RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek reelection in a January ballot because of the lack of progress in peace talks with Israel, Palestinian officials said. [read full story]
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Palestinian elections due on January 24 were effectively cancelled on Thursday after the independent Central Election Commission (CEC) recommended postponement, saying conditions would not permit a fair vote. Postponement of...
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By Ben Hubbard,Diaa Hadid, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A Palestinian girl holds a candle next to the grave of the late leader Yasser Arafat, at President Mahmoud Abbas' compound, during a rally a day before to mark the fifth...
Ramallah, West Bank (UPI) Nov 11, 2009 - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has a plan to establish a de facto Palestinian state in the West Bank by 2011, throwing 16 years of futile peacemaking out the window.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday resisted US pressure for a resumption of peace talks with Israel and reiterated his demand for a complete halt to West Bank settlement building before talks. Addressing a rally...
BBC News Abbas: No talks if no settlement freeze Jerusalem Post The Palestinian Authority leadership on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death by emphasizing that it won't resume peace talks with Israel...
Ali El-Saleh Asharq Alawsat London, Asharq Al-Awsat- There is a prevailing conviction among Palestinian politicians, particularly in the Fatah Movement and the PLO factions, that there will be no change in the present situation...
guardian.co.uk ANALYSIS / Bluffing or not, Abbas has shown he's no Arafat Ha'aretz RAMALLAH - Thousands of Fatah supporters gathered yesterday in the Muqata in Ramallah to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of...
Judging by the fuss and flurry over the past week you would think that the world was in meltdown unless a resolution was found to finalising claims of sovereignty by Jews and Arabs to a piece of land 280 square kilometres in...
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad prior to their meeting at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem on October 22, 2009. Rice, who held talks with Israeli...
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