. The source said Saturday that more and more Fatah operatives were calling for a return...
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New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday to stop seeking compromise with Israel but offered him an olive branch, saying Palestinians must en...
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday to stop seeking compromise with Israel but offered him an olive branch, saying Palestinians must end their divisions. Sounding conciliatory after raising the political ante against Abbas following his call for national elections last month, Mashaal said the Islamist group Hamas "stretches its hand" to Abbas' Fatah...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ramallah - Members of Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party staged demonstrations Friday, urging the Palestinian president to run for a second term, while the rival Hamas movement quickly declared his announcement of the previous night that he would not an admi...
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Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
"On Friday, modest groups of Fatah members and others marched in Ramallah and elsewhere in the West Bank to voice support for continued leadership by Abbas. Local Palestinian media continued running news headlines about various organizations or politicians discouraging him from retirement." I in fact watched footage of some of the "demonstrations" on Arab TV stations. They were...
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A Blog For All (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
During the past week, there were reports that Mahmoud Abbas, head of Fatah and the Palestinian Authority President, did not want to run for reelection and would not seek another term. Media reports flailed about wondering what it would mean for President Obama's peace process plans and the Palestinian-Israeli relations.All of these reports gloss over inescapable facts. Abbas was never in a
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Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem "....Washington is said to be quietly working on possible negotiating parameters but meeting resistance from Israel. Used to pressure from Israel, but much less so from the Palestinians , the US may be disinclined to harden its line in those discussions. Of course, there are Fatah alternatives to Mr Abbas, most enticingly the more charsimatic Marwan Barghouti who...
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Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fatah centeral Committee member Nabil Sha'th has warned that the U.S.'s stance on renewing negotiations gives the Palestinian people two options: either a cycle of violence, or an Israeli takeover of all the territories. Then, he said, ... November 6, 2009, 12:47 pm
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Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Palestinians from Gaza set off for Mecca on Friday for the annual haj pilgrimage after Fatah and Hamas agreed on a list of 4,500 participants from the strip.2009/11/6
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ramallah - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced calls Friday to reverse his decision not to run in upcoming elections, amid fears the departure of the dovish leader would deal a death blow to the peace process. Abbas' Fatah party called up hundr...
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Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | yesterday
"However, Dahlan's problem is the personal campaign managed against him by Hamas and media outlets associated with it. By engaging in an intensive character assassination effort, they turned him into a highly controversial figure. This fact may concern many within Fatah who will be wondering whether such contentious figure, despite his abilities, is worthy of becoming the movement's candidate...
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Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | yesterday
"But despite his insistence that his move was no stunt, it's important to note that Abbas is not in fact threatening to leave the stage. "This is political theater," says Amman-based Palestinian analyst Mouin Rabani. "The Palestinian Central Election Committee is expected to conclude that the election Abbas called for in January can't be held, because Hamas won't allow them to go...
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Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a Warning to Obama, Abbas Quits Palestinian Election By Tony Karon "It's time for you to find another donkey." With those words, according to Palestinian sources, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the PLO executive committee that he would not seek reelection in January. The 74-year-old leader, on whom U.S. peace efforts in the Middle East are heavily dependent, reiterated...
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