The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gaza - Hamas Saturday accused the Palestinian Authority (PA) of supporting the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip in a bid to weaken the Islamic movement which controls the territory. The repeated calls by some of the PA officials that electricity a...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) are both using the media to gain access to each other's population in what analysts believe is positioning for negotiations.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Thursday met with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Red Sea resort of Aqaba, a senior Jordanian official said. The two leaders focused on "means of pushing ahead on peace negotiations with Israel on the basis of a two-state solution," the king's palace said in a statement. As for the Israeli blockade on Gaza Strip, which was controlled...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Thursday met with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Red Sea resort of Aqaba.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas received a courtesy phone call from American president-elect Barack Obama.
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took his case for a peace deal directly to ordinary Israelis Thursday, assuring them in Hebrew-language newspaper ads that a withdrawal from the West Bank, Gaza and parts of Jerusalem w
New York Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas received a courtesy phone call from American president-elect Barack Obama.
IOL (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's PLO published the full-page notices in Hebrew in four Israeli dailies.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Washington - Barack Obama spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday as the president-elect continues to return phone calls from leaders congratulating him on winning the White House. The Obama transition team did not disclose details ...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Security forces loyalty to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrested 12 Hamas members in West Bank during a crackdown against the Islamic movement, Hamas said Thursday. The arrests, by the forces loyal to Abbas of Fatah movement, took place in the cities of Nablus, Salfeet and Hebron, said a Hamas statement. The arrests fuel more tension between rival Hamas and Fatah and complicate...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday discussed the latest developments in the Middle East peace process with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas by telephone, a senior Palestinian official said. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said in a statement sent to reporters that Obama promised Abbas that his administration would continue to support the peace...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began an unprecedented public relations campaign Thursday, with advertisements in major Hebrew-language newspapers, taking his case for a peace deal directly to Israeli citizens.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
By Ari RabinovitchJERUSALEM (Reuters) - The PLO took the unprecedented step of placing advertisements in Israeli newspapers on Thursday to promote a six-year-old Arab peace plan for the region.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestine Liberation Organization published the full-page notices in Hebrew in four major dailies. They described the Arab plan, which was first proposed...
Flavor Country (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
A nother goodwill gesture to the Palestinian Authority: Israel will release 250 Fatah prisoners in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha which will take place at the beginning of December, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem. Israeli officials clarified that the gesture will include the release...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday promised to release 250 Palestinian prisoners, a goodwill gesture to the moderate Palestinian president at a summit overshadowed by ongoing violence in Gaza that threatens a cease-fire.
