Mahmoud Abbas

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Abbas's Decison Signals Need for Implementation Not Negotiations for Two State Solution

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

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The Israelis, the Americans, the international community and any proponent of a negotiated settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict couldn't dream of finding a better Palestinian leader.

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Abbas Says He Won't Seek Re-Election

New York Times | Ethan Bronner and Mark Landler | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Thursday that he would not seek re-election, the latest sign that the Obama administration's drive...

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Abbas Not To Seek Re-Election, Say Palestinian Officials

Al Jazeera English | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he will not seek re-election when elections are held in January, Palestinian officials said. "Th...

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Hillary Clinton: US Wants Israel To Stop Building West Bank Settlements 'Forever'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

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CAIRO — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesda...

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Will Elections Help or Hurt Palestinian Reconciliation

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

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It remains to be seen whether the elections will take place on time or, if they do, whether they will be held in Gaza as well as the West Bank.

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Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "back-pedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement c...

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Palestinian Memo: Hopes In Obama "Evaporated" After "Zionist Lobby" Pressure

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — The Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House o...

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The Vichy Government of Palestine

Jamal Dajani | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

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Palestinians from all wakes of life have been stunned and disappointed by Abbas, who withdrew support for a vote in the U.N. Human Rights Council to have the Goldstone report sent to the General Assembly.

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Obama's Next Middle East Challenge

James Zogby | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

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With the dust having settled following Obama's New York meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas, a sober assessment of what actually happened, and what may happen next, is in order.

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Eyeless in Gaza: Obama's Palestine Flop

Michael Brenner | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Obama is a man of personal audacity, but little courage. His instinctive avoidance of head-on confrontations will leave him unprepared, psychologically and politically, for the requisite arm twisting of Israel.

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Obama's Summiteering: High Altitude Headaches and Rumors of War

William Bradley | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Iran went front and center today, with war a real possibility in the wake of this morning's revelation of a secret nuclear facility.

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Has Israel Become Dependent on Terrorism?

Bradley Burston | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

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Terrorism remains central to Israel's explanations of many of the most morally problematic of its policies, including the siege of Gaza and restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank.

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Israel Diary: Shimon Peres on Peace, Obama's Tough Love, and Working in the Shadows

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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It's hard to spend any time with Israeli President Shimon Peres and remain pessimistic about the possibility of peace.

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Obama and the Peace Process

Marwan Bishara | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

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I could only shake my head in amazement as I listened to President Obama at the U.N. trying to put a brave face on his administration's failure to convince Israel to freeze all settlement activities.

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Ask and Tell, Mr. President (VIDEO)

Craig Crawford | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

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Maybe it's time for Obama to do less asking and instead let underlings work out agreements, so that when he finally does do the asking he gets the answers that he wants to hear.

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Israel Diary: Hyper-Alert Security Guards, Hyper-Creative Tech Geeks, and an Upcoming Interview with President Peres

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM -- I arrived in Tel Aviv at 6:30 Sunday evening and went straight from the airport to a charming restaurant in Jaffa to have dinner with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, where I asked him to compare George W. Bush's leadership to Obama's when it comes to Israel. "I'm an ABB," he said. "Anyone But Bush. Obama is investing a lot of his political capital in the peace process, and it's important that we don't waste this moment." Wednesday morning I'm meeting with President Shimon Peres. Coming on the heels of yesterday's tripartite meeting between Obama, Netanyahu, and Abbas, we will discuss, among other things, the state of US/Israel relations, Israeli settlements on the West Bank, and Iran's nuclear program. If there is anything you'd like me to ask President Peres, please put your questions in the comments section.

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A Middle East Peace for Americans

Amjad Atallah | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

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Obama's struggle for Middle East peace, through an end to the occupation, can actually end up being another unifying factor among diverse groups of Americans.

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Putting Lipstick on a Middle East Pig

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

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What is clear from his statement following the "trilateral" with Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu is that Obama did not get the settlement freeze he called for from Israel.

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For Israel, a New Year, and a New Left

Bradley Burston | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

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Seldom have the vital signs of Arab-Israeli diplomacy read more bleak. Is a permanently broken peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians a foregone conclusion?

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West Bank Settlements: Israel Approving 500 New Apartments

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

JERUSALEM — Israel defied U.S. pressure to halt construction in its West Bank settlements Sunday, with key leaders speaking out in support of th...

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Obama Expected To Moderate Meeting Between Netanyahu, Abbas

foxnews.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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President Obama is expected to moderate a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in late Se...

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Mahmoud Abbas: No Peace Talks Until Israel Freezes Settlement Construction

Huffington Post | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that peace talks with Israel will not resume until Israel completely freezes construction in the ...

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Fatah Moves Closer To Becoming A Political Party

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

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The Fatah movement, the key Palestinian guerrilla movement within the Palestine Liberation Organization moved one step closer to becoming a political party.

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New Guard Replaces Old in Fatah

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

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As long as Fatah had leaders in various Arab countries, they were susceptible to pressures from those hosts. That has all but disappeared with the majority of its leadership now based inside Palestine.

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Fatah Conference Rocked By Infighting

Al Jazeera | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

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The first Fatah party conference in 20 years has been extended amid infighting between delegates. The meeting of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abba...

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