Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas in Brazil: The Rise of Jew Hatred in South America

Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

As South America continues to head South, David Bor writes me with this deeply disturbing update from Brazil. David writes: Yesterday,Friday (11-20) while receiving Mahmoud Abbas in Bahia one of the Brazilian States (the governor is a Jew),leftist president Lula da Silva said that Israel has to stop building in the "palestinian capital" meaning of course Jerusalem, and that Israel is the...

Palestinians to set new election date

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting.

Latin America Digest: Today's one-line news briefs

L.A. Times - Latin America Blog (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

Salvador, Brazil — Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday joined visiting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians. Bogota, Colombia — Six people, including two children, were killed when suspected Colombian FARC guerrillas stopped and set fire to a bus traveling in the south...

Let's share power, says moderate Arab

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday

John Lyons, Middle East correspondent AS the shock departure of Mahmoud Abbas sinks in for Palestinians, Ahmad Aweidah is rising fast in the new generation of leaders. Mr Aweidah, 39, insists he is not interested in politics, though he's rarely shy about entering the major debates. He argues that Mr Abbas's successor be Nasser al-Qudwa, nephew of the late PLO chief Yasser Arafat, rather than the contender...

Obama in the Mideast: Innocents Abroad. Worse, Arrogant Innocents Abroad

Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Palestinian labourer prays at a construction site in Gilo, a Jewish settlement on land Israel captured in 1967 and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality, November 17, 2009. So Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs has said “We are dismayed at the Jerusalem planning committee’s decision to move forward on the approval process for the expansion of Gilo in Jerusalem.” The Obama administration...

Palestinian president agrees to delay elections

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections that had been set for January. The Palestinian...

Palestinian president agrees to delay elections

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections that had been set for January.

Palestinian president agrees to delay elections

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections that had been set for January.

Palestinian president agrees to delay elections

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections that had been set for January.

Jamal Dajani: Palestine 1001 Nights

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Hamas is negotiating with Israel. This is what Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas confidently said to a BBC -Arabic reporter in an exclusive interview. How...

"Moderate" Abbas taunts Hamas as being too peaceful

Elder of Ziyon (Free subscription) | yesterday

Mahmoud Abbas was interviewed in Arabic by the BBC last night, and he proved yet again that the oft-used appellation "moderate" is a misnomer. The Israeli press is reporting on some of his more outrageous statements. "Those who have to resist are the people, and there are different types of resistance, like in (West Bank villages of) Bilin and Naalin, where people are injured every day"...

Abbas confirms Palestinian vote to be postponed

Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that he has accepted advice not to hold the vote.

The Letters in Response To Cohen's Op-ed

My Right Word (Free subscription) | yesterday

You'll recall the recent Roger Cohen op-ed I deconstructed ? Here are the letters-to-the-editor:- Dimming Prospects for Mideast Peace? Published: November 19, 2009 To the Editor: “A Mideast Truce,” by Roger Cohen (column, The New York Times on the Web, Nov. 17), could leave readers with the impression that the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, is a supporter of peace and the Israeli...

• Letters: Dimming Prospects for Mideast Peace? - New York Times

Brazil asks Israel to scrap planned expansion in occupied land

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Brasilia - Brazil on Thursday weighed in on the Middle East peace process, asking Israel to scrap new home building plans in occupied East Jerusalem just prior to a visit from Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. In the statement, ...

Hamas: Terrorism to Eliminate Israel is a 'Principle'

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

In an interview published Thursday in the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat , a Hamas spokesman said that the jihadist movement is loyal to "Palestinian principles" in its policy of terrorism against the Jews until Israel ceases to exist. Palestinian Authority Chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas claimed earlier this month that Hamas had agreed to the establishment of a Palestinian...