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Palestinian prime minister's political future uncertain
RAMALLAH, West Bank – The political future of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad appeared shaky Thursday amid reports that he will resign after growing tired of constant battles with his rivals. Fayyad has come close to stepping...
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, G8, Politics, Government, Fatah
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Amid rising tensions, Palestinians turn out for protests, funerals
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- As Palestinians poured into the streets Thursday for three tension-filled funerals, their leaders issued stern warnings about rising public anger over Israel's treatment of prisoners and protesters. In the southern West Bank...
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Politics, Throat Cancer, Israel, West Bank
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Death of Palestinian prisoner in Israel sparks violence
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Violence broke out Tuesday in several Israeli jails and West Bank cities following reports that a Palestinian prisoner died of cancer at a hospital in southern Israel. Palestinians said that Maysara abu Hamdieh, 63, died...
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Prisons, Demonstration, Throat Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics
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Obama not looking out for Israel
I see The Sun is still living in La La Land ("Opening the door to peace," March 26). President Barack Obama and The Sun really believe that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas can be a "true partner." Unbelievable! Either President Obama is...Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Pikesville, Barack Obama, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Opening the door to peace
Given how low the expectations were for President Barack Obama's highly publicized trip to the Middle East, it may not be saying much to declare that he exceeded them. But given the precarious state of Israeli-Palestinian relations, it would also be...Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Politics, Israel, Barack Obama
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Maliki resists Kerry's call to halt flow of Iranian arms to Syria
BAGHDAD – Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Sunday to stop Iran from flying arms across Iraqi territory to the beleaguered Syrian regime, but found him unwilling to give ground. In a visit to Baghdad that...
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Iraq, Bashar Assad, International Military Interventions, Elections
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Palestinian politics do matter
With President Obama's visit to Israel and the occupied territories now behind us, attention is likely to turn to how we might restart the peace process. But if the past is any indication, one crucial element will be largely ignored in the discussion:...
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Parliament, Politics, Brookings Institution, Israel
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'Peace is possible,' Obama insists in Middle East
JERUSALEM (AP) — Insisting "peace is possible," President Barack Obama on Thursday prodded both Israelis and Palestinians to return to long-stalled negotiations with few, if any, pre-conditions, softening his earlier demands that Israel stop...
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Elections, Politics, Israel, West Bank
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Obama urges Israelis to take risks for peace with Palestinians
JERUSALEM -- President Obama urged Israelis to see the world through the eyes of Palestinians and to “create the change” they want, in order to bring about peace in the region. In a 45-minute address to a hall packed with university...
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Barack Obama, Elections, Science and Technology, Politics
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Obama says Palestinian state still a viable option
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- President Obama met with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank on Thursday in search of hopeful signs for the stalled peace process and declared that a sovereign state of Palestine beside Israel is still viable. Following a long...Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Israel, Palestine, Israeli Settlements
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Wasserman Schultz travels with Obama to Israel
South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is accompanying President Obama on his trip to the Middle East to help strengthen his bond with Israel. Having a prominent Jewish member of Congress on board could help dispel doubts about the...Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Religion and Belief, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Barack Obama, Trips and Vacations
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Why is Obama going to Israel?
President Obama is visiting Israel this week, the first foreign trip of his second term. Some commentators have criticized the tour as a diversion from the president's intention to pivot toward the Asia-Pacific region. Why go to Israel now, they ask,...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Politics, Iran's Nuclear Program, Israel, West Bank
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