Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting.
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Lyons, Middle East correspondent AS the shock departure of Mahmoud Abbas sinks in for Palestinians, Ahmad Aweidah is rising fast in the new generation of leaders. Mr Aweidah, 39, insists he is not interested in politics, though he's rarely shy about entering the major debates. He argues that Mr Abbas's successor be Nasser al-Qudwa, nephew of the late PLO chief Yasser Arafat, rather than the contender...
Elder of Ziyon (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Daylife/AP : Palestinian supporters of the Fatah movement loyal to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a march in the west bank city of Nablus. Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. The "moderate" PA pretended to outlaw public displays of weapons in 2005 outside of their security forces. Apparently, that doesn't apply to Fatah. These sorts of organized rallies, together with Mahmoud Abbas'...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections that had been set for January. The Palestinian...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections that had been set for January.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections that had been set for January.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections that had been set for January.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hamas is negotiating with Israel. This is what Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas confidently said to a BBC -Arabic reporter in an exclusive interview. How...
Elder of Ziyon (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mahmoud Abbas was interviewed in Arabic by the BBC last night, and he proved yet again that the oft-used appellation "moderate" is a misnomer. The Israeli press is reporting on some of his more outrageous statements. "Those who have to resist are the people, and there are different types of resistance, like in (West Bank villages of) Bilin and Naalin, where people are injured every day"...
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that he has accepted advice not to hold the vote.
My Right Word (Free subscription) | yesterday
You'll recall the recent Roger Cohen op-ed I deconstructed ? Here are the letters-to-the-editor:- Dimming Prospects for Mideast Peace? Published: November 19, 2009 To the Editor: “A Mideast Truce,” by Roger Cohen (column, The New York Times on the Web, Nov. 17), could leave readers with the impression that the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, is a supporter of peace and the Israeli...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Brasilia - Brazil on Thursday weighed in on the Middle East peace process, asking Israel to scrap new home building plans in occupied East Jerusalem just prior to a visit from Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. In the statement, ...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In an interview published Thursday in the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat , a Hamas spokesman said that the jihadist movement is loyal to "Palestinian principles" in its policy of terrorism against the Jews until Israel ceases to exist. Palestinian Authority Chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas claimed earlier this month that Hamas had agreed to the establishment of a Palestinian...
Israellycool (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
PA President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of conducting secret negotiations with Hamas, which revolve around a palestinian state with temporary borders. Meanwhile, a terrorist-swap deal for Gilad Shalit is reportedly nearing completion, with Hamas handing over to Israel a new prisoner list with 70 new names aimed at replacing 70 to which Israel strongly objects. Updates [...]
Worldfocus (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti is a Palestinian physician, born in Jerusalem and living in the West Bank city of Ramallah. He came in second behind Mahmoud Abbas in the 2005 Palestinian presidential election. Currently, Barghouti is the Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, a political party that was formed in 2002 with Edward Said, Dr. Haidar Abdel-Shafi [...]
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