Abbas Beginning News Today

In June 2022, it was rumored that Mahmoud Abbas, the octogenarian president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), was suffering from health issues and that

The Irish Times has reported on Mahmoud Abbas beginning an unprecedented 17th year in office this week as president of the Palestinian Authority -- a

4:36 pm During an April 18 video address to the national conference of the J Street lobbying group, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged the Biden Administration to remove the Palestinian Liberation Organization from the US list of terrorist organizations. This, as a precondition for “develop[ing] and strengthen[ing]” ties with Washington that Ramallah severed in 2017. Thus far, major news organizations have not raised any questions about Abbas’ assertion tha...

1:27 pm Former Palestinian Authority prime minister Salam Fayyad recently stated his belief that in order to run in prospective Palestinian legislative and presidential elections or, more generally, be a member of any Palestinian political entity, one need not accept the three guiding principles of the Quartet — a body made up of representatives from the United States, European Union, Russia and the United Nations. The Quartet was established to facilitate peace negotiations an...