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China proposes 4-point plan to resolve Palestinian issue

Playing host to both Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Abbas expects US pressure on Israel to resume peace talks

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expects that the US would exercise pressure on Israel to accept ...

Abbas begins talks to form Palestinian national government

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began discussions on Saturday to form a national government, rep...

Turkish, Palestinian presidents discuss Mideast peace process

Visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gul Monday o...

Mahmoud Abbas seeks US pressure to cancel Turkish PM`s Gaza visit

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the United States to pressure Turkish Prime Minister Re...

Abbas-Palestinian PM crisis meeting postponed

A planned meeting between Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, PM Salam Fayyad to try to resolve a da...

Canada breaks taboo on Israel East Jerusalem talks

Israel captured east Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War and later annexed it in a move never reco...

`Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad set to quit`

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has prepared a letter of resignation which he will submit to...

Obama visits Bethlehem church, Holocaust memorial

US President Barack Obama made a historic visit to Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem which marks t...

US deeply committed to create sovereign Palestine state: Obama

Warning Israel that it was at a "crossroads", US President Barack Obama voiced his opposition to Te...

Obama backs independent, sovereign state of Palestine

US President Barack Obama, on a historic trip to the West Bank said Israel that its settlement activ...

Mahmoud Abbas attends AU summit, reiterates position on Israel

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday attended the African Union Summit as a special ...

Palestinian leader reaches out to Israel centrists

The Palestinian President wants to meet with newly elected Israeli Parliament members to lay out his...

Abbas to invite Israeli leaders for peace talks

The Palestinian President is going to invite top Israeli lawmakers to the West Bank for talks in a b...

Israel president warns of new Palestinian uprising

Israel`s president warned that Palestinians are liable to launch a new uprising if Jewish state does...

Mursi meets Abbas, Meshaal; holds talks on reconciliation

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and exiled Hamas chie...

Abbas to visit Cairo for Palestinian reconciliation talks

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Egypt next Wednesday to discuss resuming talks with I...

Fatah, Hamas trade blames over delay in reconcilia

Egypt has been sponsoring the dialogue between the two since Hamas had violently seized control of t...

Hamas has already recognised Israel: Abbas

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has criticised rival Islamist Hamas` chief Khaled Mesh...

`World would sacrifice Israel to radical Islam`

Israel’s hawkish Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has lashed out at the international community, c...

Israel minister to post ads in European press against Abbas

The ad that portrays Abbas and Meshaal locked in an embrace, will be posted in 10 European papers in...

With statehood gift, Abbas returns to cheering Palestinians

Mahmoud Abbas received a rhapsodic welcome by an ecstatic Palestinian crowd of thousands.

Palestine wins historical vote to upgrade UN status

The Palestinian bid, submitted by President Mahmoud Abbas, was approved by 138 UN members, while nin...

UN bid is not taking Palestine anywhere: Netanyahu

Mahmoud Abbas is poised to bring his bid to seek a "non-member observer state" status for Palestine ...

Palestinian UN bid ‘without substance’: Israeli minister

Palestinian bid for statehood is expected to be supported heavily in a 193-member UNGA, despite seve...

‘Israel will topple Abbas if PA goes ahead with UN bid’

Israel will offer some sops to President Mahmoud Abbas led Palestinian Authority to lure him to give...

Peres calls Abbas `true` partner for peace, Netanyahu differs

Israel`s Nobel laureate President was at loggerheads with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the t...

Palestinian PM threatens to quit over cash crunch

Salam Fayyad believes he has not received enough support from other political factions as he steers ...

Boycott companies in Israel settlements: UN expert

The UN special investigator on human rights in the Palestinian territories called on Israel to begin...

Israeli, Palestinian leaders meet in secret

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has secretly met Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak in Jordan i...

India pledges support to Palestine, announces USD 10 mlln

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held compre...

India to back Palestine`s full UN membership bid

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said India will continue to support Palestine`s bid for ful...

`Palestinians to apply for UN status despite pressure`

Palestinian Prez stressed that a request for being made a non-member state would be submitted to the...

Palestine President to visit India next week

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit India next week for talks with the country`s top lead...

Abbas not to hold bilateral talks with Iran

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not hold bilateral talks with Iran during his stay in Tehra...

Israel calls for elections to replace Palestinian leader

Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman has called on the Middle East Quartet to press for new elections in Pal...

Palestinian Prez approves autopsy of Arafat

A top aide says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has given his permission to exhume the remains o...

Abbas to visit Iran for international conference

The Palestinian President has accepted an invitation to visit Iran, a patron of his political rival,...

Talks ongoing to end Palestinian hunger strike

Some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails are on hunger strike to put an end to detenti...

Palestinian government cracks down on critics

Mashour Abu Daqa said that the attorney general`s office ordered several websites shut down over the...

Palestinians spurn Netanyahu call to resume talks

Abbas` spokesman, Nabil Abu Rdeneh, said that Abbas is ready for talks only if Israel halts settleme...

`Pro-Palestinian flytilla will go ahead`

The French Foreign Ministry has advised the 500 to 600 French nationals believed to be signed up for...

Israeli PM slams Palestinian leader`s speech

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas charged that Israel was intending to destroy Jerusalem`s Al-Aqsa...

Arab identity in Jerusalem at risk: Qatar emir

Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani urged an UN-backed investigation into Israeli settlements.

Gaza`s Hamas says ready to cede power to Abbas

The decision was made by Abbas and Khaled Mashaal, and was seen as a decisive step toward reconcilia...

Palestinian rivals agree to form unity govt

Fatah and Hamas have been bitter rivals since the Islamist movement seized control of the Gaza Strip...

Palestinian rivals hold unity talks in Qatar

An aide to the Palestinian Prez says talks are under way between him and the head of rival Hamas ove...

Israel to blame for failure of latest talks: Abbas

Israel says it wants to keep talking, and that it is serious about reaching a peace deal by the year...

Israel presents border ideas; Palestinians unmoved

Israel has presented Palestinians with its ideas for the borders and security arrangements of a futu...

Palestinian leader loses VIP status with Israel

Israel has given Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a watered-down travel permit that is valid for ...

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