Posts Tagged ‘abbas’
Analysis: UN speech gives Abbas a stronger hand (AP)
AP – President Mahmoud Abbas’ surge of popularity following his bid for U.N. recognition for a Palestinian state is bound to give him a stronger hand against the rival Hamas group as they prepare to resume talks on a stalled power-sharing deal next week.
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With UN bid, Abbas rises out of Arafat’s shadow (AP)
AP – President Mahmoud Abbas received a hero’s welcome Sunday from thousands of cheering, flag-waving Palestinians, having made a bid for United Nations recognition that appears destined to fail but has allowed him to finally step out of the shadow of his iconic predecessor Yasser Arafat.
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President Abbas declares ‘Palestinian Spring’ (AP)
AP – Thousands of Palestinians cheering and waving flags gave President Mahmoud Abbas a hero’s welcome in the West Bank Sunday, as he told them triumphantly a “Palestinian Spring” had been born following his historic speech to the U.N. last week.
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Abbas to Quartet: Halt Israeli settlements
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday the he would reject an international coalition’s peace plan if it doesn’t include Palestinian demands that Israel stop building settlements and that the talks be based on borders before Israeli gains in the 1967 War.
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Palestinian statehood bid wins Abbas respect (AP)
AP – Mahmoud Abbas’ bold bid for U.N recognition of Palestinian statehood is doomed to fail but has won him admiration at home and re-energized international efforts to seek a negotiated settlement.
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Obama to meet Abbas as Mideast push intensifies (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD’ ah-BAHS’) on Wednesday as the push to head off a Mideast diplomatic clash at the United Nations intensified.
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Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal (AP)
AP – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their future state.
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